In America, people don’t keep their old people at home. At a certain age they put them away. In my country, the old people stay in the home until they ____80____. But here, things are not like that. It’s surprising to me that they put them away. The first thing they think of is a nursing home (养老院). Some of these people don’t need a nursing home. If they had their own bedroom at home, they would watch ____81____ or listen to the radio or have themselves busy doing something interesting.

Right now there’s a lady here, nothing wrong with her, but her children put her away. They don’t come to see her. The only time they come to see her is when she says, “I can’t breathe.” She wants some ____82____. And that way she is just aging. When I came here, she was a beautiful woman. She was looking nice. Now she is going down.

We had another lady here two years ago, she had two sons. She fell and had a ____83____ leg. They called the eldest son. He said, “Why call on me? Call the little one. She gave all the money to that little one.” That was bad. I was right there.

All these people are not helpless. But just the family ____84____ them. There is an old man here. His children took him for a ride one day, pushed him out of the car, let him walk and wander (徘徊) by himself. He couldn’t find his way home. His children try to ____85____ all that he has. They are trying to make him sign papers and things like those. There is nothing wrong with him. He can dress himself, cook his own meals, take a walk… They signed him in here, made the lawyers sign him in. They are just in for money.

How can these children treat their old people like that? How awful!

80. A. fail                 B. disappear                C. die               D. hate

81. A. films        B. pets                C. television                  D. children

82. A. attention     B. freedom                     C. invitation                D. trouble

83. A. frozen                B. broken                    C. weak                   D. terrible

84. A. have pity on        B. deal with                    C. rely on                  D. get rid of

85. A. take away           B. give up                      C. dream of                D. care for