Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions：There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choicesmarked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that bestfits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single linethrough the centre.

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　　When my mother's health was failing, I was the "bad" sister who lived far away and wasn'tinvolved. My sister helped my parents. She never asked me to do anything, and I didn't__62__. I was widowed, raising kids and working, but that wasn't really __63__ I kept toweekly calls and short. infrequent visits. I was __64__ in my adolescent role as the aloof (超脱的) achiever, defending myself __65__ my judgmental mother and other family craziness. Asalways, I turned a deaf ear to my sister's __66__ about my not being around more and f didn'thear her rising desperation. It wasn't until my mom's __67__, watching my dad and sister__68__ to each other and weep, that I got a __69__ of their long painful experience - and howbadly I'd behaved.

　　My sister was so furious, she __70__ spoke to me during my father's last years. To be honest,I'm not a terrible person. So how did I get it so __71__?

　　We hear a lot about the __72__ of taking care of our graying population. But the big storybeneath the surface is the psychological crisis among middle-aged siblings (兄弟姐妹) who arefighting __73__ issues involving their aging parents. According to a new survey, an __74__ 43.5 million adults in the US are looking __75__ an older relative or friend. Of these, 43% saidthey did not feel they had a __76__ in this role. And although 7 in 10 said another unpaidcaregiver had provided help in the past year, only 1 in 10 said the burden was __77__ equally.

　　As siblings who are often separated __78__ and emotionally, we are having to come togetherto decide such __79__ issues as where Mom and Dad should live and where they should be__80__ "It's like being put down with your siblings in the center of a nuclear reactor and beingtold, 4 Figure it __81__.'" says University of Colorado psychologist .

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　　62. A) volunteer B) recognize C) persist D) submit

　　63. A) how B) when C) why D) what

　　64. A) flung B) stuck C) strung D) flown

　　65. A) upon B) beyond C) off D) from

　　66. A) criticisms B) demonstrations C) beliefs D) proposals

　　67. A) terminal B) funeral C) ceremony D) destination

　　68. A) cling B) attach C) adapt D) incline

　　69. A) quote B) scratch C) hint D) symbol

　　70. A) barely B) solely C) randomly D) merely

　　71. A) fit B) strong C) sad D) wrong

　　72. A) credits B) costs C) contacts D) cruelties

　　73. A) within B) toward C) over D) among

　　74. A) associated B) estimated C) asserted D) entitled

　　75. A) around B) through C) into D) after

　　76. A) choice B) chance C) selection D) section

　　77. A) spoilt B) bitten C) split D) beaten

　　78. A) locally B) functionally C) approximately D) geographically

　　79. A) spicy B) tough C) thick D) noisy

　　80. A) hidden B) abandoned C) buried D) deployed

　　81. A) up B) about C) down D) out

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