Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

A simple life means getting rid of many of the things you do so that you can spend more time with people you love and do the things you love. 【1】 It’s often a journey of two steps forward and one backward.

Evaluate your time. 【2】 What things do you do from the time you wake up to the time you go to sleep? Make a list, and evaluate whether they’re in line with your priorities. If not, remove them and focus on what’s important. Redesign your day.

Limit your communications. Our lives these days are filled with a vast flow of communications: email, cell phones, paper mail, Twitter, forums, and more. 【3】 Instead, set a limit on your communications: only deal with emails at certain times of the day. Limit phone calls to certain times too. It is the same with other communications. Set a schedule and stick to it.

Try living without a car. OK, this isn’t something I’ve done, but many others have. 【4】 Walk, bike, or take public transportation. It reduces expenses and gives you time to think. A car is also very complicated, needing not only car payments, but insurance, maintenance, repairs, gas and more.

【5】 If you rid your home of stuff, you might find you don’t need so much space. I’m not saying you should live on a boat (although I know some people who happily do so), but if you can be comfortable in a smaller home, it will not only be less expensive, but easier to maintain, and greatly simplify your life.

A. Consider a smaller home.

B. Have a place for everything.

C. How do you spend your day?

D. It’s something I would do if I didn’t have kids.

E. They can take up your whole day if you let them be.

F. However, getting to simplicity isn’t always a simple process.

G. Most people don’t know what “enough” is, and thus they keep buying more.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】C

【3】E

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析:文章介紹如何過一個(gè)簡單的生活。

【1】F 考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。下文開始如何過簡單的生活的準(zhǔn)則，可知它并不簡單，與F選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容 However, getting to simplicity isn’t always a simple process.相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選F

【2】C 考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。這一段一直在講如何有效的使用時(shí)間，且后一句是一個(gè)問句，可知前面一句首先與時(shí)間有關(guān)，且可能也是一個(gè)問句，與后文結(jié)構(gòu)保持一致，與C選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容How do you spend your day?相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選C

【3】E 考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。這一段講的是集中你的注意力，首先列舉了很多會(huì)讓你分心的事物，告訴你他們很耗費(fèi)時(shí)間，與E選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容They can take up your whole day if you let them be.相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選E

【4】D 考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。前面提到了沒有車不是我現(xiàn)在的情況�？芍�他有了限制條件。他想表達(dá)如果我沒有限制條件我肯定會(huì)這么做，與D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容 It’s something I would do if I didn’t have kids..相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選D

【5】A 考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。這一段講的是房子，與A選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容Consider a smaller home.相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選A