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    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. Have a place for everything.

B. How do you spend your day?

C. It’s something I would do if I didn’t have kids.

D. They can take up your whole day if you let them be.

E. However, getting to simplicity isn’t always a simple process.

F. Most people don’t know what “enough” is, and thus they keep buying more.

G. Consider a smaller home.

 

1.E 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.F 【解析】 这是一篇说明文。文章就如何过简单的生活提出了一些建议。 1.上一段提到:简单的生活意味着摆脱你所做的许多事情,这样你就可以花更多的时间和你所爱的人在一起,做你所爱的事情。下一句提到:这往往是前进两步和后退一步的旅程。该空承上启下,应该明确后面一句中提到的It的指代对象。根据下文介绍的如何过简单的生活可知,该空应提到过简单生活并不容易。故E选项切题。 2.该段标题为:评估你的时间。空后提出一个和时间有关的问题。然后下文对此做了回答。由此可以推测,该空应该和时间有关,而且应该是一个问句,和空后的问句并列。故B选项切题:你如何度过你的日子? 3.空前提到:如今,我们的生活中充斥着大量的通讯:电子邮件、手机、纸质邮件、推特、论坛等等。后一句提到:相反,对你的通信设置一个限制。根据instead可以推知,该空应该提到:大量的通讯方式会消耗你很多时间。故D选项切题:如果你听之任之,那么,这些通讯方式会占据你一整天的时间。 4.空前提到:试试看没有车的生活。我没有做过这样的事,但其他很多人都这样做。该空应承接上文,继续表达不开汽车这个话题,故C选项切题:如果我没有孩子我会这么做的。 5.空后提到:如果你把家里的东西清理干净,你可能会发现你不需要那么多空间。那么前文应该提到人们买了很多东西。故F选项切题:大多数人不知道什么是“够”,因此他们继续买更多。
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D. David Cameron calls for British students to learn Mandarin.

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