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Val MacDonald points out that baby boomers ______.
A．are more willing to talk to their parents
B．often take advantage of their parents financially
C．seldom think of sending their parents away
D．are likely to force their parents to accept their views
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Val MacDonald helps adult children with their aging parent issues through ______.
A．a magazine
B．the Internet
C．phone calls
D．home visiting
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
When Mom and Dad Grow Old
The prospect of talking to increasingly fragile parents about their future can be "one of the most difficult challenges adult children will ever face," says Clarissa Green, a Vancouver therapist. "People often tell me they don't want to raise sensitive issues with their parents about bringing in caregivers or moving," she says. "They'll say, 'I don't want to see Dad cry.'" But Green usually responds, "What's wrong with that？" Adult children, she says, need to try to join their parents in grieving their decline, acknowledge their living arrangements may on longer work and, if necessary, help them say goodbye to their beloved home. "It's sad. And it's supposed to be. It's about death itself."
There are almost four million men and women over age 65 in Canada. Nearly two thirds of them manage to patch together enough support—from family, friends, private anti government ser vices-to live independently until virtually the day they die, according to Statistics Canada.
Of the Canadian seniors who live to 85 and over, almost one iii three end up being moved— sometimes kicking—to group living for the last years of their lives. Even in the best-case scenarios (可能出现的情况), such dislocations can bring sorrow. "Often the family feels guilty, and the senior feels abandoned," says Charmaine Spencer, a professor in the gerontology department of Simon Fraser University. Harassed with their own careers and children, adult children may push their parents too fast to make a major transition.
Val MacDonald, executive director of the B.C. Seniors Services Society, cautions adult children against imposing their views on aging parents. "Many baby boomers can be quite patronizing (高人一等的)," she says. Like many who work with seniors, MacDonald suggests adult children devote many conversations over a long period of time to collaborating on their parents' future, raising feelings, questions and options—gently, but frankly. However, many middle-aged adults, according to the specialists, just muddle (应付) through with their aging parents.
When the parents of Nancy Woods of Mulmur Hills, Ont., were in their nfid-80s, they made the decision to downsize from their large family home to an apartment in Toronto. As Woods's parents, George and Bernice, became more frail, she believed they knew she had their best interests at heart. They agreed to her suggestion to have Meals on Wheels start delivering lunches and dinners. However, years later, after a crisis, Woods discovered her parents had taken to throwing out the prepared meals. Her dad had appreciated them, but Bernice had come to believe they were poisoned. "My father was so loyal," says Woods, "he had hid that my mother was overwhelmed by paranoia (偏执狂)." To her horror, Woods discovered her dad and mom were "living on crackers and oatmeal porridge" and were weakening from the impoverished diet. Her dad was also falling apart with the stress of providing for Bernice—a common problem when one spouse tries to do everything for an ailing partner. "The spouse who's being cared for might be doing well at home," says Spencer, "but often the other spouse is burned out and ends up being hospitalized."
Fortunately, outside help is often available to people struggling through the often-distressing process of helping their parents explore an important shift. Sons and daughters can bring in brochures or books on seniors' issues, as well as introduce government health-care workers or staff at various agencies, to help raise issues and open up discussions, says Val MacDonald, whose nonprofit organization responds to thousands of calls a year from British Columbians desperate for information about how to weave through the dizzying array of seniors services and housing options. The long list of things to do, says MacDonald, includes assessing their ability to live independently; determining your c
A．encourage their parents to live independently
B．spend more time with their parents at weekends
C．try to share their fragile parents' grieving feelings
D．give their parents spiritual as well as financial help
A、Uncle
B、daughter
C、son
D、nephew
What does MacDonald warn people when they intend to buy life insurance products？
A．It is expensive to invest on life insurance products.
B．Some insurance has some specific terms.
C．Some insurance companies will not provide satisfactory terms.
D．People should not use insurance policies purely as an investment.
A、Lord Durham
B、Samuel De Champlain
C、Jacque Cartier
D、John Macdonald
听力原文：W: MacDonald Company... Can I help you？
M: I'd like to speak to Mr. Walker, please.
Q: What is the woman？
(2)
A．A shop assistant.
B．A secretary.
C．A company manager.
D．A waitress.
Including the Macdonald's, how many fast food companies altogether are brought to court？
A．4
B．3
C．5
D．6
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： The McDonald's fast food company is faxing legal action by people who say its food made them fat and sick. In New York City, legal action was recently brought against McDonald's and four other fast-food companies. The lawsuits charge that these companies have not warned people that this kind of food could be harmful. About one-hundred of seventy-thousand American fast-food restaurants sell food that is high in fat, sugar and calories. They include potatoes cooked in oil and meat sandwiches called hamburgers. The restaurants also serve sweet soft drinks.
What's this news mainly about？
A．The MacDonald is being charged of selling food making people fat and sick.
B．The MacDonald is being charged of selling stale food.
C．The MacDonald is being charged of bad service.
D．The MacDonald is reducing the number of its products
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