“Sons reduce their relative care­giving efforts when they have a sister，while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”

　　“This suggests that sons pass on parent care­giving responsibilities to their sisters.”

　　In the UK，the 2011 Census showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities，a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.

　　But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full­time job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts who are not carers.

　　8. According to the passage，what’s the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for the elderly?

　　A．Education.　B．Gender.

　　C．Career.

　　D．Income.

　　9．The US study finds that ________.

　　A．having a sister makes men less likely to look after their parents

　　B．sons are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old age

　　C．sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents

　　D．sons are unwilling to leave care­giving responsibilities to their sisters

　　10．What does the author stress in the last paragraph?

　　A．People should give up their job to care for the elderly.

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