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1、XX年考研英语考前三套题(二)SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext・Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedb1ankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(lOpoints)IntheUnitedStates,olderpeoplerarelylivewiththeiradultchildren.Butinmanyothercultureschildrenareexpectedtocareltheiragedparents.Insomepartso
2、fItaly,thepercentageofadultchildrenwho2withtheirparents365to70percent.InThailand,too,childrenareexpectedtotakecareoftheirelderlyparents；fewThaielderlylive4.Whatexplainsthesedifferencesinlivingarrangements5cultures?Modernizationtheory6theextendedfamilyhouseholdtolowlevelsofeconomicdevel
3、opment.Intraditionalsocieties,theelderlylivewiththeirchildreninlargeextendedfamilyunitsforeconomicreasons.Butwithmodernization,childrenm(ovetourbanareas,leavingoldpeople7in8ruralareas.YetmodernizationtheorycannotexplainwhyextendedfamilyhouseholdswerenevercommonintheUnitedStatesorEnglan
4、d,orwhyfamiliesinitaly,whichisfullymodernized,9astrongtraditionofintergenerationalliving.Clearly,economicdevelopmentalonecannotexplainlOlivingarrangements.Anothertheoryassociatedintergenerationallivingarrangementswithinheritancepatterns.InsomecuItures,thestemfamilypatternofinheritancel
5、1.12thissystem,parentslivewithamarriedchild,usuallytheoldestson,whothen13theirpropertywhentheydie・ThestemfamilysystemwasonceconinioninJapan,butchangesininheritancelaws,14broadersocialchangesbroughtl5byindustrializationandurbanization,have16thel7.Ini960about80percentofJapaneseover65live
6、dwiththeirchildren；byl990only60percentdid—afigurethatisstillhighl8U.S.standards,butwhichhasbeen19steadily.InKorea,too，traditiona.llivingarrangementsare20:theperce1ntageofagedKoreanswholivewithasondeclinedfrom77percentinl984to50percentjust10yearslater.AlthoughmostelderlyKoreansstillexpe
7、cttolivewithason,theiraduItchildrendonotexpecttolivewiththeirchildrenwhentheygrowold・1・aboutafterforover2.residereciteredeemrebe13.amassesamountsattainsreaches4.lonealonelonesomelonely5.overacrosswithinabove6・associatedlinkedunitedcombined7.asideafteroverbehind8.isolatedsegregatedide
