2016年6月真题(第三套) Passage 15 Contrary to popular belief, older people generally do not want to live with their children. Moreover, most adult children ___1___ every bit as much care and support to their aging parents as was the case in the “ good old days ” , and most older people do not feel ___2___. About 80% of people 65 years and older have living children, and about 90% of them have ___3___ contact with their children. About 75% of elderly parents who don ’ t go to nursing homes live within 30 minutes of at least one of their children. However, ___4___ having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age. In fact, some research has found that people who are most involved with their families have the lowest spirits. This research may be ___5___, however, as ill health often makes older people more ___6___ and thereby increases contact with family members. So it is more likely that poor health, not just family involvement, ___7___ spirits. Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the elderly and their children. If parents and children share interests and values and agree on childrearing practices and religious ___8___, they are likely to enjoy each other ’ s company. Disagreements on such matters can ___9___ cause problems . If parents are angered by their daughter’s divorce, dislike her new husband, and disapprove of how she is raising their grandchildren, ___10___ are that they are not going to enjoy her visits. A. abandoned B. advanced C. biased D. chances E. commitment F. dampens G. dependent H. distant I. frequent J. fulfillment K. grant L. merely M. provide N. understandably O. unrealistically