Question

【題目】 Lin Hanxing is a 30-year-old who lives in Beijing. She owns just five shirts, two pairs of pants, four pairs of shoes and a few other things. It's hard to believe that only five years ago, Lin was one of those people who couldn't stop buying stuff. Back then, she had more than 400 pieces of clothing and handbags

But that was before she saw an online challenge in 2014, introduced by Joshua Becker, a blogger in the United States who was promoting(推廣) a minimalist lifestyle(極簡(jiǎn)生活方式). He encouraged people to reduce the number of their belongings to fewer than 100. Lin wasn’t strongly against it, so she got rid of 90 percent of her stuff. She also deleted(刪除) 120 contacts she never spoke to from her social networking account. After doing all that, Lin said she felt “l(fā)ighter”.

We used to think owning more was the way to lead a rich life. But now many people tend to believe that the opposite is also true--and perhaps truer.

According to US sociologist Joel Stillerman, people who are educated and well-off are more likely to have a minimalist lifestyle. “These people are making the statement: ‘I can afford to have less.’,”he said.

But leading a minimalist lifestyle doesn't mean spending less. A report by UK market research company Euromonitor found young Chinese people spend less on possessions, but more on short holidays and visits to the movies.

“They are looking for a life that is all about culture,” Alison Angus, head of lifestyles at Euromonitor, said about Chinese youth.

So perhaps it all comes down to how we define(定義) “rich”. Is wealth in life about buying more and owning more, or is it about having a more colorful life?

【1】The author mentioned the change of Lin Hanxing to _______.

A.introduce the minimalist lifestyle

B.encourage us readers to buy less

C.explain the popularity of owning less

D.explain the importance of a new lifestyle

【2】What’s Lin Hanxing’s attitude towards the online challenge in the beginning?

A.She was very fond of it.

B.She thought it worth a try.

C.She was strongly against it.

D.She thought it must be painful.

【3】According to the passage, young Chinese people care more about _______.

A.possessionsB.culture

C.educationD.clothes

【4】If one is rich, he is more likely to _______.

A.spend lessB.buy more

C.own lessD.experience more

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

本文是議論文�，F(xiàn)在社會(huì)提倡極簡(jiǎn)生活方式。文章提出觀點(diǎn)：富有的生活并不是買得多擁有得多，而應(yīng)該是豐富多彩的生活。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中“She owns just five shirts, two pairs of pants, four pairs of shoes and a few other things. ”可知，她現(xiàn)在的生活很簡(jiǎn)單。作者提到林寒星的變化是為了引出下文關(guān)于極簡(jiǎn)生活方式的話題。故選A 項(xiàng)。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中“Lin wasn’t strongly against it, so she got rid of 90 percent of her stuff. She also deleted(刪除) 120 contacts she never spoke to from her social networking account.（林并不強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)，所以她扔掉了90%的東西。她還從社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)賬戶上刪除了120位從來(lái)沒(méi)有交談過(guò)的聯(lián)系人。）可以推斷，林并不反對(duì)這樣的線上挑戰(zhàn)，覺(jué)得值得一試，并且還去做了。故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第五段中提到“young Chinese people spend less on possessions, but more on short holidays and visits to the movies.( 中國(guó)年輕人在私人物品上的花費(fèi)更少，但在短假期和看電影上的花費(fèi)更多。)”；根據(jù)第六段中Alison Angus的觀點(diǎn)“They are looking for a life that is all about culture”可知，Alison Angus認(rèn)為中國(guó)年輕人更關(guān)注的是生活中的文化品質(zhì)。故選B項(xiàng)。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中提出引起人們思考的問(wèn)題“Is wealth in life about buying more and owning more, or is it about having a more colorful life?（富有的生活是指購(gòu)買和擁有更多，還是指擁有更豐富多彩的生活?）”以及文章第三段中“We used to think owning more was the way to lead a rich life. But now many people tend to believe that the opposite is also true（我們?cè)��?jīng)認(rèn)為擁有更多是過(guò)上富裕生活的方式。但現(xiàn)在許多人傾向于認(rèn)為，相反的情況也是正確的。）可以推斷，文章提出的觀點(diǎn)：生活的富有是指生活的豐富多彩。生活富有的人們會(huì)更多地去體驗(yàn)生活的豐富多彩。故選D項(xiàng)。