2021年职称外语等级考试真题及答案
The American Family
In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are old enough, they take part__1__.Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is rarely__2__, and children are often allowed to do what they wish without strict parental__3__. The father seldom expects his children to obey him__4__ question, and children are encouraged to be independent__5__ an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom__6__ far. Others think that a strong father image would not__7__ the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to __8__ their parental families by the time they have__9__ their late teens or early twenties.__10__, not to do so is often regarded as a failure, a kind of weak dependence.This pattern of independence often results in serious__11__ for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live __12__ the age of 70. The job-retirement age is __13__ 65. The children have left home, married, and __!4__ their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes.__15__ the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.
1.A either B though C as well D also
2.A discussed B followed C seen D heard
3. A control B support C agreement D criticism
4. A for B on C without D in
5. A in B at C on D for
6. A too B almost C nearly D quite
7. A fit B meet C suit D satisfy
8. A break up B break into C break through D break away from
9.A reached B come C arrived D D developed
10.A In truth B In name C Indeed D In a word
11.A questions B problems C matters D affairs
12.A on B up C from D beyond
13.A only B usually C sometimes D seldom
14.A set forth B set aside C set up D set down
15.A But B Therefore C In contrast D On the other hand
【key: CBACB ACDAC BDBCA】