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e their food,spend time with the family,friends without Food is against its counterpart:the spirit of Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle.”I love this is what is at the heart of the simplicity movement,as well as those who are trying to live frugal (節(jié)儉的) ’s not just a matter of reducing clutter or saving money...it’s a matter of slowing down to enjoy life more,of savoring life’s simple pleasures,of rejecting on some level the materialistic culture we are all caught up in and embracing fellow humans ’s about changing our values and priorities.【語篇解讀】 現(xiàn)代社會生活節(jié)奏加快,而有些公司仍保持其嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)舒緩的辦事風(fēng)格,歐洲國家更是興起了“慢餐運(yùn)動”。1.The underlined part in the first paragraph indicates that________.A.Volvo in Sweden is low efficientB.Volvo takes serious consideration before making decisionsC.Volvo is against the fast173。paced lifeD.the decision makers can hardly agree on any project【解析】 考查推理判斷題。由第二段的“公司的任何決議都要經(jīng)過多次辯論,最后總能取得更好的效果”可知畫線部分真正要表明的是,公司做任何決定都很謹(jǐn)慎。【答案】 B2.The writer copies the man’s story mainly to tell us that________.A.we should be considerate to those being lateB.we should take some walk before workC.parking space is quite limited in large paniesD.we must leave room for people being late【解析】 考查推理判斷。從文章引用的故事看,那個朋友說“我們來得早,有時間多走幾步,而來得晚的人需要在離大門很近的地方停車”,其含義顯然是A“我們要為晚來的人著想”。【答案】 A3.We can infer from the passage that________.A.Slow Food will take the place of Fast FoodB.the spirit of Fast Food is still the mainstream in EuropeC.slowdown will bring loss to a pany like VolvoD.slowdown can barely arouse people’s interest【解析】 考查推理判斷。第四段說歐洲國家興起了慢餐運(yùn)動,而快餐代表了一種生活方式,由此判斷選B,快餐精神在歐洲仍是主流。【答案】 B4.Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?A.No pains,no gains.B.Time and tide wait for no man.C.Slow down to enjoy life.D.Simplicity is the best policy.【解析】 考查主旨大意。作者通過對瑞典沃爾沃謹(jǐn)慎的工作方式的描述以及對歐洲興起的慢餐運(yùn)動的介紹等,告訴現(xiàn)代人,要放慢生活節(jié)奏,好好享受生活。【答案】 C