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考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析
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2009-11-07
海天教育
When I decided to quit my full time
employment it never occurred to me that I
might become a part of a new
international trend. A lateral move that hurt my
pride
and blocked my professional
progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high
profile career although, in the manner
of a disgraced government minister, I covered
my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend
more time with my family
。
Curiously, some two-and-a-half years
and two novels later, my experiment in
what the Americans term
reality. I have been transformed from a
passionate advocate of the philosophy of
“have it all
She
magazine, into a woman who is happy to
settle for a bit of
everything
。
I
have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her
much-publicized resignation
from the
editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that
abandoning the doctrine of
t
far greater rewards than financial
success and social status. Nothing could persuade
me to return to the kind of life Kelsey
used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12-hour
working days, pressured deadlines, the
fearful strain of office politics and the
lim
itations of being a
parent on “quality time”
。
In America, the move away from juggling
to a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle is
a well-established trend. Downshifting
—
also known in
America as “voluntary
simplicity”
—
has, ironically, even bred a new area
of what might be termed
anti-
consumerism. There are a number of best-selling
downshifting self-help books for
people
who want to simplify their lives; there are
newsletters, such as The Tightwad
Gazette, that give hundreds of
thousands of Americans useful tips on anything
from
recycling their cling-film to
making their own soap; there are even support
groups for
those who want to achieve
the mid-'90s equivalent of dropping
out
。
While in
America the trend started as a reaction to the
economic decline―after the
mass
redundancies caused by downsizing in the late?
80s―and is still linked to the
politics
of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-
class downshifters of my
acquaintance,
we have different reasons for seeking to simplify
our lives
。
For
the women of my generation who were urged to keep
juggling through the
'80s, downshifting
in the mid-'90s is not so much a search for the
mythical good
life
—
growing your
own organic vegetables, and risking turning into
one
—
as a personal
recognition of your
limitations
。
37.
Which of the following is true according to
paragraph 1?
?
[A]Full-time employment is a new
international trend
。
[B]The writer was compelled by
circumstances to leave her
job
。
[C]“A
lateral move” means stepping out of
full
-time
employment
。
[D]The writer was only too eager to
spend more time with her
family
。
38. The
writer's experiment shows that downshifting
_________
。
[A]enables her to realize her dream
[B]helps her mold a new philosophy of
life
[C]prompts her to abandon her high
social status
[D]leads her to accept
the doctrine of She magazine
39.
“Juggling one's life” probably means living a life
characterized by _________
。
[A]non-materialistic lifestyle
[B]a bit of everything
[C]extreme stress
[D]anti-
consumerism
40. According to the
passage, downshifting emerged in the U.S. as a
result of
_________
。
[A]the quick pace of modern life
[B]man's adventurous spirit
[C]man's search for mythical
experiences
[D]the economic situation
名师解析
37. Which of
the following is true according to paragraph 1?
根据第一段，下文哪一个是正确的？
[A] Full-time employment is a new
international trend
。
全职工作是一个新的国际趋势。
[B] The writer was compelled by
circumstances to leave her
job
。
作者因为环境所迫而辞职。
[C]“A lateral move” means stepping out
of full
-time
employment
。
“
平级调动
”
指的是退出全职工作。
[D] The writer was only too eager
to spend more time with her
family
。
作者太渴望多花点时间来陪伴家人了。
【答案】
B
【考点】
事实细节题。
【分析】
根据第一段，当决定辞去自
己的全职工作时作者绝对没有想到自己竟然
变成了一种新的国际性潮流的一部分。作者写
道
“
一次平行的调动伤了我的自尊，并阻
碍了我的事业发展，
这促使我放弃自己地位较高的职业，
就像
面子扫尽的政府部长那样，
我也掩饰自己的离开，以
?
我想花更多的时间与家人待在一起
?
为借口
”
。因此我们可以得
出结论，作者是
“
被迫离开的
”
。答
案为
[B]
。第一句中所说的
“
新时尚
”
实际上指下文提到
< br>的
“
放松生活节奏
”
，因此
[A]
错误。
[C
]
指的是平行调动，而不是退出工作。
[D]
< br>仅仅是作
者的一个借口。
38. The writer?s experiment shows that
downshifting _______
。
作者的实验表明
“
放慢生活节奏
”_______
。
[A]
enables her to realize her dream
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