职称英语考试

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More and more Americans are living alone. Somelive 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 oneperson. This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a coupleof generations ago.

The typical person living alone is neither oldnor lonely. （2） The majority ofthese people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasingsocial 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, itbecomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household. （3） However, people who do get married aremarrying at a later age and divorcing more often.

The number one reason given by most people forliving alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want todo it. "Living alone is a luxury," says Nina Hagiwara, 38. "Onceyou do it, you can't ever go back to living, with others." David C'Debaca,46, agrees. （4）

Children think that being grown up means beingable to do exactly as they please. （5） The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as itsounds 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 jobshas done much to increase the number of people living alone.

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

D It seems that many grown-ups today arerealizing that childhood dream

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

F He says, "1 like being by myself."

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网考网参考答案：C、E、B、F、D
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7%的考友选择了A选项
72%的考友选择了B选项
4%的考友选择了C选项
7%的考友选择了D选项
4%的考友选择了E选项
6%的考友选择了F选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 我也是这么错的
 · 这个答案应该是错误的
 · 这题不解，原来选C、E、B、F、D，感觉挺好的