Do the old people in the United States like to live alone? No doubt some of them do. 1 at least some of them 2 living alone to the changes and 3 that living with others needs. Independence is, 4 , the chief and most honored 5 in this country. The ideal, deeply rooted in us early, 6 even when we can, quite 7 , no longer “stand on our own feet.” When our 8 parents’ need for help grows too obvious to 9 , we say they are beginning to “fail.” Losing one’s independence is, for Americans, a 10 thing. And needing help, we know, 11 in our potential helpers pity, 12 and fear.
We are all, through our lives, a 13 to others. From the moment of 14, we are nourished and nurtured by others. As adults we learn to pay for or negotiate our 15 needs, but the fact 16 that it takes an 17 army of other people to grow our food, clean our clothes, maintain our roads, fuel our furnaces. When we marry, we accept another’s 18 to stick with us in sickness and health, 19 and poverty. The load we lay on others only becomes visible, less 20 , as we age.
1. [A] But [B] Or [C] So [D] Besides
2. [A] favor [B] appreciate [C] like [D] prefer
3. [A] failures [B] compromises [C] fashions [D] balances
4. [A] after all [B] above all [C] at all [D] in all
5. [A] manner [B] custom [C] habit [D] virtue
6. [A] maintains [B] persists [C] insists [D] retains
7. [A] virtually [B] usually [C] basically [D] literally
8. [A] late [B] aging [C] maturing [D] younger
9. [A] emphasize [B] meet [C] cater [D] ignore
10. [A] shameful [B] pity [C] ashamed [D] shame
11. [A] build [B] act [C] transform [D] evoke
12. [A] frustration [B] interest [C] passion [D] pleasure
13. [A] burden [B] responsibility [C] relief [D] requirement
14. [A]perception [B] deception [C] conception [D] reception
15. [A] common [B] independent [C] actual [D] mutual
16. [A] stays [B] remains [C] manifests [D] reveals
17. [A] variety [B] invisible [C] abundant [D] forceful
18. [A] pledge [B] assertion [C] proclaim [D] announcement
19. [A] booming [B] hospitality [C] property [D] prosperity
20. [A] deniable [B] considerable [C] unbearable [D] feasible
改错（六级）
Many describe Freud as the most influential psychologist
of all time. Yet not everyone recognize the profound effect of 71.__________________
psychoanalytic theory in the way most of us look at human 72.__________________
behavior, regardless of any formal exposure to Freud’s works.
For example, most adults in Western society accept the idea that
behavior can be influenced by an unconscious part of the mind.
We say things like “I must have done that consciously” or “Even 73.__________________
though I didn’t realize it consciously, maybe unconsciously
I did.” Although Freud was not the first to talk about the
unconscious, no one ago, or probably since, has placed 74.__________________
so many emphasis upon unconscious processes in explaining 75.__________________
human behavior.
Do you believe that dreams hold important psychological
information, revealing inner fears and desires? If so, you are
backing on an idea that Freud popularized. 76.___________________
As people had been interpreting dreams for thousands of 77.___________________
years, Freud was the first to incorporate dream interpretation
into a larger psychological theory. When we talk about our dreams
and try to figure it out, we are informally following a therapeutic 78.__________________
procedure outlining by Freud at the turn of the century. 79.__________________
Numerous examples of Freudian thought can be found in our
daily language, as well as in modern literature and in motion
pictures. Thus, an understanding of Freudian psychology
is part of a good liberal arts education; it can aid the observant
student to appreciating subtle and not-so-subtle references 80.____________________
本周作文题目：
给你的朋友写信，阐述你对他的忧虑的看法与建议。你的朋友这个学期到校外做兼职，影响了学习，并有几门考试不及格，他问你应该怎么办。（四级120字，六级150字）
