1. More and more young Europeans remain single because .
A)they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age
B)hey are pessimistic about their economic future
C)they have embraced a business culture of stability
D)they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism
2.What is said about Europeans society in the passage?
A)It is getting closer to Americanstyle capitalism.
B)It has limited consumer choice despite a free market.
C)It is being threatened by irresistible privatization.
D)It has fostered the trend towards small families.
3.According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are .
A)negative and gloomyB)on either side of marriage
C)healthy and wealthyD)warm and lighthearted
4.The author quotes Eppendorf to show that .
A)some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom
B)most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable
C)some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely
D)the family is no longer the basic unit of society in presentday Europe
5.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage ?
A)To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.
B)To examine the trend of young people living alone.
C)To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships.
D)To review the impact of women becoming high earners.
wise adj. 聰明的，明智的，有智慧的
【辨析】wise，thoughtful:
wise“明智的，聰明的”，指具有判斷力，有見識、有經(jīng)驗等；
thoughtful“考慮周到的，善于思考的”，指思維細(xì)致，周密。
increasev.& n. 增加，增進
【辨析】enlarge，increase：
enlarge“增大”，特別指在范圍、大小和廣度等方面的增大，不能用于指重量、速度、時間等；
increase“增加”，可以用于距離、面積、力量、程度、價值等方面的增加。
【詞根】～=in(towards)+crease(to grow)
stuffn. 材料，原料，質(zhì)料，素材vt. 裝，把……裝滿，塞滿，把……塞進
【關(guān)聯(lián)】形近詞：stiff 僵硬的，生硬的；staff 全體職員
gloomyadj.①陰暗的 ②(天氣)陰沉的 ③(人)沮喪的 ④令人沮喪的
【考點】gloomy news 令人悲傷的消息
take a gloomy view of 對……悲觀
feel gloomy感情憂郁
A)they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age
B)hey are pessimistic about their economic future
C)they have embraced a business culture of stability
D)they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism
2.What is said about Europeans society in the passage?
A)It is getting closer to Americanstyle capitalism.
B)It has limited consumer choice despite a free market.
C)It is being threatened by irresistible privatization.
D)It has fostered the trend towards small families.
3.According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are .
A)negative and gloomyB)on either side of marriage
C)healthy and wealthyD)warm and lighthearted
4.The author quotes Eppendorf to show that .
A)some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom
B)most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable
C)some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely
D)the family is no longer the basic unit of society in presentday Europe
5.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage ?
A)To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.
B)To examine the trend of young people living alone.
C)To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships.
D)To review the impact of women becoming high earners.
wise adj. 聰明的，明智的，有智慧的
【辨析】wise，thoughtful:
wise“明智的，聰明的”，指具有判斷力，有見識、有經(jīng)驗等；
thoughtful“考慮周到的，善于思考的”，指思維細(xì)致，周密。
increasev.& n. 增加，增進
【辨析】enlarge，increase：
enlarge“增大”，特別指在范圍、大小和廣度等方面的增大，不能用于指重量、速度、時間等；
increase“增加”，可以用于距離、面積、力量、程度、價值等方面的增加。
【詞根】～=in(towards)+crease(to grow)
stuffn. 材料，原料，質(zhì)料，素材vt. 裝，把……裝滿，塞滿，把……塞進
【關(guān)聯(lián)】形近詞：stiff 僵硬的，生硬的；staff 全體職員
gloomyadj.①陰暗的 ②(天氣)陰沉的 ③(人)沮喪的 ④令人沮喪的
【考點】gloomy news 令人悲傷的消息
take a gloomy view of 對……悲觀
feel gloomy感情憂郁