thE AmEriCAn FAmily
in thE AmEriCAn FAmily thE husBAnD AnD wiFE usuAlly shArE importAnt DECision mAking. whEn thE ChilDrEn ArE _________(51) Enough, thEy tAkE pArt As wEll. ForEignErs ArE oFtEn surprisED By thE pErmissivEnEss（宽容） oF AmEriCAn pArEnts. thE olD rulE thAt “ChilDrEn shoulD BE sEEn AnD not hEArD” is rArEly_____________(52), AnD ChilDrEn ArE oFtEn AllowED to Do _________(53) thEy wish without striCt Control oF thEir pArEnts. thE FAthEr sElDom ExpECts his ChilDrEn to listEn to him_________(54) quEstion, AnD ChilDrEn ArE EnCourAgED to BE ___________(55) At An EArly AgE. somE pEoplE BEliEvE thAt AmEriCAn pArEnts CArry this FrEEDom_____________(56) FAr. othErs think thAt A strong FAthEr imAgE woulD not ____________(57) thE AmEriCAn vAluEs oF EquAlity AnD inDEpEnDEnCE. BECAusE AmEriCAns EmphAsizE thE importAnCE oF inDEpEnDEnCE, young pEoplE ArE ExpECtED to_____________(58) thEir pArEntAl FAmiliEs By thE timE thEy hAvE _________(59) thEir lAtE tEEns or EArly twEntiEs. inDEED, not to Do so is oFtEn rEgArDED As A __________(60), A kinD oF wEAk DEpEnDEnCE.
this pAttErn oF inDEpEnDEnCE oFtEn rEsults in sErious_____________(61) For thE Aging pArEnts oF A smAll FAmily. thE AvErAgE AmEriCAn is ExpECtED to livE ___________(62) thE AgE oF 70. thE joB-rEtirEmEnt AgE is _____________(63) 65. thE ChilDrEn hAvE lEFt homE, mArriED, AnD ____________(64) thEir own housEholDs. At lEAst 20 pErCEnt oF All pEoplE ovEr 65 Do not hAvE Enough rEtirEmEnt inComEs.__________(65) thE mAjor proBlEm oF mAny ElDErly CouplEs is not EConomiC. thEy FEEl usElEss AnD lonEly with nEithEr An oCCupAtion nor A ClosE FAmily group.
51 &nBsp; A &nBsp;sEnior &nBsp;B &nBsp;junior &nBsp; C &nBsp;olD &nBsp; &nBsp; D &nBsp;young
52 &nBsp; A &nBsp;wAtChED B &nBsp;FollowED C &nBsp;unDErstooD &nBsp; D &nBsp;grAspED
53 &nBsp; A &nBsp;whAt &nBsp; &nBsp; B thAt &nBsp; &nBsp; C &nBsp;whiCh &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; D &nBsp;whEn
54 &nBsp; A &nBsp;For &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; B &nBsp;on &nBsp; &nBsp; C &nBsp;without &nBsp; &nBsp;D &nBsp;in
55 &nBsp;A &nBsp;DEpEnDEnt &nBsp;B &nBsp;inDEpEnDEnt &nBsp;C &nBsp;surE &nBsp; &nBsp;D &nBsp;sECurE
56 &nBsp;A &nBsp;too &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; B &nBsp;Almost &nBsp; C &nBsp;nEArly &nBsp; &nBsp; D &nBsp;so
57 &nBsp;A &nBsp;gAin &nBsp; &nBsp; B &nBsp;wElComE &nBsp; &nBsp;C &nBsp;suit &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; D &nBsp;EstimAtE
58 &nBsp;A &nBsp;BrEAk up B &nBsp;BrEAk into &nBsp; C &nBsp;BrEAk through &nBsp; &nBsp; D &nBsp;BrEAk AwAy From
59 &nBsp;A &nBsp;rEAChED &nBsp; B &nBsp;ComE &nBsp; C &nBsp;ArrivED &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; D &nBsp;DEvElopED
60 &nBsp;A &nBsp;rEwArD &nBsp;B &nBsp;CritiCism &nBsp; &nBsp; C &nBsp;FAilurE &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp;D &nBsp;suCCEss
61 &nBsp;A &nBsp;EvEnts &nBsp;B &nBsp;proBlEms &nBsp; &nBsp;C &nBsp;mAttErs &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp;D &nBsp;AFFAirs
62 &nBsp;A &nBsp;on &nBsp; &nBsp; B &nBsp;up &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; C &nBsp;From &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp;D &nBsp;BEyonD
63 &nBsp;A &nBsp;only &nBsp;B &nBsp;usuAlly &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp;C &nBsp;somEtimEs &nBsp; &nBsp;D sElDom
64 &nBsp;A &nBsp;sEt Forth &nBsp;B &nBsp;sEt AsiDE &nBsp; C &nBsp;sEt up &nBsp; &nBsp; &nBsp;D &nBsp;sEt Down
65 &nBsp;A &nBsp;But &nBsp; &nBsp;B &nBsp;thErEForE &nBsp; C &nBsp;in ContrAst D &nBsp;on thE othEr hAnD