| Old Japanese living alone can now hire
a "family" for lunch and a few hours’pleasant talk. Just give them a ring and
ask for, say, a daughter, son-in-law and grandchild. They will show up at your
door, and greet you happily as if they hadn’t seen you for years. Some 15 couples have so far hired "families". "We have nearly 80 people on the waiting list."Said the president of the company that offers such services. "What is common about these senior citizens is that they are eager for human love. We are helping them make their dreams come true." Where once big families with three or more generations living together were common, now numbers are reducing fast. In cities there are very few indeed. Many old people seldom see their families. This may be because the children’s bosses have sent them to a distant city, even abroad, or just b A. to ask for help when they are ill B. to realize their big-family dreams C. to seek love and comfort D. to strengthen parent-children relations [填空题]
The Joy of Living Alone More and more Americans are living alone. Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner. (1) According to a recent U.S. census (人口普查), 25 per cent of all households in the U.S. are made up of just one person. This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago. The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely. (2) The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family. It’s now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone. As people get better jobs and become financially independent, it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household. (3) However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often. The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they [填空题]
How will old people feel about their living alone？ [单项选择]Old Japanese living alone can now hire a "family" for lunch and a few hours’pleasant talk. Just give them a ring and ask for, say, a daughter, son-in-law and grandchild. They will show up at your door, and greet you happily as if they hadn’t seen you for years.
Some 15 couples have so far hired "families". "We have nearly 80 people on the waiting list."Said the president of the company that offers such services. "What is common about these senior citizens is that they are eager for human love. We are helping them make their dreams come true." Where once big families with three or more generations living together were common, now numbers are reducing fast. In cities there are very few indeed. Many old people seldom see their families. This may be because the children’s bosses have sent them to a distant city, even abroad, or just because busy family members can not find time to visit their parents. "We have seen many cases in which parent-children relations are not in a h A. to ask for help when they are ill B. to realize their big-family dreams C. to seek love and comfort D. to strengthen parent-children relations 我来回答: 提交
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