A. sensible B. comprehensive C. readily D. in case E. sensitive F. passing G. sign H. space I. suddenly J. liberate K. c

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问题     A. sensible B. comprehensive C. readily D. in case E. sensitive
    F. passing G. sign H. space I. suddenly J. liberate
    K. complex L. granting M. spouse N. perfectly O. ambition
    "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 should enjoy their best years without a【C2】______, she advised, as this not only laid the foundation for stronger marriages but gave them a lifestyle to fall back on【C3】______ they found themselves alone again.
    Sensational at the time, Brown’s counsel seems【C4】______ now. Certainly both sexes have taken it to heart, marrying later, divorcing【C5】______ and living alone in larger numbers than ever before. Yet little is known about the wider social effects of this unprecedented boom, writes Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University. His new book "Going Solo" offers a【C6】______ look at the lures and perils of living alone.
    Mr Klinenberg parts with those who see the rise of solo living as yet another【C7】______ of the decline of civic society. Now that marriage is no longer the ticket to adulthood, a desire to live alone is【C8】______ reasonable, he writes. Young adults view it as a rite of passage, a period of personal growth before possibly settling down. Its cultural acceptance has helped to【C9】______ women from bad marriages and oppressive families,【C10】______ 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 independent for as long as possible.
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答案D

解析 空格前后的句子都是成分完整的分句,故推测空格处填入连词。前一句意为“能够重返从前的生活方式”,而后一句“发现自己再次成为单身”是“以防”出现的假设情况,故应选in case“以防”。
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