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1、在线学英语体验请申请：www.rockyclass.com/ielts/xd.html洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)IntheUnitedStates,olderpeoplerarelylivewiththeiradultchildren.Butinmanyothercultureschildrenareexpectedtocare(21)the
2、iragedparents.InsomepartsofItaly,thepercentageofadultchildrenwho(22)withtheirparents(23)65to70percent.InThailand,too,childrenareexpectedtocarefortheirelderlyparents;fewThaielderlylive(24).Whatexplainsthesedifferencesinlivingarrangements(25)cultures?Modernizationtheory(26)theextendedfamil
3、yhouseholdtolowlevelsofeconomicdevelopment.Intraditionalsocieties,theelderlylivewiththeirchildreninlargeextendedfamilyunitsforeconomicreasons.Butwithmodernization,childrenmovetourbanareas,leavingoldpeople(27)in(28)ruralareas.Yetmodernizationtheorycannotexplainwhyextendedfamilyhouseholdsw
4、erenevercommonintheUnitedStatesorEngland,orwhyfamiliesinItaly,whichisfullymodernized,(29)astrongtraditionofintergenerationalliving.Clearly,economicdevelopmentalonecannotexplain(30)livingarrangements.Anothertheoryassociatedintergenerationallivingarrangementswithinheritancepatterns.Insomec
5、ultures,thestemfamilypatternofinheritance(31).(32)thissystem,parentslivewithamarriedchild,usuallytheoldestson,whothen(33)theirpropertywhentheydie.ThestemfamilysystemwasoncecommoninJapan,butchangesininheritancelaws,(34)broadersocialchangesbrought(35)byindustrializationandurbanization,have
6、(36)the(37).In1960about80percentofJapaneseover65livedwiththeirchildren;by1990only60percentdid—afigurethatisstillhigh(38)U.S.standards,butwhichhasbeen(39)steadily.InKorea,too,traditionallivingarrangementsare(40):thepercentageofagedKoreanswholivewithasondeclinedfrom77percentin1984to50perce
7、ntjust10yearslater.AlthoughmostelderlyKoreansstillexpecttolivewithason,theiradultchildrendonotexpecttolivewiththeirchildrenwhentheygrowold.21.[A]about[B]after[C]for[D]over22.[A]reside[B]recite[C]redeem[D]rebel23.[A]amasses[B]amounts[C]attains[D]reaches24.[A]lone[B]alone[C
