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2001年Passage 5(2)
While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economy 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 down-shifters 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 the'80s,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.
69."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-consumerism
[答案] C
[解题思路]
本题所引用的词组来自第三段得第一句话“I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of "juggling your life", and making the alternative move into "downshifting" brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status”(我发现，放弃“忙忙碌碌”的生活哲学，而选择一种“放慢生活节奏”的生活所带来的回报，比经济成功和社会地位更有价值。由于压力过大，凯茜已多次公开宣称要辞去《她》杂志编辑的职务，也许在辞职之后她会有同样的发现)，同时对比这个词组的最好释义出现在该段得最后一句话冒号后面的内容“12 hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on "quality time"”(每天工作12小时，压得人喘不过气来的最后期限，办公室里的尔虞我诈、提心吊胆、紧张不安，为人母也受到了很大的限制而必须高效，无法与孩子共渡“优质时间”)。可见这种生活的典型特征就是给人过大的压力，因此正确答案为C。
[题目译文]
“Juggling one’s life”可能意味着生活的特点是 。
[A] 不追求物质享受的生活方式
[B] 什么都有一点
[C] 过度的压力
[D] 反消费主义
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