Question

【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。

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

If you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you don’t have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesn’t control your life---you do. I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower. 【1】

1. Do less.

Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality. 【2】 Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.

2. Have fewer meetings.

【3】 And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.

【4】

When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?

4. Practice mindfulness.

Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are.

Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed.

【5】

A. Give yourself more time to get ready and get there.

B. Remember the quote: if nature can get everything done without rushing, so can you.

C. Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”.

D. Pick 2—3 important things---or even just one important thing---and work on those first.

E. The world likely won’t end if you don’t pass one of the examinations.

F. But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt(采纳), if they work for your life.

G. Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】D

【3】C

【4】G

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述的主要是关于如何放慢生活节奏的一些建议。

【1】F 考查上下文理解。根据空前的moving slower和下文的内容判断此处应是与前文的转折，引出下文，F项吻合。故选F。

【2】D考查上下文理解。根据前文的Focus not on quantity but on quality不要关注数量，关注质量，以及下文的Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day将不重要的小任务放在一天晚一点的时间来做。由此可推断只有D项符合上下文。故选D最为合适。

【3】C考查上下文理解。根据该段落的主题是have fewer meetings开更少的会议判断。关键词是meetings。故选C。

【4】G考查上下文理解。根据空后这段内容是将推迟或删除不重要的事情，G项最合适。故选G。

【5】B考查上下文理解。根据前文的Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed尝试这些事情，生活就不会那么匆忙了。这是该文章的结束语，应该鼓励人们记住前文的法则，享受生活。故选B。