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8.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.(36)F It's often a journey of two steps forward and one backward.Evaluate your time.(37)CWhat 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.(38)E 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.(39)D 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.
(40)AIf 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.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了如何过简单的生活的准则.
解答 36.F 考查对上下文的理解,根据下文描述可知本文是讲述了如何过简单生活的准则,可知它并不简单,故选F.
37.C 考查推理判断,根据Evaluate your time可知本段一直在讲如何有效的使用时间,且后句为问句,可知前文是与时间有关,也是一个问句,与后文结构一直,故选C.
38.E 考查对上下文的理解,根据Limit your communications可知本段讲述的是集中你的注意力,首先列举了很多会让你分心的食物,告诉你他们很耗费时间,故选E.
39.D 考查对上下文的理解,前文Try living without a car.OK,this isn't something I've done,but many others have提到了没有车不是我现在的情况,可知他有了限制条件,他想表达如果我没有限制条件我肯定会这么做,故选D.
40.A 考查上下文的理解,根据后文but if you can be comfortable in a smaller home,it will not only be less expensive可知本段讲述了如何使家变得舒适,故选A.
点评 考查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,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时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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