Question

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Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age ,their families place them in nursing homes .They are left in the hands of strangers for the rest of their lives .Their grown-up children visit them only occasionally ,but more often ,they do not have any regular visitors .The truth is that this idea is a imaginary story .In fact ,family members ( 1 ) over 80 percent of the care that elderly people need..
Samuel Preston ,a sociologist ,studied how the American family is changing .He reported that by the time the ( 2 ) American couple reaches 40 years of age,they have more ( 3 ) than children.Moreover,because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ( 4 ),family members must provide long-term care.
1. A.provide B.conduct C.show,D,take
2..A common B.elderly C.standard C.average
3.A.sons B.parents C.daughers D.grandparents
4.A.before B. ago C.later D.lately
选哪个? 翻译"Moreover,because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ( 4 ),"

Answer 1

1.A provide of 提供。
2.A 普通的美国夫妇达到40岁，elderly上了年纪的，standard标准的，average平均的，不符合句意。
3.B 首先排除A、C，同级别的，不能选，parents为父母，grandparents为祖父母，显然这里说的是父母。
4.A 因为用的是people did，所以应该是以前，选A。
翻译：此外,因为今天的人们在生病后比以前的人们活得更长。

Answer 2

A A B B