Ⅲ Cloze

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

(A)

I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple ___45___ revolutionary–combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and ___46___ activities such as music, painting gardening, and ___47___ for the pets which the residents are encouraged to keep. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and ___48___ a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always somebody attending to him. There are trips out and birthday parties, too.

The ___49___ are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual ___50___ and respond well because someone has time for them. They also learn that old people are not “different” or frightening in ___51___ way. And of course, they see illness and death and learn to ___52___ them. The residents are happy because they feel ___53___ and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance, too. And the staff are happy because they see an improvement in the ___54___ and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the children.

45. A. or B. so
C. nor D. but

46. A. share B. examine
C. control D. engage

47. A. asking B. sending
C. caring D. looking

48. A. though B. because
C. unless D. if

49. A. advantages B. actions
C. difficulties D. comforts

50. A. thought B. attention
C. rest D. freedom

51. A. no B. any
C. another D. the

52. A. value B. admit
C. accept D. overcome

53. A. useful B. faithful
C. powerful D. skillful

54. A. normal B. public
C. economic D. physical