82. Problems

77. Negative attitude

Disadvantages

● Never being young again

● Feeling lonely in a youth-oriented culture

● 81. Being valued  as a source of experience and wisdom

● A wonderful process: Children 80. developing and learning new things, enjoying another birthday part

Growing old

● Being respected by the young

79. Growing up

76. Items/ Aspects

Descriptions/ Details

Positive attitude

74. What do we know about the author's house from the sentence“Though we've never had a    catastrophic loss such as that，Gibbs and I did have a close call…”(Lines 1―2，Para．4)? (回

答词数不超过8个单词)

A tragedy/disaster/loss almost occurred to it. // It had nearly been destroyed by a firestorm. //A disaster happened // There happened a disaster.

73. Now that all their possessions were lost in the fire，the woman and her husband felt that their lives were __________. (请从文章中找出一个单词，将句子补充完整)

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