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【题目】Buying Is Doing?

How important is shopping to you? How much time do you spend buying things? And how much time do you spend organizing these things in your home? In the future, how much time will you spend in movie theaters, at amusement parks, at shopping malls, or at convenience stores? When you add it all up, you will probably see you spend a lot of your life consuming（消费）things. Consuming products is not necessarily bad. However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.

Imagine that you have a week off from school. You don’t have to go to class. However, in this week, you cannot spend any money — no shopping, no movies, no eating out. How would you spend your time?

What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend. Perhaps you would help a child read. Or you might spend time with your family.

When we look back, it is likely that non-consuming experiences like these will be our most important memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive. They don’t come in a package. You make the experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experience. The experience changes with the reader, the child, and the book. Similarly, when you have a conversation with a friend, you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot be experienced or recreated by anyone else. However, if you watch a movie with a friend, you will each have a package experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you.

The environment we live in encourages us to have packaged experiences. We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing. However, we can start a personal revolution（变革） against consumerism. How? By consuming less, we can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatest satisfaction. Then we can organize our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences.

【1】If consuming products takes too much time, we should ____________.

A. spend less money B. think about it carefully

C. organize our things D. go to convenience stores

【2】According to the passage, the writer believes that _____________.

A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming less

B. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfaction

C. the environment seldom influences our shopping choices

D. consuming experiences will be our most important memories

【3】What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time.

B. To encourage people to have more active experiences.

C. To explain reasons behind people’s shopping behavior.

D. To share his personal experience in consuming products.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】本文主要讲述了人们花费了太多的时间去消费，不能自己主动做些什么，作者认为有更多积极的事能做，鼓励人们有更积极的经历；反对消费主义。购物对你有多重要？你花多少时间买东西？你花了多少时间在家里整理这些东西？将来，你会花多少时间在电影院、游乐园、购物中心或便利店？当你把这一切加起来时，你可能会看到你花了很多时间买东西。消费产品不一定是坏事。但是，如果我们花了太多的时间去做，我们应该想想了。假设你有一周的假期。你不必去上课。然而，在这一周，你不能花钱——不要购物，不要看电影，不要出去吃饭。你将如何度过你的时间？什么东西会给你带来幸福？也许你会和你最好的朋友一起散步。也许你会帮助一个孩子阅读。或者你可能会花时间和家人在一起。

当我们回顾过去的时候，像这样的非消费体验很可能是我们最重要的记忆。为什么？非消耗性活动是主动的，而不是被动的。他们不是一个包裹。你自己创造经验。例如，每个给孩子的读书的人都会有不同的经历。经验随着读者、孩子和书而改变。同样，当你和朋友交谈时，你也在积极地创造经历。你和你的朋友的谈话不能被其他人体验或再现。但是，如果你和朋友一起看电影，你都会有一个包装了的体验。它不需要你们两个人之间的行动和互动。我们生活的环境鼓励我们有包装的经验。我们认为我们必须消费，因为我们相信购买就是做。然而，我们可以从一个人的变革反对消费主义。如何？减少消费。我们可以问问自己，什么经历带给我们最大的满足感？。然后我们可以组织我们的生活，使我们有更多的经验。

【1】问题：如果消费产品花了太多时间，我们应该______________。考查细节理解题。A. spend less money花更少的钱；B. think about it carefully仔细考虑一下；C. organize our things规划我们的事情；D. go to convenience stores去便利店。根据第一段最后一句However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.（但是，如果我们花了太多的时间去做，我们应该仔细看看。）结合题意和语境可知选B。

【2】问题：根据文章，作者认为_______________________。考查细节理解题。A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming less。我们可以通过减少消费来拒绝消费主义；B. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfaction买东西能带给我们最大的满足；C. the environment seldom influences our shopping choices环境很少影响我们的购物选择；D. consuming experiences will be our most important memories消费经历将是我们最重要的回忆。根据最后一段第三句However, we can start a personal revolution against consumerism. How? By consuming less. （然而，我们可以开始一场反对消费主义的个人革命。如何？减少消费。）结合题意可知选A。

【3】问题：作者写这篇文章的主要目的是什么？考查主旨理解题。A. To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time. 介绍一些享受业余时间的方法；B. To encourage people to have more active experiences. 鼓励人们有更积极的经历；C. To explain reasons behind people’s shopping behavior. 解释人们购物行为背后的原因；D. To share his personal experience in consuming products. 分享他在消费产品方面的个人经历。根据文中第二段第7和8句When we look back, it is likely that non-consuming experiences like these will be our most important memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive.（当我们回顾过去的时候，像这样的非消费体验很可能是我们最重要的记忆。为什么？非消耗性活动是主动的，而不是被动的。）可知作者写这篇文章的主要目的是鼓励人们有更积极的经历；选B。