4．Six months before she died，my grandmother moved into an old people's home and I visited her there when I was in Britain．She was sitting in the living room with about 15other residents （居住客），mostly women，half of them asleep．The room was clean and warm，with flowers and pictures，and the care assistants were kind and cheerful．All was silent except when the residents needed to be helped to the bathroom．It was depressing （壓抑）．Gran talked a lot about how much she missed seeing her grandchildren，but I knew from my sister that they hated going to visit her there，and to be frank，I couldn't wait to get away myself．
So I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people's homes in France．The idea is simple，but revolutionary--combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building．The children and the residents eat lunch together and share activities such as music，painting，gardening，and caring for the pets，which the residents are encouraged to keep．In the afternoons，the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children，and if a child is feeling sad or tired，they can always find someone for comfort．
The advantages are great for everyone concerned．The children are happy because they get a lot more of free afternoon，and enjoy themselves because someone has time for them．They also learn that old people are not‘different'or frightening in any way．And of course，they see illness and death and learn to accept them．The residents are happy because they feel useful and needed．They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance too．And the staff （員工） are happy because they see an improvement in the physical and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the children．Nowadays there is less and less contact （接觸） between the old and the young．"There are many reasons for this，including the breakdown of the extended family，working parents with no time to care for ageing relations，families that have moved away，and smaller flats with no room for grandparents．But the result is the same-increasing numbers of children without grandparents and old people who have no contact with children．And more and more old people are lonely and feel useless，along with more and more families with young children who badly need more support．It's a major problem in many societies．
That's why intergenerational programmes，designed to bring the old and the young together，are growing in popularity all over the world，supported by UNESCO and other local and international organisations．There are successful examples all over the world，using young people to teach IT skills to older people and using old people as volunteer assistants in schools，perhaps reading with children who need extra attention．One successful scheme （方案） in London pairs young volunteers with old people who are losing their sight．The young people help with practical things such as writing letters，reading bank statements and helping with shopping，and the older people can pass on their knowledge and experience to their young visitors．
But it isn't only the individuals concerned who gain from intergenerational activities．The advantages to society are great too．If older people and the youth of today can understand and accept each other，there will be more harmony in a community．
64．The new concept that the writer read about in the newspaper refers toB．
A．allowing old people to help take care of children
B．building a bridge between the old and the youth
C．encouraging children to visiting old people
D．requiring more assistants to help the old people
65．What is the major problem in society today according to the passage？C
A．The breakdown of the extended family．
B．More and more old people left behind．
C．Lack of care for the old and the young．
D．Children without much care from their parents．
66．The underlined sentence in paragraph 3implies thatD．
A．the new combination can provide a lot of chances of jobs
B．actually the old people can act as assistant staff
C．children are those who get advantages most
D．more than the old people and children can get advantages．
分析 本文主要寫了把老人和孩子們在一起照顧，讓老人和孩子多參與代際活動，如果老年人和今天的年輕人能夠相互理解和接受，那么社區就會更加和諧．
解答 64．B 細節理解題．作者通過讀到的文章在文章最后得出結論But it isn't only the individuals concerned who gain from intergenerational activities．The advantages to society are great too．但是，不僅僅是那些從代際活動中獲益的個體，對社會的好處也是巨大的．可見作者讀的文章是關于在老年人和青年人之間架起橋梁參與代際活動，所以答案選B．
65．C 細節理解題．根據句子Nowadays there is less and less contact （接觸） between the old and the young．現在老年人和年輕人接觸越來越少．所以答案選C．
66．D 推理判斷題．根據前一句 They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance too．當孩子們在身邊時，他們對生活更積極，更感興趣，他們對自己的外表也更感興趣．下一句主要說到員工也很高興，他們看到老人身心健康而且還有人幫助帶孩子，由此可以推斷這句話是為了表達不僅僅是老人和孩子得到益處連員工也很高興獲益很多，所以答案選D．
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