Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to start a bed and breakfast. Four years later, the couple now dishes out banana pancake breakfasts, cleans toilets, serves homemade cookies to guests in a bed and breakfast surrounded by trees on a mountain 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 (现象) that’s fairly widespread. A lot of people are rethinking their lives and figuring out what they want to do.” Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing, living closer to work and commuting (通勤) less, 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, tells us how she deals with the changes in her budget (预算), now far less than what she used to make.
“You become conscious of 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. You find your life is not a mess anymore, and you discover your living costs have gone way down.”
Janet Luhrs, a lawyer, quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a babysitter 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.”
Ms. Luhrsnow edits a magazine called Simple Living, which publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes, and organize potluck (家常便饭) dinners instead of fancy receptions.
“Simplicity is about conscious living and creating the life you want. The less stuff you buy, the less money goes out the door, and the less money you have to earn,” Ms. Luhrs explains.
1.How does Ms. Giddens feel about the life she is living now?
A. Bored. B. Worried. C. Satisfied. D. Surprised.
2.What does the phenomenon Ms. Giddens mentioned refer to?
A. Serving others. B. Finding a new job.
C. Living a simple life. D. Opening a restaurant.
3.Janet Luhrs gave up her job as a lawyer in order to .
A. have one more baby girl
B. create her own magazine
C. make her career in music
D. spend more time with her kids
4.In which part of a newspaper will the text most probably appear?
A. Business. B. Lifestyle.
C. Education. D. Entertainment.
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏省扬州市高三上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Though Tom was physically challenged, he did not _______ himself to his fate.
A. resist B. reserve C. resign D. rescue
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If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them .If you don’t , you may get lost, this is what you should do .Sit down and stay where you are .Don’t try to find your friends ---let them find you instead .You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you .You can shout or whistle three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help .
Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass. When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away .Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily .When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.
1.If you get lost in the forest, you should __________.
A. try to find your friends
B. walk around the forest
C. stay in one place and signals
D. shout as loudly as possible
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence? (划线句子)
A. Drop branches to look for water
B. Pick off branches to build another house
C. Use branches to make a bed
D. Leave branches to find your way back
3.The main idea of the passage is _________
A. how to travel in the forest
B. how to spend the night in the forest
C. what you should do if you are lost in the forest
D what you should do if you want to get some water
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Lazy people will never gain anything in life. However, laziness can be defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind.
1. Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and get up too early to prepare for work. These people have little motivation once they arrive home. Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day.
Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Some people treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a more positive approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overcome alone. 2.
Some people fight laziness by removing the temptations(诱惑) that surround them. A television in the living room may provide entertainment, but watching too much TV often contributes to laziness. 3. Complete a few tasks and reward yourself with what you enjoy, such as a good dinner or a film.
Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home. Couples and children may all have different energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not dealt with immediately. 4. Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the home may eventually follow your example and perform their own task. It is difficult to practice laziness when you are surrounded by motivated people.
5. Enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthy lifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits.
A. To fight family laziness, set an example.
B. Knowing how to fight laziness is important.
C. One way to fight laziness is to get enough sleep.
D. Finally, taking exercise regularly can help you fight laziness.
E. With strong determination, you will be able to achieve your goal.
F. Laziness appears when you no longer feel in charge of your own mind.
G. Create a reward system for yourself, just as parents do for a child.
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选词填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you know about Dolly, a famous sheep? She 1.________ (create) by cloning more than fifteen years ago in Scotland. Cloning is famous throughout2.________world. It is a process used to make an animal that is3.________ (exact) like its parent. So far, scientists 4.________ (clone) rabbits, sheep, cows, mice, pigs and some other animals.
But what makes cloning possible? It’s DNA. There is DNA in most living things, 5.________
(include) human beings. Your DNA is the same in every part of your body. For example, your fingernails have the same DNA as your hair. You have your own DNA, 6.________is similar to your parents’, but not the same. However, Dolly’s DNA is the same as 7.________of the sheep she was cloned from.
There’s no doubt that cloning can help save those animals in danger. It can also be 8.________ (benefit) to human beings. With its help, scientists are able to explore more ways to treat many serious diseases. However, cloning could be used in some ways to harm 9.________ (social), too. So all governments should make laws 10.________ (make) sure it can be used properly.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mac was cycling along a road in Canada’s Yukon, halfway through a 2,750-mile bike tour to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He was carrying a 30-pound camping bag, ________ he wasn’t moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. “Man, that’s a big dog!” he thought. He looked to the side, but to his great ________ , he saw that it wasn’t a dog, but a wolf, running hard to ________ him.
Mac’s heart jumped. He reached for the ________ from his bag. With one hand on the handle bar, he ________the spray. A bright red cloud covered the wolf ________ , and it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later it was by his side again. He sprayed a second time, and the wolf fell________again, but only to quickly restart its ________ .
The wolf was getting closer and closer, ________a dozen yards away. Mac waved and yelled at passing motorists, but meanwhile ________ hard. He knew clearly that he must be ________ not to slow down. Otherwise, he would become a ________ of the wolf.
Paul and Becky were driving along the same road. From a distance, they spotted what they________ was a dog running after a man on a bike. As they got ________, they realized it was a wolf.
Mac heard a car coming up behind him, and he slowed down. The car veered (改变方向)around the ________ , then suddenly stopped in front of him. Mac ________ off his bike and dashed for the back ________ of the car. It was locked. Paul quickly ________ the door so as to let Mac in, and the ________ man dived in, shutting the door behind him.
It was quite a while before Mac became________ and cried out: “I thought I was going to die!” And Paul and Becky were glad that they had given a helping hand to people in need.
1.A. but B. so C. for D. or
2.A. regret B. disappointment C. fear D. anger
3.A. catch up with B. break away from C. give in to D. come back to
4.A. hammer B. stick C. gun D. spray
5.A. dropped B. fired C. threw D. held
6.A. in turn B. at last C. in time D. at random
7.A. back B. down C. behind D. over
8.A. flight B. race C. journey D. attack
9.A. still B. just C. also D. even
10.A. kicked B. rode C. hit D. pressed
11.A. crazy B. wrong C. careful D. fair
12.A. victim B. competitor C. killer D. protector
13.A. decided B. declared C. assumed D. found
14.A. faster B. closer C. stronger D. wiser
15.A. climber B. motorist C. cyclist D. runner
16.A. sent B. fell C. turned D. jumped
17.A. window B. seat C. door D. trunk
18.A. bent B. struck C. blocked D. unlocked
19.A. frightened B. worried C. discouraged D. confused
20.A. brave B. calm C. optimistic D. confident
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短文改错
下面是你同学的一篇英文习作，请你帮助修改这篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改仅限一次。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Alibaba founder Jack Ma, his company has been valued at more than $ 221 billion of which Ma owned 6%, is put in the top position among China’s wealthiest. But he stays outside the list of the world’s 10 rich people.
Fought against a hard life, young Ma still managed to learn English well enough to gain a degree and became a teacher. Afterwards he started a translation agency in which took him to the US, where he introduced to the Internet. His fate was bound to change before he was accidentally appointed to take an American visitor Jerry Yang, a co-founder of Yahoo, in a tour of the Great Wall. The meeting obvious proved to be a turning point for all of them, promoting the birth of Alibaba and later cooperation with Jerry Yang.
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---Johnson said that he had a headache and wouldn’t come to the discussion.
---____________. He always uses that excuse.
A. You are kidding.
B. I won’t buy his story.
C. You have my word.
D. I can’t agree more.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Five-year-old Jocelyn was playing outside her grandmother's apartment building. Her mom, Jaimee, kept an eye on the ________ from a window.
At about 4 pm, Jocelyn walked around the comer of the building to get her bike and ________"I took my eyes ________ her for five minutes, and she was gone," says Jaimee. "I knew something was ________ ," she adds, ________ when she saw that Jocelyn's bike was ________there and found an old credit card her daughter had been playing with ________ near the bike. Jaimee called 911.
Policemen came soon, blocking off streets and ________ the neighborhood. Officers handed out a photo of the girl with golden hair. Many people joined in.
Temar Boggs, 15, was with some friends helping his elderly neighbor when one searcher ________ them and asked if they'd seen the girl. ________ the boys, none of them had seen her. Temar was approached with a photo of Jocelyn. "I________ that I was going to find her," he says. He borrowed a bike from a friend and sped away. The boy searched without a plan, ________ keeping a sharp eye out as he rode on.
Then Temar ________ a car driving down a side street and turning back, ________ the driver was unfamiliar with the neighborhood. He followed it.
The car pulled an/a ________ U-turn at the top of a hill -- a group of policemen had gathered there.
The car passed the boy as it circled back ________ the hill. Temar made eye contact with the man behind the wheel, and spied a girl in the passenger seat. Temar________ knew "it was her, for sure."
The boy ________ fast after the car, but the driver kept moving, slowly winding his way through the neighborhood.
________ , the driver pulled the car to the street side a few hundred feet ahead of him and pushed open the passenger-side door. Jocelyn _________ out of the car. The kidnapper sped away but was caught by the police the next day.
1.A. bikeB. buildingC. policeman D. girl
2.A. disappearedB. escapedC. hidD. left
3.A. aboveB. toC. forD. off
4.A. dangerousB. difficultC. specialD. wrong
5.A. unfortunatelyB. especiallyC. formallyD. probably
6.A. alsoB. evenC. stillD. yet
7.A. abandonedB. broughtC. envelopedD. presented
8.A. disturbingB. enteringC. searchingD. exploring
9.A. annoyedB. approachedC. inspiredD. invited
10.A. According toB. As a result ofC. In spite ofD.Depending on
11.A. feltB. agreedC. learnedD. proved
12.A. hurriedlyB. carefullyC. properlyD. simply
13.A. followedB. passedC. missedD. spotted
14.A. so thatB.even thoughC. as ifD. in case
15.A. sharpB. majorC. awfulD. vast
16.A. alongB. aroundC. downD. toward
17.A. certainlyB. immediatelyC. nearlyD. absolutely
18.A. ranB. droveC. rodeD. circled
19.A. CautiouslyB. FinallyC. GraduallyD. Wildly
20.A. slippedB. runC. cyclingD. leaping
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