第五部分：补全短文(第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)
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The Joy of Living Alone
More and more Americans are living alone. Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner. __(46)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. __ (47)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. __(48)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. __(49)
Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please.__ (50)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. "
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Something Men Do Not Like to Do
Eric Brown hates shopping. " It's just not enjoyable to me," said the 28-year-old Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city' s main street, Michigan Avenue. "When I' m out __(51), I basically know what I want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I__(52)."
Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now __(53) this "men-hate-to-shop" notion.
"__(54)social class and age, men say they hate to shop," says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. "Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they.__(55)to shop. Men generally like to shop for __(56), music and hardware(硬件). But if you ask them about the shopping
they do for books or music , they'll say , " Well , that' s not shopping. That' s __(57)."
In other words, what men and women call "buying things" and how they approach that task are__(58).
Women will __(59)through several 1, O00-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the__(60) digital camcorder (摄像放像机)."
Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a __(61)to be won. "Men are frequently shopping to win," says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago, "They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, the Last one and if they do that it __(62)them happy." When women shop, "they' redoing it in a way where they want __(63)to be very happy," says McGrath. "They' re kind of shopping for love. "
In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female __(64)most clearly. Why complain some men, are all male clothes navy, black or brown? But would they wear light green and pink(粉红色)?
These days, many guys wear a sort of "uniform", says Paco Underhill, author of "Why We Buy". "It's been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious(时尚意识)in a business way. It becomes much , much easier __(65)you narrow your range of choices. "
51 h. playing B. fishing C. shopping D. going
52. A. get out B. look round C. move round D. move about
53. A. defending B. challenging C. proving D. supporting
54. A. Regardless of B. Because of C. Owing to D. Thanks to
55. A. want B. like C. hate D. hope
56. A. coats B. caps C. socks D. books
57. A. job B. movement C. exercise D. research
58. A. similar B. close C. alike D. different
59. A. wander B. go C. fly O. run
60. A. small B. big C. large D. perfect
61. A. task B. play C. game D. destination
62. A. brings B. causes C. makes D. keeps
63. A. everybody B. nobody C. anybody D. no one
64. A. explanation B. intention C. division D. description
65. A. because B. although C. since D. if
