Question

【題目】閱讀下面文章，文中有5處需添加小標題。請從以下選項A、B、C、D、E和F中選出符合各段意思的小標題，并在答題紙上將相應選項的標號涂黑。選項中有一項多余選項。

A. Slow Down Your Life B. Escape Now and Then C. Separate Your Actions D. Allow Yourself to Be Weak E. Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying "No" F. Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect

How to Simplify Your Life

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, relax instead of stressing, slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification.

【1】_________ When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didn't even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep grabbing one and then the other, it will take forever, because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of success.

【2】_________ The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now cocentrated on the individual partner. If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do, then it's not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact that overloaded people often tend to forget. The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life.

【3】____________ "I can handle stress" is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work. People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with -- until one day they break. Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with. These signals can come from various areas of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency decreases. If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say quite openly, "I can't manage that. "

【4】_________ " If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, more clever, then I would be happier. " This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, depressed, and unhappy. Life has its flaws, defects, corners, and edges. Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life. Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road. But life doesn't consist entirely of these things. In them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes.

【5】________ Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work. Find out which places improve your creativity. For me it's the train. When I know that I'm going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door, I find nay mind is free and I can read or write complex articles. There can be problems working on the train, of course : if the person sitting opposite you keeps talking away, or if train traps make you tired ( some people fall asleep after a few miles).

Answer 1

【答案】

【小題1】C

【小題2】E

【小題3】D

【小題4】F

【小題5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是如何簡化你的生活。

【小題1】.本段主題句是其段首句，集中于一個任務時，人的能量比自己知道的更大。其后作者用搬運兩頭豬的例子對任務分解的好處加以說明。本題答案選C。

【小題2】在本段中，作者首先用段首句提出了工作壓力的原因（The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations.），而在段尾則提出了解決該問題的辦法：The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life. 句中refuse的意思就是say no. 本題正確答案為E。

【小題3】在本段中，作者指出：不示弱往往會使自己的壓力越來越大直至你無法應付。在本段的最后一部分作者提出了對策：If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say quite openly, "I can't manage that."，其意可歸納為D選項：Allow Yourself to Be Weak。

【小題4】本段反映的是有些人視幸福生活為方方面面的完美，這反而使他們的生活充滿諸多不幸福的因素。對此，作者在本段第一部分的結尾提出：Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life. 其傳達的意思就是“不要追求事事完美”，所以本題正確答案為F。F

【小題5】本段的主題句就是段首句：Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work. 句中的withdraw表達出了B選項中escape的含義，因此此題的正確答案為B。