1 广东高考英语模拟试题六 广州执信中学 吕佳 徐玲华 二、语言知识及应用(共两节，满分 3 5 分) 第一节 完形填空(共 1 0 小题；每小题2 分，满分 2 0 分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 21-30 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are old enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness（宽容） of American parents. The old rule that “children should be seen and not heard” is rarely ___21_ _, and children are often allowed to do what they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him without __22___, and children are encouraged to be ___23___ at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom ___24___ far. Others think that a strong father image would not ___25___ the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to ___26___ their parental families by the time they have reached their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a ___27___, a kind of weak dependence. This pattern of independence often results in serious ___28___ for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live beyond the age of 70. The job-retirement age is___29___65. The children have left home, married, and set up their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. But the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a ___30___f...
