Reading Comprehension Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each of the questions or statements after each passage Passage one We have found our way to the old. and some of us have discovered that they often save the young A reporter moved her family onto a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter baked banana bread for the neighbors and had her children deliver it and visit. Soon the children had many new friends, with whom they shared food, stories and projects. My children have never been less lonely, the reporter said The young, in tum, save the old. Once I was in a rest home when a visitor showed up with a baby. She was immediately surrounded. People who hadn 't gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Even those who had seemed comatose woke up to watch the child. Babies have an amazing power to comfort and heal My life is richer too because of the time that Ive spent with my elders. Over the past three years I've interviewed my five aunts, listened to family stories, looked at pictures and eaten home-cooked meals. As a result I better understand my own parents and our country's history I've also learned the art of aging. I've come away feeling more accepting, more grateful. And I have witnessed the incredible calculus of old age; as more is taken, there is more love for what remains To learn from the old, we must love them-not just in abstract but in flesh-beside us in our homes, businesses, churches and schools. We must work together to build the kinds of communities that allow us to care for one another This article deals with A)the relationship among the young B)the relationship among the old the generation gapReading Comprehension Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each of the questions or statements after each passage. Passage One We have found our way to the old. And some of us have discovered that they often save the young. A reporter moved her family onto a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter baked banana bread for the neighbors and had her children deliver it and visit. Soon the children had many new friends, with whom they shared food, stories and projects. “My children have never been less lonely,” the reporter said. The young, in turn, save the old. Once I was in a rest home when a visitor showed up with a baby. She was immediately surrounded. People who hadn’t gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Even those who had seemed comatose woke up to watch the child. Babies have an amazing power to comfort and heal. My life is richer too because of the time that I’ve spent with my elders. Over the past three years I’ve interviewed my five aunts, listened to family stories, looked at pictures and eaten home-cooked meals. As a result I better understand my own parents and our country’s history. I’ve also learned the art of aging. I’ve come away feeling more accepting, more grateful. And I have witnessed the incredible calculus of old age; as more is taken, there is more love for what remains. To learn from the old, we must love them-not just in abstract but in flesh-beside us in our homes, businesses, churches and schools. We must work together to build the kinds of communities that allow us to care for one another. 1. This article deals with A) the relationship among the young B) the relationship among the old C) the generation gap