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"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage," declared Helen Gur
"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage," declared Helen Gur
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2023-11-10
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问题
"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage," declared Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 bestseller "Sex and the Single Girl". To Brown, solo living afforded the(1)_____ to cultivate the self, furnish the mind and work late, and so on. Young women(2)_____ enjoy their best years without a(n)(3)_____, she advised, as this not only(4)_____ the foundation for stronger marriages (5)______ gave them a lifestyle to fall back on (6)_____they found themselves alone again.
(7)_____ at the time, Brown’s counsel seems sensible now. Certainly both(8)_____ have taken it to heart, marrying later, divorcing(9)_____ and living alone in larger numbers than ever before. (10)_____ little is known about the wider social (11)_____ of this unprecedented boom, writes Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University. His new book "Going Solo" offers a(12)_____ look at the lures and perils of living alone.
Mr. Klinenberg(13)_____ those who see the rise of solo living as yet another(14)_____ of the decline of civic society.(15)_____ marriage is no longer the ticket to adulthood, a desire to live alone is perfectly(16)______, he writes. Young adults view it as a rite of passage, a period of personal growth before possibly(17)_____. Its cultural acceptance has helped to(18)_____ women from bad marriages and oppressive families,(19)_____ them a space to return to civic life. And as elderly adults live longer than ever before, often without a partner, many hope to stay(20)_____ for as long as possible. [br] (20)
选项
A、independent
B、reliable
C、flexible
D、positive
答案
A
解析
独居的老人当然是想尽可能长地“保持独立”,故选independent“独立的”。reliable“可靠的”;flexible“灵活的”;positive“积极的”。
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