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2006年河南专升本公共英语真题(2)

作者:吴印祺专升本 分类:河南专升本

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Passage One

Who takes care of the elderly in the United States today? The fact is that family
members provide over 80% of the care that elderly people need. In most cases the elderlylive in their own homes. A very small percentage of America’s elderly live in nursinghomes.

Samuel Preston, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, studied how the
American family is changing. He reported that by the time the average American couple
reaches about 40 years of age, their parents are usually still alive. The statistics show the
change in lifestyles and responsibilities of aging (老龄化)Americans. The average

middle-aged couple can look forward to caring for elderly parents sometime after their
own children have grown up. Moreover, because people today live longer after an illness
than people did years ago, family members must provide long-term care. These facts also
mean that after caregivers provide for their elderly parents, who will eventually die, they
will be old and may require care too. When they do, their spouses (配偶) will probably
take care of them because they have had fewer children than their parents did.

Because Americans are living longer than ever, more social workers have begun to
study ways of caregiving to improve the care of the elderly. They have found that all
caregivers share a common characteristic: They believe that they are the best people for
the job. The social workers have also discovered three basic reasons why the caregivers
take on the responsibility of caring for an elderly, dependent relative. Many caregivers
believe they had an obligation(职责) to help their relatives. Some think that helping
others makes them feel more useful. Others hope that by helping someone now, they will
deserve care when they become old and dependent.