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 (受到责备) 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.
【语篇解读】 本文是议论文。因害怕孤独，很少有人单独居住。作者通过自己的经历想要告诉读者，独居也是一种享受。
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 [细节理解题。根据文章第一段I've found that living alone can be a positive experience可知，作者很享受独居生活。]
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 [根据文章第二段可知，选择单独居住的人的数量在不断增长，故选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 [根据文章第三段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项正确。]
35.By saying the underlined sentence，the author means________.
A.he can tell exactly “alone” from “lonely”
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 [根据画线句子语境可知，尽管作者过着独居的生活，但他并不感到孤独，因为必要时，他也会和家人、舍友联系。]
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
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.
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。Macaulay连续多年宴请独自过感恩节的人。
36.C [根据下文内容可知，Macaulay认为感恩节不应该独自度过，所以他宴请的客人都有一个共同点：“要不是Macaulay，他们都会独自度过感恩节”。]
37.A [结合全文内容及本空前的he'd be spending Thanksgiving alone不难推测，Macaulay认为独自过感恩节“感觉很糟糕”。]
38.B [根据本空前的Thanksgiving isn't about fireworks or band concerts及Macaulay连续多年请独自过感恩节的人吃饭可知，Macaulay认为感恩节不应该是放放烟火、看看演唱会，而应该是“围着桌子、吃着食物庆祝”。]
39.D [根据本空后的It was nice和another ad the following year...可知，“第一年有几个人现身Macaulay的宴会”，因此他随后年年坚持做这件事。]
40.E [根据本空前的He still buys and prepares all the food himself and spends about 40 hours putting the whole affair together可知，为了感恩节的宴请，Macaulay劳心劳力，故E项“在感恩节那天，他从凌晨五点忙到晚上八点”符合此处语境。]
