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  3. Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the 【C1

Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the 【C1

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问题 Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the 【C1】______ of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their 【C2】______ children visit, them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any 【C3】______ visitors. The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth--an 【C4】______ story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care 【C5】______ elderly people need. Samuel Preston, a sociologist, studied 【C6】______ the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the 【C7】______ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. 【C8】______ , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years 【C9】______ , family members must provide long term care. More psychologists have found that all caregivers 【C10】______ a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best 【C11】______ for the job. In other words, they all felt that they 【C12】______ do the job better than anyone else. Social workers 【C13】______ caregivers to find out why they took 【C14】______ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative. Many caregivers believed they had 【C15】______ to help their relative. Some stated that helping others 【C16】______ them feel more useful. Others hoped that by helping 【C17】______ now, they would deserve care when they became old and 【C18】______ . Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a 【C19】______ satisfying experience for everyone who might be 【C20】______ .
【C19】
选项 A、similarly
B、differently
C、mutually
D、certainly
答案C
解析 词义辨析题，Similarly 意为“同样地，相似地”，differently 意为“不同地”，mutually 意为“共同地”， certainly 意为“当然地”，结合句意，照顾老人和被照顾是一种相互的关系，由此可知，C正确
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