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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
6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitary Exercises on Web course only:
1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodity IV
1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one sitting 6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time being V.
1.K 2.H 3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1 Collocation VI.
1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5. coordination 6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracy Word Cjuifdin8
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