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【题目】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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

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. 【1】 It’s often a journey of two steps forward and one backward.

Evaluate your time. 【2】 What 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. 【3】 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. 【4】 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.

【5】 If 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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】C

【3】E

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析:文章介绍如何过一个简单的生活。

【1】F 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。下文开始如何过简单的生活的准则，可知它并不简单，与F选项内容 However, getting to simplicity isn’t always a simple process.相对应，故选F

【2】C 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。这一段一直在讲如何有效的使用时间，且后一句是一个问句，可知前面一句首先与时间有关，且可能也是一个问句，与后文结构保持一致，与C选项内容How do you spend your day?相对应，故选C

【3】E 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。这一段讲的是集中你的注意力，首先列举了很多会让你分心的事物，告诉你他们很耗费时间，与E选项内容They can take up your whole day if you let them be.相对应，故选E

【4】D 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。前面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，与D选项内容 It’s something I would do if I didn’t have kids..相对应，故选D

【5】A 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。这一段讲的是房子，与A选项内容Consider a smaller home.相对应，故选A