Question

    Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of _______. Apply these _______ in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification.

When you concentrate on one task, you find you have _______ that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to _______ two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep _______ one and then the other, it will take a long time, _______ one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and _______. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your _______, make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get _______ one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success.

The stress of work is now ________ almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that formerly would have been ________ among all the relatives is now ________ on the individual partner.

If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not ________, then it’s not because the day has too ________ hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that ________ people tend to forget. The ________ is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments.

“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more—until one day they ________. Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can ________. These signs come from various ________ of life. You are ill, or your work efficiency is ________.

If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “I can’t manage that.”

1.A.bringing up B.taking up C.giving up D.speeding up

2.A.principles B.advantages C.operations D.relations

3.A.appetite B.gift C.energy D.excuse

4.A.carry B.fetch C.bring D.take

5.A.pushing B.enjoying C.grabbing D.exchanging

6.A.and B.because C.so D.but

7.A.running away B.turning off C.catching up D.lying down

8.A.labor B.strength C.power D.force

9.A.another B.others C.other D.the other

10.A.small B.true C.great D.wrong

11.A.shared B.given C.realized D.influenced

12.A.contracted B.concentrated C.constructed D.congratulated

13.A.enough B.short C.important D.proper

14.A.little B.much C.few D.many

15.A.overslept B.overdeveloped C.overcrowded D.overloaded

16.A.answer B.destination C.problem D.solution

17.A.break through B.break down C.break out D.break off

18.A.put with B.deal with C.suffer from D.come with

19.A.qualities B.quantities C.areas D.stages

20.A.improved B.advanced C.increased D.affected

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。作者提出了观点：人不要太忙，要学会简化、学会拒绝沉重的压力和超出自己能力的任务，否则身体垮掉了就得不偿失，太累了就改变自己的目标，大方承认自己不能承受过多的压力。

1.考査动词短语辨析。句意：慢慢来而不是加速。A. bring up养育、呕吐；B. take up从事；C. give up放弃；D. speed up加速。从前文作者阐述的观点可知，我们生活中需要减少工作压力而不是增加，抛弃垃圾而不是捡起：因此此空应与slow down意思相反，故选D。

2.考査名词词义辨析。句意：把这些原则应用到日常生活中，你会发现自己正走在简化的道路上。A. principles法则；B. advantages优势；C. operations操作方法；D. relations关系。分析上下文可知，法则也就是方法，如果你把首段提到的法则用到日常生活中去，你的生活将会轻松简单许多。故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当你专注于一项任务时，你会发现你有着你甚至不知道自己拥有的能量。A. appetite胃口；B. gift礼物；C. energy能量；D.excus借口。分析上下文可知，当你专注于某件事情的时候，你会发现你拥有之前从未意识到的能量，这句是第二段的中心句，后面的事例就是围绕该点展开的。故选C。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：想象一下：你在一个集市上，你必须背着两头重猪走100码。A. carry携带；B. fetch拿来；C. bring带来；D. take拿走。联想生活实际，如果你同时带着两只猪走100码，这会花掉你很长时间。故选A。

5.考査动词词义辨析。句意：如果你一个接一个地抓住，那就要花很长时间。A. pushing推；B. enjoying享受；C. grabbing抓；D. exchanging交换。根据上文的“you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards.”可知，这是另一种情况，此空与上文的carry相对应。结合选项，故选C。

6.考查连词词义辨析。句意：因为其中一个会不断从你手中滑落并逃跑。A. and和；B. because因为；C. so因此；D. but但是。根据上文可知，此处与上文是因果关系。故选B。

7.考査动词短语辨析。句意：因为其中一个会不断从你手中滑落并逃跑。A. running away逃跑；B. turning off关闭；C. catching up赶上；D. lying down躺下。根据上文的“slipping out of your hand”可知，此处表示中一个会不断从你手中滑落并逃跑。故选A。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是，如果你把一头猪拴在一个地方，把另一头猪抱起来，全力以赴，冲向终点线。A. labor劳动；B. strength力气；C. power权力；D. force武力，暴力。分析上下文可知，此处也会围绕本段首句“When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didn’t even know you had.” 当你专注于某件事情的时候，你会发现你拥有之前从未意识到的能量。故此处表示全力以赴，冲向终点线。故选B。

9.考查代词词义辨析。句意：抓住另一头猪，并且下定决心，把第二头猪抬到终点线，那么你就一定能成功。A. another另一，又一；B. others其他人；C. other其他的；D. the other另一个。根据上文可知，设想你是背着两头猪走100码。the other两者中的另一个，故此处表示把另一头猪抬到终点线。故选D。

10.考查形容词词词义辨析。句意：现在几乎所有职业的工作压力都很大。A. small小的；B. true真的；C. great巨大的；D. wrong错误的。分析上下文可知，此处表示现在几乎所有职业的工作压力都很大。故选C。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在现代核心家庭中，以前所有亲属都会分担的压力现在集中在个人身上。A. shared分担，分享；B. given给予；C. realized意识到；D. influenced影响。分析上下文可知，以前的压力会有亲属帮助分担。故选A。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在现代核心家庭中，以前所有亲属都会分担的压力现在集中在个人身上。A. contracted签合同；B. concentrated集中；C. constructed建设；D. congratulated恭喜。分析上下文可知，此处表示在现代核心家庭中，以前所有亲属都会分担的压力现在集中在个人身上。故选B。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如果你觉得一天24小时是不够的。A. enough足够的；B. short短的；C. important重要的；D. proper合适的。根据下文的“but because you have too many activities”可知，因为一天有太多活动，所以觉得一天24小时是不够的。故选A。

14.考查形容词词词义辨析。句意：那不是因为一天的时间太少，而是因为你有太多的活动。A. little很少的，修饰不可数名词；B. much很多的，修饰不可数名词；C. few少的，修饰可数名词，修饰不可数名词；D. many很多的，修饰可数名词。根据上下文可知，如果你觉得一天24小时是不够的，不是因为一天的时间太少，而是因为你有很多的活动。故选C。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一个简单的事实是，负荷过重的人往往会忘记。A. overslept睡过头的；B. overdeveloped过度发展的；C. overcrowded过度拥挤的；D. overloaded负荷过重的。根据上下文可知，负荷过重或者说是有多项任务的人往往容易忘记。故选D。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：解决办法同样简单：拒绝接受这么多任务。A. answer答案；B. destination目的；C. problem问题；D. solution解决办法。根据下文的“refuse to accept so many assignments.”可知，解决的办法就是拒绝接受多重任务。故选D。

17.考査动词短语词义辨析。句意：能处理压力的人会得到更多的压力，直到有一天他们崩溃。A. break through冲破，突破；B. break down身体垮了，崩溃；C. break out（战争，疾病）爆发；D. break off突然中止。根据上文的““I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more”可知，能处理压力的人会得到更多的压力，直到有一天他们崩溃。故选B。

18.考査动词短语词义辨析。句意：仔细注意那些表明你承受的压力超出了你的承受能力的迹象。A. put with把……与……放在一起；B. deal with处理；C. suffer from遭受；D. come with伴随……发生。根据上文的““I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more—until one day they break down”可知，此处表示仔细注意那些表明你承受的压力超出了你处理压力能力的迹象。故选B。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些迹象来自生活的各个领域。A. qualities品质；B. quantities数量；C. areas领域；D. stages舞台。分析上下文可知，这些迹象来自生活的各个领域。故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：你生病了，或者你的工作效率受到影响了。A. improved改善，提高；B. advanced前进；C. increased增加；D. affected影响。分析上下文可知，你生病了，或者你的工作效率受到影响了，都会增加你的压力。故选D。