綜合類：補全短文The Joy of Living Alone
More and more Americans are living alone．Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner．___(1)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．___(2)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．___(3)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． ___(4)
Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please．___
(5). 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．”
參考答案：
1. C．前句中是在對美國獨身人中的具體情況進行介紹，而且提到了一些美國人獨身的原因，判斷C是答案：C中提到了更大多數美國人獨身的原因。在詞語使用上空格前句中的some 和空格后句中的more構成呼應（補充：some還和 some/ others形成詞語上的呼應。）
2． E. 空格后句中出現代詞“these people”，而空格前句出現的人是單數形式，因此判斷空格處應該出現表意復數的人， 從而與these people相呼應。而且空格前句提到了“年齡（old）”，所以判斷E是答案（a quarter of the 23 million single people是復數名詞，而且E中提到了年齡（35歲以下））
3．B．前句中提到“經濟獨立”有可能造成保持一個人的家庭生活，B中的“婦女有好的工作，增加了獨身的人數”與前句內容正好呼應。
4． F．空格前句提到 “獨自生活是一種享受，一旦你獨自生活了，你就不可能再返回去和他人生活在一起”。而且前面提到了一個具體的人和他發表的評論，所以比較被選項發現F最合適：在含義上（我喜歡獨自生活）與前句內容一致，而且有代詞He直接和前句中的 David C’Debaca呼應。
5． D．空格前面句子中出現了grown up，該詞在D中正好有呼應，所以重點關注。后句中的“自由”也是“夢想”中的一個部分，所以D是答案。