Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

If you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you don’t have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesn’t control your life---you do. I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower. 【1】

1. Do less.

Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality. 【2】 Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.

2. Have fewer meetings.

【3】 And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.

【4】

When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?

4. Practice mindfulness.

Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are.

Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed.

【5】

A. Give yourself more time to get ready and get there.

B. Remember the quote: if nature can get everything done without rushing, so can you.

C. Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”.

D. Pick 2—3 important things---or even just one important thing---and work on those first.

E. The world likely won’t end if you don’t pass one of the examinations.

F. But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt(采納), if they work for your life.

G. Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】D

【3】C

【4】G

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述的主要是關(guān)于如何放慢生活節(jié)奏的一些建議。

【1】F 考查上下文理解。根據(jù)空前的moving slower和下文的內(nèi)容判斷此處應是與前文的轉(zhuǎn)折，引出下文，F(xiàn)項吻合。故選F。

【2】D考查上下文理解。根據(jù)前文的Focus not on quantity but on quality不要關(guān)注數(shù)量，關(guān)注質(zhì)量，以及下文的Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day將不重要的小任務(wù)放在一天晚一點的時間來做。由此可推斷只有D項符合上下文。故選D最為合適。

【3】C考查上下文理解。根據(jù)該段落的主題是have fewer meetings開更少的會議判斷。關(guān)鍵詞是meetings。故選C。

【4】G考查上下文理解。根據(jù)空后這段內(nèi)容是將推遲或刪除不重要的事情，G項最合適。故選G。

【5】B考查上下文理解。根據(jù)前文的Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed嘗試這些事情，生活就不會那么匆忙了。這是該文章的結(jié)束語，應該鼓勵人們記住前文的法則，享受生活。故選B。