The elderly who find great rewards and satisfactions in their later lives are a small minority in the country.【C1】______ they do

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问题     The elderly who find great rewards and satisfactions in their later lives are a small minority in the country.【C1】______ they do exist. They are the "aged elite".
    What is most striking about these people is their capacity for growth.【C2】______ Arthur Rubinstein was eighty, some people told him that he was playing the piano better than ever. "I think so," he agreed. "Now I take chances I never took before. I let go and enjoy myself to hell with everything except the music. "
    Another reason for the success of the aged elite is the traits they have formed【C3】______ in their lives. A sixty-eight-year old woman, three times married and widowed, says, "It’s not just what you do when you are【C4】______ sixty-five, it’s what you did all your life【C5】______ matters. If you have lived a full life, developed your mind, you’ll be able to use it past sixty-five.
    Along with frankness comes humor. A sense of humor, of course, is not【C6】______ that suddenly arrives at age sixty-five. It is an aid people use all their lives to【C7】______ with tension. "Humor," Says Dr. James Birren, a noted psychologist, "also leads you to cooperate with other people. "
    The ability to associate with others is another trait of the aged elite. "There are【C8】______ ways to deal with stress," says Birren. "You either reach out or【C9】______ . The researchers seek out other people to share their problems instead of pulling away.
    【C10】______ ., active, humorous, sharing... these are all qualities that describe the aged elite.
【C3】

选项 A、earlier
B、later
C、before
D、back

答案A

解析 从本句所用的时态和句意看,A项earlier是唯一正确的答案,earlier in their lives指"早些年里"。其他三项中,B项later(后来)与句意矛盾,C项be。fore和D项back从语法上看就不合适。
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