Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5:
In the past, it was common for three or more (1) ______ to live together in the same roof. Nowadays most elderly people live (2) ________their own. They generally stay in contact with their children or grandchildren but might live in the different part of the country. People also live together, often 20 years after they have (3) _________from their job. Modern American culture tends to value youth rather than age. This create an interesting challenge for older people and for the country. American families also have troubles. They are the divorce rate, the fact that working mothers might have (4)____________ time with their children, and the problems that parents and children sometimes misunderstand each other. (5)_________, family is still at the center of most people’s lives.
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