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"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage," declared Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 bestseller "Sex and the Single
"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage," declared Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 bestseller "Sex and the Single
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"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【C1】______to cultivate the self, furnish the mind and work late, and so on. Young women【C2】______enjoy their best years without a(n) 【C3】______, she advised, as this not only【C4】______the foundation for stronger marriages【C5】______gave them a lifestyle to fall back on【C6】______they found themselves alone again.
【C7】______at the time, Brown’s counsel seems sensible now. Certainly both【C8】______have taken it to heart, marrying later, divorcing【C9】______and living alone in larger numbers than ever before.【C10】______little is known about the wider social【C11】______of this unprecedented boom, writes Eric Kli-nenberg, a sociologist at New York University. His new book "Going Solo" offers a【C12】______look at the lures and perils of living alone.
Mr Klinenberg【C13】______those who see the rise of solo living as yet another【C14】______of the decline of civic society.【C15】______marriage is no longer the ticket to adulthood, a desire to live alone is perfectly【C16】______, he writes. Young adults view it as a rite of passage, a period of personal growth before possibly【C17】______. Its cultural acceptance has helped to【C18】______women from bad marriages and oppressive families,【C19】______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【C20】______for as long as possible.
【C20】
选项
A、independent
B、reliable
C、flexible
D、positive
答案
A
解析
上文提到“随着人们寿命延长,年老者多无伴”,因此推断许多人当然是想尽可能长地“保持独立”以适应老来无伴的生活,故选A项independent“独立的”。
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