The Joy of Living Alone

More and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.——(46)According to a recent U.S.census(人口普查)，25 percent of all households in the U.S.are made up of just one person.This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.

The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely.——(47)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone.They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.

It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone.As people get better jobs and become financially independent，it becomes possible for them to maintain a one.Person household.——(48)However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.

The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it.“Living alone is a luxury,”says Nina Hagiwara， “Once you do it，you can’t ever go back to living with others.’’David C’Debaca， agrees.________ (49)

Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please.

________ (50)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking.

A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays

B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.

C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.

D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S.are under the age of 35

F He says，“I like being by myself.”

答案解析

46.C 第一段的第一句講的是：越來越多的人過著單身的生活。第二句是講過單身生活的原因。C也是一種過單身生活的原因。因此填入c是連貫的。

47.E 第二段的第一句講的是：一個典型的過單身生活的人既非年長，也非孤獨。這是主題句。主題句后面應是具體r的說明。E是具體的說明，因而是正確的答案。

48.B B是合適的選擇，因為上一句是這么說的：隨著人們能找到更好的工作，經濟上變得更加獨立，他們就越有可能保持住單人的家庭。

49.F 上一句是Nina Hagiwara說的話，David C'Debaca表示同意。下面是他說的話，因而F是合適的選擇。

50.D 最后一段的第一句是這么說的：兒童認為，長大意味著想干什么就干什么。D說的是：似乎今天許多大人正在實現(xiàn)這種童年時的夢想。

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