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.”
参考答案：
1. C.前句中是在对美国独身人中的具体情况进行介绍，而且提到了一些美国人独身的原因，判断C是答案：C中提到了更大多数美国人独身的原因。在词语使用上空格前句中的some 和空格后句中的more构成呼应(补充：some还和 some/ others形成词语上的呼应。)
2. E. 空格后句中出现代词“these people”，而空格前句出现的人是单数形式，因此判断空格处应该出现表意复数的人， 从而与these people相呼应。而且空格前句提到了“年龄(old)”，所以判断E是答案(a quarter of the 23 million single people是复数名词，而且E中提到了年龄(35岁以下))
3.B.前句中提到“经济独立”有可能造成保持一个人的家庭生活，B中的“妇女有好的工作，增加了独身的人数”与前句内容正好呼应。
4. F.空格前句提到 “独自生活是一种享受，一旦你独自生活了，你就不可能再返回去和他人生活在一起”。而且前面提到了一个具体的人和他发表的评论，所以比较被选项发现F最合适：在含义上(我喜欢独自生活)与前句内容一致，而且有代词He直接和前句中的 David C’Debaca呼应。
5. D.空格前面句子中出现了grown up，该词在D中正好有呼应，所以重点关注。后句中的“自由”也是“梦想”中的一个部分，所以D是答案。