14．We have a problem，and the strange thing is that we not only know about it，but also celebrate it．Just today，someone boasted （自夸） to me that she was so busy she's averaged four hours of sleep a night for the last two weeks．She wasn't complaining； she was proud of the fact．She is not alone．
Why are rational （理性的） people so irrational in their behavior？The answer is that we're in the midst of a bubble （泡沫）．I call it"The More Bubble"．
The nature of bubbles is that something is overvalued until-eventually-the bubble bursts，and we're left wondering why we were so irrational in the first place．The thing we're overvaluing now is the opinion of doing it all，having it all，achieving it all．
This bubble is being enabled by a combination of three powerful trends：smart phones，social media，and extreme consumerism （消費(fèi)主義）．The result is not just information overload，but opinion overload．We are more aware than at any time in history of what everyone else is doing and，therefore，what we should be doing．In the process，we have been sold a bill of goods：that success means being supermen and superwomen who can get it all done．Of course，we boasted about being busy-it's code for being successful and important．
And our answer to the problem of more is always more．We need more technology to help us create more technologies．We need to move our workload to free up our own time to do yet even more．
Luckily，there is a solution to asking for more：asking for less，but better．A growing number of people are making this change．I call these people Essentialists．
These people are designing their lives around what is essential and removing everything else．These people arrange to have actual weekends （during which they are not working）．They create technology-free zones in their homes．They trade time on Facebook with calling those few friends who really matter to them．Instead of running to different meetings，they put space on their plans to get important work done．
So we have two choices：We can be among the last people caught up in"The More Bubble，"or we can join the growing community of Essentialists and get more of what matters in our one precious life．
63．When the woman said she only slept for four hours a night for two weeks，sheC．
A．was unsatisfied with her lifestyle
B．was asking for suggestions
C．took pride in doing so
D．knew few people were like her
64．What is Paragraph 4mainly about？A
A．The cause and result of"The More Bubble"．
B．The advantages of"The More Bubble"．
C．The solutions to"The More Bubble"．
D．The value of"The More Bubble"．
65．According to the article，Essentialists are those whoA．
A．give up certain things for what matters in life
B．prefer to change frequently
C．a(chǎn)re tired of information and opinions
D．a(chǎn)re eager to become successful and important
66．What's the author's attitude towards"The More Bubble"？C
A．Supportive．B．Undecided．C．Disapproval．D．Doubt．
分析 本文是一篇議論文，主要討論了一種在人們行為表現(xiàn)中出現(xiàn)的不正常現(xiàn)象--"The More Bubble"--的成因及解決方法．
解答 63．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中的"she was proud of the fact"可知，她對(duì)于自己的這種做法感到自豪．故答案選C．
64．A．段落大意題．根據(jù)第四段第一句This bubble is being enabled by a combination of three powerful trends：smart phones，social media，and extreme consumerism （消費(fèi)主義）．可知，本段主要討論了這種現(xiàn)象形成的原因和結(jié)果．故答案選A．
65．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第一句"These people are designing their lives around what is essential and removing everything else．"可知，"These people"指的是上文提到的"Essentialists"，他們圍繞重要的事物設(shè)計(jì)他們的生活，將其余不重要的部分刪去．故答案選A．
66．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段可知，作者認(rèn)為我們要么被"The More Bubble"束縛，要么成為Essentialist，在我們珍貴的生命中得到重要的東西；由此可推知，作者對(duì)"The More Bubble"這種現(xiàn)象是不贊成的．故答案選C．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
