■■ Cloze Test

Illness is defined in a variety of ways, which depend on a number of factors. One of these ....... Older people tend to accept as 'normal' a range of pains and physical limitations which younger people would define as symptoms of some illness or disability. As we age, we redefine health and accept greater levels of physical ....... . In Blaxter's (1990) national survey of health definitions, she found that young people tend to define health ......... of physical fitness, but ......... , as people age health comes to be defined in being able to manage everyday tasks. She found examples of older people with really serious arthritis, ......... nevertheless defined themselves as healthy, as they were still able to take care of a limited range of routine activities.

[Cloze Test] One of these ............ Older people tend to accept as 'normal' a range of pains