As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.
Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long?hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of l
iving and downshifting is one of them.
Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year. One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs(郊區(qū)), leaving their two children with a nanny(保姆). Most evenings Daniel wouldn't get home until eight or nine o'clock, and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.
Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm here,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It's taken some getting used to, but it's been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it's made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.”
Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I'm not really a country girl, but I suppose I'm gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about ittoo much or you might not do it at all.”
1.What do the first two paragraphs tell us?
A.People seldom work long hours to make money.
B.People hardly buy more things than necessary.
C.People are sure everything they own is in the right place.
D.People realise there is more to life than just making money. 
2.When Daniel was a reporter he  ________ .
A.lived in central London      B.disliked his job        
C.missed his children        D.was well paid 
3.Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm  ________.
A.was easy to organize        B.has improved family life        
C.was extremely expensive      D.has been a total success 
4.What does the underlined “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Child?caring.    B.Liz's advice.       C.Downshifting.     D.Liz's job.
5.The underlined word “_________downshifting” in the second paragraph means  ________ .
A.repairing your car by yourself        
B.spending money carefully        
C.moving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better life        
D.living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week 

1----5       DDBCC   

1.這是一道段落主旨題。第一段描述了一番景象，家里很富裕，幾乎什么都不缺，第二段卻話(huà)題一轉(zhuǎn)，說(shuō)“people are wondering what life is all about”，說(shuō)明物質(zhì)的追求讓人們感到生活的乏味，再有“l(fā)eaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes”，從而說(shuō)明了生活中除了掙錢(qián)，還有很多東西值得去追求。
2.這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。第三段最后一句話(huà)說(shuō)明當(dāng)Daniel是一名記者時(shí)，他的工資很高。答案為D。 
3.這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。從第四段最后一句話(huà)可知，Daniel和Liz搬到農(nóng)場(chǎng)后家庭生活發(fā)生了變化。答案為B。 
4.這是一道所指題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容可判斷出it所指的是Dowting。答案為C。 
5.這是一道猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)短文所列舉的Daniel和Liz的事例可判斷出downshifting的意思是“把家搬到農(nóng)村去，過(guò)一種簡(jiǎn)單而更好的生活�！贝鸢笧镃。 
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