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Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions：There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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When my mother's health was failing, I was the "bad" sister who lived far away and wasn't involved. 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 to weekly calls and short. infrequent visits. I was __64__ in my adolescent role as the aloof (超脫的) achiever, defending myself __65__ my judgmental mother and other family craziness. As always, I turned a deaf ear to my sister's __66__ about my not being around more and f didn't hear 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 how badly 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 story beneath the surface is the psychological crisis among middle-aged siblings (兄弟姐妹) who are fighting __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% said they did not feel they had a __76__ in this role. And although 7 in 10 said another unpaid caregiver 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 together to 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 being told, 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
