题目内容：

    I've enjoyed countless gatherings of Thanksgiving, from traditional family gatherings to feasts with many new faces. Yet at age 65, I have never spent the holiday with a husband or children of my own.

If you feel pity for me, please don’t — I am proud of the decision I made decades ago to change from life’s conventional road map, and I have no regrets about it. I enjoy being alone.

I found my life deeply rewarding. At the same time, I was fascinated with the question of why my adult life as a single person was not as valued by the people around me or by society. When people learned I was single with no children, they assumed my life had a hole that needed filling.

I wondered: Was it just me, or were other single people viewed the same way? I teamed up with my colleague, Wendy Morris, and she and I began a series of studies investigating how people characterize single and married people. The research shows that single people typically have more friends than married people do. They also do more to help, support, and stay in touch with their parents, friends, and neighbors.

I’ve lived my life in cheerful, unapologetic refusal of the “get married, have kids” road map. But getting married is deeply ingrained in our society, and it can be difficult to break completely free of the marriage-plus-children ideal.

The research and the books, though, are not enough. We all need to think about life more open-mindedly. Instead of asking whether you do or don't want to marry or have kids, ask: What will make your life meaningful and fulfilling? When you think about it that way, the possibilities are limitless.

1.What do we know about the author?

A.She enjoys living in a lonely house. B.She seldom stays with her husband.

C.She feels regretful about her life. D.She prefers to live her life alone.

2.How do the people think about the author’s single life?

A.rewarding B.empty

C.valuable D.fascinating

3.What did the author find in her research?

A.Single people are more helpful. B.Single people are not respected.

C.Married people have few friends. D.Married people are careless in life.

4.What's the meaning of the underlined word “ingrained” in the fifth paragraph?

A.influenced B.disturbed

C.rooted D.hurt