Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes.They are left in the -1- of strangers for the rest of their lives.Their -2- children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any -3- visitors.The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth-an -4- story.In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care -5- elderly people need.Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied -6- the American family is changing.He reported that by the time the -7- American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. -8-, because people today live longer after an illness than people did years -9-, family members must provide long term care.More psychologists have found that all caregivers -10- a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best -11- for the job. In other words, they all felt that they -12- do the job better than anyone else. Social workers -13- caregivers to find out why they took -14- the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.Many caregivers believed they had -15- to help their relative. Some stated that helping others -16- them feel more useful. Others hoped that by helping -17- now, they would deserve care when they became old and -18-.Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a -19- satisfying experience for everyone who might be -20-.
1. [A] hands[B] arms [C] bodies [D] homes
2. [A] growing [B] grown [C] being grown [D] having grown
3. [A] constant [B] lasting [C] regular [D] normal