Question

Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday ____， but lacked ____ for the things that mattered most.

She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to ___ their lives. “We had to decide what was really ____，” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to ____ with their three?year?old son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.

So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive ____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.

Then Shirley ____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that ____ “At your service, buy ____ a little time” and helped clients (客戶) with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and ____ parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a ____，” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the ____ or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are ____.”

Shirley and her husband are ____ alone in wanting to ____ and live a satisfying life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples ____ that they lack time together. ____ does the time go?

For most people, ____ and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming ____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain ____ over life and have time for the pleasures.

1.A.activities B．services

C．demands D．exercises

2.A.time B．strength

C．money D．ability

3.A.lead B．simplify

C．adapt D．consider

4.A.comfortable B．interesting

C．important D．hard

5.A.study B．help

C．meet D．play

6.A.pleasures B．places

C．tasks D．goods

7.A.found B．received

C．took D．quit

8.A.read B．wrote

C．showed D．told

9.A.us B．yourself

C．children D．herself

10.A.attending B．organizing

C．having D．going

11.A.life B．result

C．balance D．difference

12.A.office B．hospital

C．park D．school

13.A.gone B．better

C．strong D．obvious

14.A.a bit B．far from

C．much too D．more than

15.．A.keep pace B．settle down

C．take off D．slow down

16.A.expect B．doubt

C．complain D．imagine

17.A.How B．When

C．Where D．Why

18.A.traveling B．reading

C．shopping D．working

19.A.aware B．afraid

C．proud D．sure

20.A.value B．control

C．success D．experience

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】文章大意：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。文章主要介紹了Shirley夫婦為了追求更簡單的生活方式，辭掉工作做起了兼職，為私人購物、付款、組織聚會等。他們在自己享受生活的同時也給他人提供了便利。生活簡單化就意味著我們要知道所花錢、時間和精力的方式，然后找到使事情變簡單的方式。

1.C 考察名詞辨析。A活動；B服務；C要求，需求；D運動；由語境可知，她早期晚睡是為了滿足工作中的需要。Meet demands是固定搭配，語意為滿足要求。與第四段第一句相呼應。故C正確。

2.2】A 考察名詞辨析。根據第二段They knew they wanted more time to...可知辭掉工作之前她沒有太多的時間去做最重要的事情。故A正確。

3.3】答案：A　考查名詞辨析。根據第二段“They knew they wanted more time to...”可知，辭掉工作前她沒有太多時間去做最重要的事情。故A項正確。

4.4】B 考察動詞辨析。A導致，領導；B簡化；C使…適應；D考慮；根據文章第三段中so the couple chose to live more simply可知，他們夫婦兩人項部分使生活更簡單一些。故B正確。

5.5】C 考察形容詞辨析。A舒服的；B有趣的；C重要的；D艱難的；根據第一段中the things that mattered most以及下午with their three-year-old son可知Shirly認為他們應該判斷什么才是重要的事情。故C正確。

6.6】答案：D　考查動詞辨析。由語境可知，他們希望有更多的時間和三歲的兒子一起玩。play with sb.意為“和某人玩”，符合語境。故D項正確。

7.7】A 考察名詞辨析。Reading, cooking and going to the park可知，他們享受這廉價的快樂（pleasure）。故A正確。

8.8】答案：D　考查動詞辨析。find發現；receive接受；take拿；quit辭職。根據下文“... began working part time”可知，此處指她辭職了。故D項正確。

9.9】A 考察動詞辨析。A閱讀，讀取；B寫；C表明；D告訴；由語境可知此處指她在名片上寫著為您服務。一般紙上所寫內容使用動詞read。故A正確。

10.0】B 考察代詞辨析。根據下文中的helped clients wiyj personal tasks可知她再名片下面寫著：為您服務，給你自己省點時間。故B正確。

11.1】B 考察動詞辨析。由語境可知，她的工作是私人購物，付款，組織聚會等.B組織，C有；D去；A參加。根據句義說明B正確。

12.2】D 考察名詞辨析。由語境可知辭掉工作以后Shirly有更多的時間做自己認為重要的事情，雖然仍舊需要努力工作，但現在能夠控制自己的時間對Shirly來說意義重大。更多搭配make a difference有作用，有影響符合語境。

13.3】C 考察名詞辨析。由語境可知，此處指能抽出時間來帶兒子去公園和兒子一起打籃球。此處與play basketball為并列關系。故C正確。

14.4】A 考察形容詞辨析。由語境可知，生活方式的改變讓她的壓力和頭疼都消失了。Be gone消失了，不見了。符合語境。故A正確。

15.5】答案：B　考查短語辨析。a bit一點兒；far from遠非；much too太，非常；more than多于。聯系下文調查中“54 percent”和“47 percent”可知，并非只有Shirley夫婦想放慢生活的節奏，過一種更舒服的生活。故B項正確。

16.6】D 考察動詞短語辨析。A并駕齊驅；B定居；C起飛；D減速；根據下文____does the time go?可知此處指放慢生活節奏。故D正確。

17.7】C 考察動詞辨析。A期待；B懷疑；C抱怨；D想象；由語境可知百分之47的已婚夫婦抱怨他們在一起的時間太少。故C正確。

18.8】C 考察副詞用法。聯系語境可知，此處是問時間都去哪里了？故C正確。

19.9】D 考察動詞辨析。由語境及大多數的人來說，工作和乘坐公交車上下班占用了一天中的大部分時間。故D正確。

20.20】A 考察形容詞辨析。Arare知道的，意識到；B擔心的；C自豪的；D確信的；句義：生活簡單化就意味著我們要知道所花錢，時間和精力的方式。與下文中的and finding ways to為并列關系。故A正確。

21.B 考察名詞辨析。A價值；B控制；C成功；D經歷，經驗；由語境可知，我們應該尋找一些方法來使事情更容易一些。然后我們就必須控制自己的生活以獲取娛樂的時間，與上文第四段but being able to control相呼應。故B正確。