但先生,78岁,最近他常常有孤独无助的感觉,而且做起事情总是力不从心,很容易疲劳。社会工作者接手但先生的个案后,通过家访了解到:但先生早先的生活主要靠老伴照料,但老伴去年开始呈现早老性痴呆的症状,非但不能继续照顾他,还需要但先生去照料老伴。这件事情对但先生的影响很大,他至今还不能完全接受老伴患病这一事实。社会工作者分析后认为,但先生所承受的压力和体力上的付出正在加重他原先就有的关节炎。社会工作者一方面通过面谈辅导的方式,帮助但先生了解老年疾病的发生规律,以及早老性痴呆的相关知识,引导但先生逐渐接受老伴患病的事实,并明白家庭环境变迁后自己应承担的责任。另外,鉴于但先生的身体状况,建议并帮助他向社区服务中心求助,联系了有相关照顾经验的志愿者,每周上门两次,为但先生提供居家照顾服务。一个月后,但先生感觉好了许多,尽管志愿者每周来家服务的时间合起来只有6个小时,但是却为但先生创造了一定的空闲时间,他可以做些自己想做的其他事情了。 问题:1.上述案例体现了老年人的什么特点
What does Jason say about "a friend in need is a friend indeed"
A. It is the most important principle for friendship.
B. It is not enough as a principle for friendship.
C. It is outdated and is no longer important.
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage. I saw a television advertisement recently for a new product called an air sanitizer. A woman stood in her kitchen, spraying the empty space in front of her as though using Mace against an imaginary assailant. She appeared very determined. Where others are satisfied with antibacterial-laced sponges, dish soaps, hand sanitizers and telephone wipes, here was a woman who sought to sterilize the air itself. As a casual student of microbiology, I find it hard to escape the absurdity here. This woman is, like any human being, home to hundreds of trillions of bacteria. Bacteria make up a solid third, by weight, of the contents of her intestines. If you were to sneak into her bathroom while she was showering--and based on my general impression of this woman from the advertisement, I don’t recommend this--and secret away a teaspoon of the water at her feet, you would find some 820 billion bacteria. Bacteria are unavoidably, inevitably--and, usually, utterly benignly--a part of our world. The fantasy of a germ-free home is not only absurd, but it is also largely pointless. Unless you share your home with someone very old, very young (under 6 months) or very ill, the few hundred bacteria on a countertop, doorknob or spoon pose no threat. The bacteria that cause food poisoning, the only significant rational bacterial worry in the average home, need to multiply into the thousands or millions before they can overwhelm your immune system and cause symptoms. The only way common food poisoning bacteria can manage this is to spend four or five hours reproducing at room temperature in something moist that you then eat. If you are worried about food poisoning, the best defense is the refrigerator. If you don’t make a habit of eating perishable food that has been left out too long, don’t worry about bacteria. Viruses are slightly different. You need only pick up a few virus particles to infect yourself with a cold or flu, and virus particles can survive on surfaces for days. So disinfecting the surfaces in the home should, in theory, reduce the chances of picking up a bug. In practice, the issue is less clear. A study by Dr. Elaine Larson at the Columbia School of Nursing called into question the usefulness of antibacterial products for the home. In New York, 224 households, each with at least one preschooler, were randomly assigned to two groups. One group used antibacterial cleaning, laundry and hand-washing products. The other used ordinary products. For 48 weeks, the groups were monitored for seven symptoms of colds, flu and food poisoning-and found to he essentially the same. According to Dr. Gerba’s research, an active adult touches an average of 300 surfaces every 30 minutes. You cannot win at this. You will become obsessive-compulsive. Just wash your hands with soap and water a few times a day, and leave it at that. Questions : According to the author, if you want to keep healthy, you had better ______.
A. make the room dry
B. keep the food in the refrigerator
C. wash your hands as much as possible
D. clean the surfaces with anti-bacterial products
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage. I saw a television advertisement recently for a new product called an air sanitizer. A woman stood in her kitchen, spraying the empty space in front of her as though using Mace against an imaginary assailant. She appeared very determined. Where others are satisfied with antibacterial-laced sponges, dish soaps, hand sanitizers and telephone wipes, here was a woman who sought to sterilize the air itself. As a casual student of microbiology, I find it hard to escape the absurdity here. This woman is, like any human being, home to hundreds of trillions of bacteria. Bacteria make up a solid third, by weight, of the contents of her intestines. If you were to sneak into her bathroom while she was showering--and based on my general impression of this woman from the advertisement, I don’t recommend this--and secret away a teaspoon of the water at her feet, you would find some 820 billion bacteria. Bacteria are unavoidably, inevitably--and, usually, utterly benignly--a part of our world. The fantasy of a germ-free home is not only absurd, but it is also largely pointless. Unless you share your home with someone very old, very young (under 6 months) or very ill, the few hundred bacteria on a countertop, doorknob or spoon pose no threat. The bacteria that cause food poisoning, the only significant rational bacterial worry in the average home, need to multiply into the thousands or millions before they can overwhelm your immune system and cause symptoms. The only way common food poisoning bacteria can manage this is to spend four or five hours reproducing at room temperature in something moist that you then eat. If you are worried about food poisoning, the best defense is the refrigerator. If you don’t make a habit of eating perishable food that has been left out too long, don’t worry about bacteria. Viruses are slightly different. You need only pick up a few virus particles to infect yourself with a cold or flu, and virus particles can survive on surfaces for days. So disinfecting the surfaces in the home should, in theory, reduce the chances of picking up a bug. In practice, the issue is less clear. A study by Dr. Elaine Larson at the Columbia School of Nursing called into question the usefulness of antibacterial products for the home. In New York, 224 households, each with at least one preschooler, were randomly assigned to two groups. One group used antibacterial cleaning, laundry and hand-washing products. The other used ordinary products. For 48 weeks, the groups were monitored for seven symptoms of colds, flu and food poisoning-and found to he essentially the same. According to Dr. Gerba’s research, an active adult touches an average of 300 surfaces every 30 minutes. You cannot win at this. You will become obsessive-compulsive. Just wash your hands with soap and water a few times a day, and leave it at that. Questions : According to the author, one will become obsessive-compulsive ______.
A. if he washes his hands every time he touches a surface
B. if he only washes his hands with soap and water
C. if he could not win over the bacteria in his home
D. if he does not fight against the bacteria at home