Question

Empty nest syndrome refers to the grief that many parents feel when their children move out of home. This condition is typically more common in women, who are more likely to have had the role of primary care giver. Unlike the grief experienced when, for example, a loved one dies, the grief of empty nest syndrome often goes unrecognised, because an adult child moving out of home is seen as a normal, healthy event. Besides, in many cases, empty nest syndrome is compounded (混合) by other difficult life events or significant changes happening around the same time, such as retirement or menopause (更年期).

Research suggests that some parents are more susceptible (易受影响的) than others. People who are full-time parents are more often affected than people who also have other duties to perform, such as paid employment. Parents who worry that their children aren’t ready to take on adult responsibilities tend to experience more grief. People who suffer the most from empty nest syndrome tend to have things in common. They found moving out of home a difficult and emotional experience or their marriage is unstable or unsatisfactory.

Parents experiencing empty nest syndrome of course face new challenges. They need to establish a new kind of relationship with their adult children. They have to become a couple again, after years of sharing the home with children. And it’s not an easy job to fill the emptiness in the daily life created by absent children. Also, it can be difficult to find understanding from others, who consider children moving out to be a natural, healthy event.

Although many parents face the grief of empty nest syndrome, help and support is available.

64.   The writer implies that empty nest syndrome tends to        .

A. be a hidden problem             B. happen after retirement

C. happen among single women      D. be seen as a healthy event

65.   The problems of parents experiencing empty nest syndrome come from the following EXCEPT         .

A. absent adult children          B. financial pressures

C. a different family life          D. lack of understanding

66.   What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Problems many parents are facing.

B. Independent children moving out of home.

C. Difficult life events adults are experiencing.

D. Significant changes happening in many families.

67.   What would most probably be discussed in the following paragraph?

A. Dangers of empty nest syndrome.

B. Preparations for new challenges in life.

C. Other difficulties old parents are facing.

D. Tips on dealing with empty nest syndrome.

Answer 1

 ABAD

 64. A. 推理判断题。由the grief of empty nest syndrome often goes unrecognised及文中对其通常不为人们所认识的原因分析可推知A正确。

65. B. 细节理解题。第三段A、C、D这些问题都有述及，全文没有提及经济上的压力是有空巢综合症的父母所面临的问题。

66. A. 主旨大意题。文章首先说明何为空巢综合症，然后分析易患此症的父母及他们所面临的问题，故只有A项与文章中心一致。

67. D. 推理判断题。全文一直在讲会对父母产生影响的空巢综合症种种问题，到最后一段说，患空巢综合症也是有办法克服的，由此可推知接下来会谈及应对空巢综合症的策略办法，故D正确。