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Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of . Apply these in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification.

When you concentrate on one task, you find you have that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep one and then the other, it will take a long time, because one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and . But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your , make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success.

The stress of work is now great almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that would have been shared among all the relatives is now on the individual partner.

If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not , then it’s not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that people tend to forget. The is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments.

“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more --- until one day they . Pay careful attention to the that tell you that you are under more stress than you can deal with. These signs come from various of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency .

If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “I can’t manage that.”

1.A. bringing up B. taking up C. giving up D. speeding up

2.A. operations B. advantages C. principles D. relations

3.A. appetite B. gift C. energy D. excuse

4.A. grabbing B. pushing C. enjoying D. exchanging

5.A. running off B. turning off C. catching up D. lying down

6.A. labor B. strength C. power D. force

7.A. equally B. largely C. formerly D. mainly

8.A. contracted B. concentrated C. congratulated D. constructed

9.A. proper B. short C. important D. enough

10.A. overloaded B. overdeveloped C. overcrowded D. overslept

11.A. answer B. solution C. problem D. destination

12.A. break up B. break off C. break out D. break down

13.A. phenomena B. signs C. problems D. parts

14.A. qualities B. directions C. aspects D. stages

15.A. improves B. decreases C. increases D. changes

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于議論文，作者提出了觀點：人不要太忙，要學會簡化、學會拒絕沉重的壓力和超出自己能力的任務，否則身體垮掉了就得不償失，太累了就改變自己的目標，大方承認自己不能承受過多的壓力。

1.作者闡述的觀點知，我們生活中需要減少工作壓力而不是增加，拋棄垃圾而不是撿起：因此此空與slow down 意思相反，故選D

2.法則也就是方法，如果你把首段提到的法則用到日常生活中去，你的生活將會輕松簡單許多。故選C

3.擁有之前從未意識到的能量，這句是第二段得中心句，后面的事例就是圍繞該點展開的。故選C

4.聯(lián)想生活實際，如果你同時抓著兩只豬，越過100個院子，這會花掉你很長時間。故選A

5.只就很容易從手中溜走、跑掉，這正印證了第二段的首句，我們需要專心做事。故選A

6.（經(jīng)濟學）；B力氣（體力）；C權利（政治）；D武力（軍事），當你把一只豬綁住，集中力氣拎另一只豬沖向終點時，就會輕松許多。故選B

7.和虛擬語氣。A同等地；B很大程度上；C以前的；D主要地，由前文知現(xiàn)在壓力在生活的方方面面，由“would have been shared ”這一虛擬語氣判斷，責任本應該被大家一起承擔，然而......在現(xiàn)代核心家庭，以前被所有親戚共同承擔的壓力現(xiàn)在落到了個人的身上。故選C

8.

9.由本段“the day has too few hours”知：很多人嫌時間少，也就是如果你覺得一天24小時不夠充足，所以你的任務完不成。故選D

10.此空與本段“a simple fact”對比，即為雖然這是個簡單的事實，但是很多人都忽視了：不是時間太少，是活動太多了，故選A

11. ，聯(lián)系上下文，前面講的是人們發(fā)現(xiàn)的問題，那最好的解決方法就是：拒絕接受過重的任務。故選B

12.

13.，你的身體會出現(xiàn)某些生病的癥狀。由下文的“sign”也可知。故選B

14.A、D可首先排除，B是具體的方向；C是抽象的，壓力是抽象的，故選C

15.生病了工作效率降低，這是一個普遍的事實，所以譯為你生病后工作效率就會大大降低，故選D

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