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  3. "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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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【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.
【C18】
选项 A、raise
B、liberate
C、transform
D、deprive
答案B
解析 空格处填入的动词，与后面的from构成搭配。本句的主语为Its cultural acceptance(文化上接受独居)，可推断妇女再也不需要担忧离开失败的婚姻和压抑家庭的家庭会受人非议等问题。因此空格处的词应具有“保护……使其免遭……”的含义，B项liberate“解放”符合要求。
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