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4.More People Are Leaving the Rat Race for the Simple LifeTime is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing to live more with less-and liking it.
Kay and Charles Giddens,two lawyers,sold their home to start a B&B hotel.Four years later,the couple dishes out banana pancake breakfast,cleans toilets and serves homemade chocolate chip cookies to guests in a B&B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colorful sunsets.
"Do I miss the freeways?Do I miss the traffic?Do I miss the stress?No,"says Ms.Giddens,"This is a phenomenon that's fairly widespread.A lot of people are reevaluating their lives and figuring out what they want to do.If their base is being damaged,what's the payoff?"
Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing,living closer to work,avoiding shopping malls,borrowing books from the library instead of buying them,and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job.
Vicki Robin,a writer,lives on a budget equal to a fifth of what she used to make."You become conscious about where your money is going and how valuable it is,"Ms.Robin says,"You tend not to use things up.You cook at home rather than eat out…"
Janet Luhrs,a lawyer,quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a nanny for two weeks."It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids,"she says,"Simplicity is not just about saving money; it's about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music."
Mrs.Luhrs now edits a magazine,Simple Living,which publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes,organize potluck dinners instead of expensive receptions,and generally how to consume less.
"It's not about poverty,"Mrs.Luhrs explains,"It's about conscious living and creating the life you want.The less stuff you buy,the less money goes out of the door,and the less money you have to earn."
24.Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home toB.
A.pay off the debt
B.start a private hotel
C.cut down expenses
D.buy living necessities
25.Simple living includesD.
A.building a home library
B.living in the countryside
C.enjoying a colorful night life
D.sharing housing with others
26.It can be learned from the passage that now Janet LuhrsA.
A.spends more time with her kids
B.has an interest in classical music
C.works as a reporter of a magazine
D.helps people buy recycled clothes
27.How does the author develop the passage?C
A.By using figures.
B.By asking questions.
C.By giving examples.
D.By making comparisons.
分析 本文是一篇社会现象类文章.文章主要介绍了一种社会现象,人们现在更趋向于过一种压力小、接近自然和随心的工作和生活.
解答 BDAC
24 B 考查事实细节.根据文章第三段第一句"Kay and Charles Giddens,two lawyers,sold their home to start a B&B hotel."可知,他们把房子卖掉是为了经营自己的酒店.故本题的答案是B.
25 D 考查是细节.根据第四段中"Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing"可看出D选项中所描述的内容就包含了simple living的内容.故本题的答案是D.
26 A 考查推理判断.根据文章第六段中"It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids,"she says,"Simplicity is not just about saving money"可知Janet Luhrs没工作是把时间花在跟她的小孩子一起.故本题的答案是A.
27 C 考查篇章结构.纵观全文,不难看出文章是用了几个人物的例子,如Kay and Charles Giddens夫妇,作家Vicki Robin等,来讲述Simple living的概念的.故本题的答案是C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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