1) As we get older it gets more difficult to keep up with the a) present b) times c) moment d) date 2) Elderly people are ... to forget things easily. a) art b) prone c) open d) prey 3) That song ... me of my youth. a) recalls b) remembers c) reminds d) recollects 4) You're too old to carry on working. It's time you called it a ... a) day b) week c) month d) year 5) He looks a great deal older. His worries seem to have taken a terrible ... on his health. a) burden b) strain c) tax d) toll 6) When you retire, you'll receive a(n) ... from the government. a) allowance b) benefit c) grant d) pension 7) Except for the ... cold and cough, I've been remarkably healthy all my life. a) irregular b) odd c) infrequent d) timely 8) Queen Victoria's death marked the end of a(n) ... a) aria b) age c) era d) period 9) Would you ever consider putting your parents in an old people's ...? a) asylum b) home c) house d) hospital 10) I don't remember the fifties - they were before my ... a) age b) epoch c) period d) time 11) I've heard that joke before. It's as old as the ... a) hills b) history c) rocks d) times 12) The proportion of elderly people in the population is steadily ... as they live longer. a) falling b) growing up c) raising d) rising 13) Early retirement is a ... of reducing the workforce while avoiding redundancies.  a) device b) means c) source d) proposal 14) Thinking about my childhood makes me feel very ... a) remembered b) memorable c) nostalgic d) reminiscent

Getting old (vocabulary focus)

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