2016年06月四级第2套选词填空原文翻译及答案解析

Contrary to popular belief, older people generally do not want to live with their children. Moreover, most adult children __26__ every bit as much care and support to their aging parents as was the case in the "good old days", and most older people do not feel __27__ .

与普遍看法相反，老年人通常不希望与子女同住。此外，大多数成年子女给予年迈父母的关怀和支持，与“往昔美好时光”相比毫不逊色，大多数老年人也并未感到被遗弃。

About 80% of people 65 years and older have living children, and about 90% of them have __28__ contact with their children. About 75% of elderly parents who don't go to nursing homes live within __30__ minutes of at least one of their children.

大约80%的65岁及以上的人有在世的子女，其中约90%与子女保持频繁联系。大约75%不去养老院的老年父母居住在至少一个子女的Biased分钟车程内。

However, __29__ having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age. In fact, some research has found that people who are most involved with their families have the lowest spirits. This research may be __30__ , however, as ill health often makes older people more __31__ and thereby increases contact with family members. So it is more likely that poor health, not just family involvement, __32__ spirits.

然而，仅仅与子女保持联系并不能保证老年幸福。事实上，一些研究发现，与家庭关系最密切的人情绪最为低落。然而，这项研究可能存在偏见，因为健康状况不佳往往使老年人更加依赖，从而增加了与家人的接触。因此，更可能的情况是，健康状况不佳，而不仅仅是家庭参与，会抑制情绪。

Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the elderly and their children. If parents and children share interests and values and agree on child-rearing practices and religious __33__ , they are likely to enjoy each other's company. Disagreements on such matters can __34__ cause problems. If parents are agreed by their daughter's divorce, dislike her new husband, and disapprove of how she is raising their grandchildren, __35__ are that they are not going to enjoy her visits.

越来越多的研究者开始关注老年人与子女之间关系的质量，而非接触的频率。如果父母和子女拥有共同的兴趣和价值观，并在育儿方式和宗教承诺上达成一致，他们很可能会享受彼此的陪伴。在这些问题上的分歧可以理解地会导致问题。如果父母对女儿的离婚感到不安，不喜欢她的新丈夫，并且不赞成她抚养孙辈的方式，那么很可能他们不会享受她的来访。