首页
登录
职称英语
Singletons, referring to those who live alone, are being comforted by well-m
Singletons, referring to those who live alone, are being comforted by well-m
游客
2023-10-14
13
管理
问题
Singletons, referring to those who live alone, are being comforted by well-meaning friends and family and told that not having a partner is not the end of the world. So, it would seem that they can say, yes, it is not. But no, in fact, it is the end.
A gloomy study that has just been released says that the international trend towards living alone is putting an unprecedented strain on our ecosystem.
For a number of reasons--relationship breakdown, career choice, longer life spans, smaller families--the number of individual households is growing. And this is putting intolerable pressure on natural resources, and accelerating the extinction of endangered plant and animal species. And there is worse news. Running a refrigerator, television, cooker, plumbing system just for selfish little you is a disastrous waste of resources on our over-populated planet. "The efficiency of resource consumption" is a lot higher in households of two people or more, simply because they share everything. Well imagine that. Just when you thought living alone was OK, you would find that all the time you were the enemy of mankind. Every time you put the kettle on the stove for a cup of coffee you were destroying Mother Earth. Indeed, it is not just your mother who is a bit worried by your continuing single status--you are letting down the entire human race by not having a boyfriend or girlfriend. The trouble is that society has a group instinct and people panic and hit out when they see other people quietly rebelling and straying away from the "standard" of family and coupledom.
The suggestion is that singledom should be at best a temporary state. Unless you are assimilated into a larger unit, you can never be fully functional.
Try "communal living. " There are all these illustrations of young attractive people having a "great time" laughingly bumping into each other. It looks like an episode of the TV series Friends.
And the message is clear: Togetherness is good, solitude is bad, and being single on your own is not allowed. [br] Well-meaning friends and family members often tell those who live alone that ______.
选项
A、they should end their singledom as soon as possible
B、they should live together with other singletons
C、singledom is an acceptable life-style
D、singledom can shorten one’s life-span
答案
C
解析
第一段第一句Singletons, …is not the end of the world:好心的朋友和家人都在安慰独居的人,并跟他们说没有人做伴,天也不会塌下来的。即独身是可以接受的。故选项C正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3096272.html
相关试题推荐
Singletons,referringtothosewholivealone,arebeingcomfortedbywell-m
Singletons,referringtothosewholivealone,arebeingcomfortedbywell-m
Singletons,referringtothosewholivealone,arebeingcomfortedbywell-m
Singletons,referringtothosewholivealone,arebeingcomfortedbywell-m
Singletons,referringtothosewholivealone,arebeingcomfortedbywell-m
随机试题
[originaltext]W:YournameisSanjayKumar.Isthatcorrect?M:Yes,Madam.W:
[originaltext]Fifteenyearsago,Japaneseengineersastonishedtheworldwi
StudyActivitiesinUniversityInordertohelpcoll
Heproposedthatwe______apartyforthesuccessofthebasketballmatch.A、hel
最近很多银行推出了等额递增还款法和等额递减还款法,理财规划师一般会推荐下列哪类人
某办公建筑,建筑高度24m,采用与基层墙体、装饰层之间有空腔的建筑外墙外保温系统
企业社会责任国际标准体系(SA8000)的主要内容不包括()。A.维护企业权益
期货公司首席风险官向()负责。A.中国期货业协会 B.期货交易所 C.期货
某债券票面金额F=100元,票面收益C=8元,每年支付一次利息,2年后还本。请回
设计施工总承包合同模式下,竣工试验程序分为三阶段,()需要通知监理人。A
最新回复
(
0
)