D
In my life I've been told that teamwork is golden.There is no “i” in “team”.And for many years it is true.Living alone gets a bad rap (受到責(zé)備) in our society.But I've found that living alone can be a positive experience.
I'm not the first person to notice the appeal of being our own roommate—31 million people are living alone in the U.S.，making up 28 percent of the total population，according to a survey.In NYC，the number jumps to 1 in 2.Comparing that number to the 9 percent of people who lived alone in 1950，we know we have a trend on our hands.
In my opinion，many people are afraid of being totally alone.But I've learned to really enjoy my own company.When I first started living alone，I found that I could go anywhere without using my voice.Sometimes I would stop at a grocery store and buy something I didn't need just to test that I could say “thank you” to the cashier.But then I discovered something far easier—I started talking to myself.
Living__alone__isn't__the__same__thing__as__living__lonely.When I'm feeling a need for communication，I reach out for it.Or I can pick up the phone to call my family or those roommates.When the time is right，I hope to live with a partner and even raise children.In the meantime，it's just me and me.
【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文是議論文。因害怕孤獨(dú)，很少有人單獨(dú)居住。作者通過自己的經(jīng)歷想要告訴讀者，獨(dú)居也是一種享受。
32.From the text we know the author________.
A.refuses teamwork
B.suffers loneliness
C.is the first person to value living alone
D.experiences living alone positively
答案 D [細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段I've found that living alone can be a positive experience可知，作者很享受獨(dú)居生活。]
33.What's Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.The trend in 1950.
B.The appeal of having no roommate.
C.The way of being our own roommate.
D.The rising number of people living alone.
答案 D [根據(jù)文章第二段可知，選擇單獨(dú)居住的人的數(shù)量在不斷增長(zhǎng)，故選B。]
34.Why did the author sometimes buy what he didn't need?
A.To see whether he could speak.
B.To discover something new.
C.To show he was wealthy.
D.To enjoy others' company.
答案 A [根據(jù)文章第三段Sometimes I would stop at a grocery store and buy something I didn't need just to test that I could say “thank you” to the cashier可知，A項(xiàng)正確。]
35.By saying the underlined sentence，the author means________.
A.he can tell exactly “alone” from “l(fā)onely”
B.he feels it necessary to live in a family
C.he doesn't feel lonely though living alone
D.he sometimes communicates with others
答案 C [根據(jù)畫線句子語(yǔ)境可知，盡管作者過著獨(dú)居的生活，但他并不感到孤獨(dú)，因?yàn)楸匾獣r(shí)，他也會(huì)和家人、舍友聯(lián)系。]
第二節(jié)(共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分)
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。
On Thanksgiving，Scott Macaulay is preparing a full turkey dinner for a whole bunch of people he's never met.His 70 or so guests—elderly people，low-income people，at-risk teens，and others—have one detail in common：__36__
“What I do isn't a big deal，really，”the 52-year-old said.“I just cook some food.”
Macaulay's unconventional Thanksgiving tradition began in 1985，right around the time his parents decided to get divorced.The holidays got messy that year，and Macaulay，who was 24 at the time，sensed he'd be spending Thanksgiving alone.__37__
“Thanksgiving isn't about fireworks or band concerts，” he said.“ __38__ It's not fun to do that by yourself.”
Macaulay placed an ad in his local paper with a simple message: If people thought they might be alone on Thanksgiving，they could give Macaulay a call.
__39__It was nice.So he placed another ad the following year，and the year after that.
In recent years，Macaulay has been hosting his Thanksgiving dinners at local churches with lots of space.He still buys and prepares all the food himself and spends about 40 hours putting the whole affair together.__40__He said it's important to him that he not seek out volunteers or donations because “that's not what this is about.”
Macaulay said he'd love to see other people hold similar dinners all over the country.
“I think someone in every town should do this，” he said，“so nobody has to be alone.”
A.It was a terrible feeling.
B.It' s a celebration around a table with food.
C.Without Macaulay，they'd be alone on Thanksgiving.
D.A few people showed up at Macaulay's place that first year.
E.On Thanksgiving Day，he runs around nonstop from about 5 am to 8 pm.
F.I don't like the thought of cooking a Thanksgiving meal for only one person.
G.He likes it that most of the people he feeds each Thanksgiving don' t know his name.
【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文是記敘文。Macaulay連續(xù)多年宴請(qǐng)獨(dú)自過感恩節(jié)的人。
36.C [根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知，Macaulay認(rèn)為感恩節(jié)不應(yīng)該獨(dú)自度過，所以他宴請(qǐng)的客人都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)：“要不是Macaulay，他們都會(huì)獨(dú)自度過感恩節(jié)”。]
37.A [結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容及本空前的he'd be spending Thanksgiving alone不難推測(cè)，Macaulay認(rèn)為獨(dú)自過感恩節(jié)“感覺很糟糕”。]
38.B [根據(jù)本空前的Thanksgiving isn't about fireworks or band concerts及Macaulay連續(xù)多年請(qǐng)獨(dú)自過感恩節(jié)的人吃飯可知，Macaulay認(rèn)為感恩節(jié)不應(yīng)該是放放煙火、看看演唱會(huì)，而應(yīng)該是“圍著桌子、吃著食物慶�！�。]
39.D [根據(jù)本空后的It was nice和another ad the following year...可知，“第一年有幾個(gè)人現(xiàn)身Macaulay的宴會(huì)”，因此他隨后年年堅(jiān)持做這件事。]
40.E [根據(jù)本空前的He still buys and prepares all the food himself and spends about 40 hours putting the whole affair together可知，為了感恩節(jié)的宴請(qǐng)，Macaulay勞心勞力，故E項(xiàng)“在感恩節(jié)那天，他從凌晨五點(diǎn)忙到晚上八點(diǎn)”符合此處語(yǔ)境。]
