2024年5月19日发(作者：校从蓉)
Section A
Comprehension o f the text
I.
1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an
overwhelming phenomenon in the
United States.
2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.
3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with
others.
4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will
be received as a
welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of
friends may leave them
with a feeling of emptiness.
5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.
6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves,
their pets, the television,
or even to strangers.
7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from
the current life,. wait for
anything happy that may happen.
8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of
great minds (like poets
and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that "since we are here,
we may as well accept it
and make the best of it".
Vocabulary
III.
1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept
2024年5月19日发(作者：校从蓉)
Section A
Comprehension o f the text
I.
1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an
overwhelming phenomenon in the
United States.
2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.
3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with
others.
4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will
be received as a
welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of
friends may leave them
with a feeling of emptiness.
5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.
6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves,
their pets, the television,
or even to strangers.
7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from
the current life,. wait for
anything happy that may happen.
8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of
great minds (like poets
and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that "since we are here,
we may as well accept it
and make the best of it".
Vocabulary
III.
1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept