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9．More People Are Leaving the Rat Race for the Simple LifeTime is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing to live more with less-and liking it．
Kay and Charles Giddens，two lawyers，sold their home to start a B&B hotel．Four years later，the couple dishes out banana pancake breakfast，cleans toilets and serves homemade chocolate chip cookies to guests in a B&B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colorful sunsets．
"Do I miss the freeways？Do I miss the traffic？Do I miss the stress？No，"says Ms．Giddens，"This is a phenomenon that's fairly wide spread．A lot of people are reevaluating their lives and figuring out what they want to do．If their base is being damaged，what's the payoff？"
Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing，living closer to work，avoiding shopping malls，borrowing books from the library instead of buying them，and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job．
Vicki Robin，a writer，lives on a budget equal to a fifth of what she used to make．"You become conscious about where your money is going and how valuable it is，"Ms．Robin says，"You tend not to use things up．You cook at home rather than eat out…"
Janet Luhrs，a lawyer，quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a nanny for two weeks．"It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids，"she says，"Simplicity is not just about saving money； it's about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music．"
Mrs．Luhrs now edits a magazine，Simple Living，which publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes，organize potluck dinners instead of expensive receptions，and generally how to consume less．
"It's not about poverty，"Mrs．Luhrs explains，"It's about conscious living and creating the life you want．The less stuff you buy，the less money goes out of the door，and the less money you have to earn．"
21．Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home toB．
A．pay off the debt                         
B．start a private hotel  
C．cut down expenses                    
D．buy living necessities
22．Simple living includesD．
A．building a home library                  
B．living in the countryside
C．enjoying a colorful night life               
D．sharing housing with others
23．It can be learned from the passage that now Janet LuhrsA．
A．spends more time with her kids               
B．has an interest in classical music   
C．works as a reporter of a magazine        
D．helps people buy recycled clothes．

Answer 1

分析 对于越来越多的人来说，时间比金钱更宝贵．越来越多的人为了简单的生活而离开原来的工作，例如凯和Charles Giddens，两名律师，卖掉他们的家园，开始一个B & B酒店．开始了简单的生活．

解答 21．B 细节理解．根据文章第二段中的sold their home to start a B&B hotel，可知他们把房子卖掉是为了经营自己的酒店，故选B．
22．D 细节理解．根据第四段中的Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing，可看出D选项中所描述的内容就包含了simple living的内容sharing housing with others，故选D．
23．A 推理判断．根据文章第六段中的It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids，"she says，"Simplicity is not just about saving money，可知Janet Luhrs没工作是把时间花在跟她的小孩子一起，故选A．

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