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Dr. Amanda Harris was ready for sleep since it was already 11 pm. The phone rang. On the other end of the line was a woman about to break a promise. The woman was her mother’s neighbor. Flora Harris had made the neighbor swear she wouldn’t tell her daughter she’d had a heart attack and was in hospital. The neighbor wisely decided to disobey orders.
Amanda desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately, but she couldn’t. She lives in Washington D. C., and her mother lives in California. For the past year and a half, Amanda has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother. Flora Harris takes care of her husband, James, who’s 91 and has Alzheimer’s disease. They live in their own home, and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.
Amanda is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar. She’s often worried and guilty, not to mention busy with a demanding job, two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.
In some ways, Amanda is lucky. She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles. Plus, she is a doctor who treats the elderly. She’s treated countless patients whose children live far away.
“But it’s still tough,” she says. “I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like, and it’s not a pretty picture. There will come a time when my father won’t recognize me and I worry he’s going to be violent and hurt my mother.”
So what do you do when you live a continent away from your aging, sick parents? You can hire someone to help, but you can’t count on it completely.
1.Why is Amanda worried and guilty?
A. She is tired of taking care of her husband.
B. She cannot afford to go to California often.
C. She cannot take good care of her aging parents.
D. She has heart disease and cannot do a demanding job.
2.The author considers Amanda lucky because ________.
A. her parents are well cared by a caregiver
B. she has experience of treating the elderly
C. her parents are not very old
D. she has a lot of free time
3.What’s one of the symptoms of a person with Alzheimer’s disease?
A. Having no sense of pain.
B. Having heart attacks often.
C. Always feeling worried and guilty.
D. Being unable to recognize relatives.
4.The writer writes this passage in order to _________.
A. stress the importance of tending aging parents
B. give some advice on tending aging parents from afar
C. introduce the current situation of aging parents in the USA
D. show the difficulty of tending aging parents living far away
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It was shortly before midnight, and Dr Patricia was getting ready for bed. The phone rang on the end of the line was a woman about to break a promise.
The woman was her mother’s neighbour. Flora Harris had made the neighbour swear she wouldn’t tell her daughter she’d a heart attack and was in the hospital, for fear her daughter would worry. The neighbour wisely decided to disobey orders.
Harris desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately, but she couldn’t. She lives in Washington, D.C, and her mother lives in California.
For the past year a half, Harris has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother. Flora Harris takes care of her husband, James, who’s 91 and has Alzheimer’s disease. They live in their own home, and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.
Harris is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar. She’s often worried, not to mention extremely busy with a demanding job, two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.
In some ways, Harris is lucky. She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles. Plus, Harris is a doctor who treats the elderly.
“ But it’s still tough,” she said. “ I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like, and it’s not a pretty picture. My father’s going to need diapers (尿布). There will come a time when he won’ t recognize me and he’s easily excited. I worry he’s going to be violent and hurt my mother.”
So what do you do when you live a continent away for your aging, sick parents? There are no magic answers. You can hire someone to help, but you can’t outsource it completely.
1.Why was the woman thought to have broken a promise?
A. She failed to take care of Flora.
B. She was not supposed to call Harris at midnight.
C. She couldn’t go to hospital on time.
D. She told Harris about her mother’s illness.
2.What can we learn about Patricia Harris from the passage?
A. She thinks it harder to look after her parents the next few years.
B. He parents cannot take themselves at all.
C. She cannot do a demanding job.
D. She cannot afford to go to California often.
3.What does the underlined word “ outsource” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Arrange somebody outside to do a job.
B. Work something out by oneself.
C. Speak something out for help.
D. Understand something.
4.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Aging people in the USA are increasing.
B. The rate of heart disease is high in America.
C. It is difficult to tend aging parents from afar.
D. Harris advises on tending aging parents from afar.
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Dr. Kate: Radio _1. (chan
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Bob: It seems that people only listen to the radi0 7. they are driving in their car ，
Dr. Kate: That is true for me. but I know that my husband listens to it while he is working 8. home.
Bob: Now that f think about it, I realize that a lot of stores have the radi0 9. (play).
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