南京航空航天大学考博英语模拟真题及其解析When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurredto me that I might become a part of a new international trend.A lateralmove that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress promptedme to abandon my relatively high profile career although,in themanner of a disgraced government minister,I covered my exit byclaiming I wanted to spend more time with my family.Curiously,some two-and-a-half years and two novels later,myexperiment in what the Americans term downshifting has turned my tiredexcuse into an absolute reality.I have been transformed from apassionate advocate of the philosophy of have it all,preached byLinda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of she magazine,into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.I have discovered,as perhaps Kelsey will after her Geng duo yuanxiao wan zheng kao bo ying yu zhen ti ji qi jie xi qing lian xi quanguo mian fei zi xun dian hua:si ling ling liu liu ba liu jiu qi ba,huojia zi xun qq:qi qi er liu qi ba wu san qi much-publicized resignationfrom the editorship of She after a build-up of stress,that abandoningthe doctrine of juggling your life,and making the alternative moveinto downshifting brings with it far greater rewards than financialsuccess and social status.Nothing could persuade me to return to thekind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed:12-hourworking days,pressured deadlines,the fearful strain of officepolitics and the limitations of being a parent on quality time.In America,the move away from juggling to a simpler,lessmaterialistic lifestyle is a well-established trend. Downshifting―also known in America as voluntary simplicity―has, ironically,even bred a new area of what might be termedanti-consumerism.There are a number of bestselling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives;there are newsletters,such as The Tightwad Gazette,that give hundreds of thousands of Americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film to making their own soap;there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid-'90s equivalent of dropping out.While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline―after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late 80s―and is still linked to the politics of thrift,in Britain,at least among the middle class downshifters of my acquaintance,we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the80s,downshifting in the mid-90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life―growing your own organic vegetables,and risking turning into one―as a personal recognition of your limitations.67.Which of the following is true according to paragraph1?[A]Full-time employment is a new international trend.[B]The writer was compelled by circumstances to leave her job.[C]A lateral move means stepping out of full-time employment.[D]The writer was only too eager to spend more time with herfamily.68.The writer's experiment shows that downshifting________.[A]enables her to realize her dream[B]helps her mold a new philosophy of life[C]prompts her to abandon her high social status[D]leads her to accept the doctrine of She magazine69.Juggling one's life probably means living a life characterized by________.[A]non-materialistic lifestyle[B]a bit of everything[C]extreme stress[D]anti-consumerism70.According to the passage,downshifting emerged in the US asa result of________.[A]the quick pace of modern life[B]man's adventurous spirit[C]man's search for mythical experiences[D]the economic situation重点单词：lateral/5lAtErEl/（侧面的，旁边的）可看作later+al，later即单词后来，-al词后缀，后来者只能靠边站→旁边的。
在文中此词用引申义，各参考书观点不尽相同，请自甄别。
curiously/5kjuEriEsli/（好奇地；奇怪地）←curious+ly；curious （好奇的；奇怪的）即curi+ous，curi关心=care（因为元音可替换），-ous形容词后缀有……性质的，故对某事非常关心的→好奇的。
It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more；but that in good days we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.一个奇怪的事实是，在失意的日子里，我们能够生动地想起不复存在的美好时光；而在得意的时候，对苦难的日子却只留有非常淡漠而残缺的记忆。
←这是德国哲学家叔本华说的，其代表作《作为意志与表象的世界》是guangxian最欣赏的哲学作品，商务印书馆出过中译本。
downshifting/5daun7FiftiN/←down+shift+ing，原义指汽车调档减速，文中指放慢生活节奏。
passionate/5pAFEnit/（充满热情的）即passion+ate，passion（激情；暴怒），-ate此作形容词后缀。
A poet is,before anything else,a person who is passionately in love with language.一个诗人首先是个热爱语言的人。