In many ways， Providence Mount St． Vincent in Seattle is a typical senior living community． It is home to about 400 elderly people and provides them with different types of assistance． However， it is also the Inter-generational Learning Center---a preschool where children and seniors have the chance to bond（结成友好的关系）．
Established in 1991， the ILC's purpose is to allow kids to learn about acceptance while also being nurtured． It also aims to help seniors develop a greater sense of self-worth and strengthen social interactions． Babies to prekindergarten-aged children are placed into six different classes at the ILC． The kids attend art and music classes， as well as story time and exercise time with the seniors． Marie Hoover， ILC director， said that interacting with the seniors has proven beneficial for the young ones， making them more open-minded．
"For the ILC children， interacting with the residents is simply part of their day-to-day life here and the way aging is ‘normalized" ， which may be the most important benefit they receive ，" Hoover said． " I've had parents call me years after their children have graduated from our program to let me know about some incidents when their child was the first to warmly greet someone who happened to be in a wheelchair．"
As for the seniors， they're delighted by the companionship the children provide． The children bring so much energy and joy to our residents． Many of residents are widows or widowers and can become lonely． Their adult children may still be working， so they may not get to see them as often as they would like． Having the children stay with the old makes our residents feel they are still part of a community． The young and the old connect and learn from one another at this unique facility．



ILC is intended to ______ ．

A. build a typical senior living community
B. take good care of the children
C. benefit both the children and the seniors
D. rid the seniors of loneliness

From what Hoover said in Para． 3， we can learn that the ILC children ______ ．

A. keep in touch with the seniors even if they have left ILC
B. come to realize that aging is a normal part of life
C. take different attitudes to the elderly after graduation
D. think it easy to interact with the elderly residents in ILC

The last paragraph mainly tells us ______ ．

A. the benefits the seniors receive
B. the situation of the seniors
C. children's company
D. the interaction between the children and the seniors

The underlined words this unique facility may refer to ______ ．

A. a special building
B. a typical family
C. a typical teaching program
D. a special learning center