Simple living doesn’t mean that you give up your job and start living in the countryside, but it means that we spend our time, energy and efforts on important things in life. It can be good for us in some ways.
Firstly, simple living can keep your mind peaceful. It makes sure that unnecessary things are out of your life and you concentrate on the real factors that affect the quality of life. Through simple living you can see the positive side of life and won’t feel jealous and greedy.
Secondly, simple living can make you have time for your loved ones. Most of us become so busy in our lives that we forget to spend time with our dear ones. People who believe in simple living value the time spent with their loved ones.
Thirdly, simple living is helpful in the improvement of health. By choosing to be simple, you feel less stressed in daily life. Simple living gives you a new view on things and helps you join in creative activities. It allows you to devote some time to recreational activities（娱乐活动）, physical exercises, etc., which help you in leading a healthy lifestyle.
Fourthly, living simply allows you to have time to look back on the precious moments in your life. It makes you aware of your strengths and weaknesses. People who aimlessly pursue materialistic pleasure （物质享受）are often not sure what they exactly want from life. They never have time to analyze themselves. Simple living helps you stay happy with what life has offered you and helps in creating positives in your life.
Lastly, simple living can reduce your expenses. It can make sure that you’re doing your bit for the protection of the environment. If all of us reduce our daily expenses on electricity, fuels, etc, we’ll be able to stop the degradation (退化)of the environment.
Title: 71. __________ of Simple Living
● Keeping your mind 72. __________:
Concentrating on the real factors that 73. __________
Seeing the positive side of life and avoiding bad feelings like jealousy and greediness
● Making you have time for your loved ones
Making you 74. __________ in your lives with your dear ones
Making you value the time spent with your loved ones
● Helping you 75. __________
76. __________ your stress
Giving you a new view on things
Helping you in leading a healthy lifestyle
● Allowing you to look back on 77. __________ in your life
Making you know your 78. __________
Making you know what you exactly want from life
Giving you time to analyze yourself
Helping you 79. __________with life offering you and helping in creating positives in your life
● Helping protect the environment
80. __________ the environment from becoming bad by reducing the use of electricity, fuels, etc.
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone．Enter the Red Hat Society －a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun．
“My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody．They were programmed to do that,” said Emily Cornett, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society．
While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age．But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers(生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old．
If you take into consideration feminism(女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable(必然的)．In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple(紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing．
“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple．With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998．When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention．
“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper saiD．“Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves．” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful．“We’re a ladies’ play group．It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood．
The underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means __________．
A．one branch of an organization B．a written agreement of a club
C．one part of a collection of poems D．a period in a society’s history
From the text , we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who ．
A．have gradually become more noticeable
B．are worried about getting old too quickly
C．are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend
D．tried living a different life from their parents when they were young
It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are ．
A．interested in raising money for social work
B．programmers who can plan well for their future
C．believers in equality between men and women
D．good at cooking big meals and taking care of others
Who set up the Red Hat Society ?
A．Emily Cornett． B．Ellen Cooper． C．Jenny Joseph． D．Joe Heywood．
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
How do you address (称呼) people in English when you want to talk to them? The following may be some simple rules the beginners should follow.
1．When talking to a stranger there is often no special form of address in English. Usually，if you want to catch the attention of a stranger, it is necessary to use such a phrase as “Excuse me”．
2．In British English “Sir”and “Madam”are considered to be too formal (正式的)for most situations. They are used mostly to customers (顾客) in shops or restaurants. While in American English “Sir” and “Madam”are not so formal and are commonly used between stangers, especially with old people whose names you don’t know.
3．When you talk to some people you know，you can use their names.If you are friends, use their first names；if your relationship is more formal, use “Mr.”， “Mrs.”， “Ms.”， etc. before their family names.
4．There are many other forms of address which can be used between friends and strangers.However，many of these are limited in use. For example，“pal” and “mate” can be used between strangers，but are usually only used by men talking to other men.
1．According to the passage，“Excuse me” is mainly used to ________.
A．address a person you don’t know B．apologize to others
C．catch the attention of a stranger D．suggest good manners
2．If John Smith is your best friend，according to the passage you should often call him ________.
A．John B．Smith C．Mr. Join D．Mr. Smith
3．Which of the following is NOT true?
A．“Sir” and “Madam”are used more often in America than in England.
B．People often use“Mr.”“Mrs.”or “Ms.”before the first names of those people who they don’t know very well.
C．“Pal” and “mate” are usually only used among men.
D．While addressing friends，people just use their first names.
4．The passage is most likely taken from an English ________.
A．textbook B．card C．storybook D．grammar book
5．From the passages，we can infer that ________.
A．British English and American English have some differences
B．when your friends introduce a strange woman to you，you may call her first name.
C．“Excuse me” is common in Britain but not in America
D．“Sir” and “Madam” can be used when you meet your close friends
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Children have their own rules in playing games.They seldom(很少)need a referee(裁判)and rarely trouble to keep scores.They don’t care much about who wins or loses，and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished.Yet，they like games that depend a lot on luck，so that their personal abilities can not be directly compared.They also enjoy games that move in stages，in which each stage，the choosing of leaders，the picking?up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start，is almost a game in itself.
Grown?ups can hardly find children’s games exciting，and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again.However，it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons.He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person，and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid.He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn.He can be confident，too，in particular games，that it is his place to give orders，to pretend to be dead，to throw a ball actually at someone，or to kiss someone he has caught.
It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control.Everyone knows the rules，and more importantly，everyone plays according to the rules.Those rules may be childish，but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.
1．What is TRUE about children when they play games?
A．They can stop playing any time they like. B．They can test their personal abilities.
C．They want to pick a better team. D．They don’t need rules.
2．To become a leader in a game the child has to ______.
A．play well B．wait for his turn
C．be confident in himself D．be popular among his playmates
3．What do we know about grown?ups?
A．They are not interested in games.
B．They find children’s games too easy.
C．They don’t need a reason to play games.
D．They don’t understand children’s games.
4．Why does a child like playing games?
A．Because he can be someone than himself.
B．Because he can become popular among friends.
C．Because he finds he is always lucky in games.
D．Because he likes the place where he plays a game.
5．The writer believes that ______.
A．children should make better rules for their games
B．children should invite grown?ups to play with them
C．children’s games can do them a lot of good
D．children play games without reasons
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010—2011学年浙江省杭师大附中高一第一学期期末英语卷 题型：完型填空
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Animals perform many useful and amusing jobs. Dogs are particularly valuable in guiding the blind, 31 property(财产), finding 32 people, and hunting criminals(犯人). Horses are used in guarding herds(牧群)，carrying men in lands where there are no roads, and helping farmers work their land. Pigeons(鸽子) 33 to carry messages. Wild animals from the jungles, forests and seas are very popular performers in 34 and motion pictures(电影). People realize that, 35 animals may not have the same intelligence(智慧) as 36 , they are clever enough to learn certain things.
The first thing a dog is taught is to 37 . It should not 38 too 1ong for him to learn commands. Simple orders, such as “sit, lie down，stay there, come here, ” can 39 be taught by a child.
Training a dog to be a watchdog often produces unexpected results. Some dogs quickly learn the difference 40 unwanted people and friends. This is 41 their masters welcome friends and invite them into their houses. However, some dogs will always 42 the postman who comes to 43 letters. One explanation for this behavior is that, although the postman comes to the house often, he never 44 the house. Therefore, the dog thinks the postman is someone 45 is not wanted, but keeps 46 back anyway.
Dogs are extremely useful as 47 for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will lead his blind master in the right direction and keep him 48 danger. For example, seeing eye dogs 49 a busy road when cars are coming, 50 their masters command(命令) them to do so.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届广东湛江一中高三5月高考模拟考试英语卷（带解析） 题型：完型填空
What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not 1 enough．
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, because whatever it is that we work so hard doing, it seems that there is always someone else who can do it much 2．
I have always enjoyed music and it is 3 to me that every musician has a 4 of their own．My father__5 several instruments and when he played with others, it was not difficult to 6 his sound in a group．Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own 7 sound．
I once read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, “ Nobody else can make the sound that you make.” The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is 8 which is better. It is said that “ 9 is in the eye of the beholder.” Perhaps it could be said that “A delightful sound is in the ear of the 10 .”
Every person has a different tone of voice that 11 only to them, and we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of 12 that is unique to them．It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all．It might be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps．
Each person has a（an） 13 on the world in some ways．Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it 14 the same way that you do it．The next time you feel 15 , remember "Nobody else can make the sound that you make．"
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