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days:

Weworkandworkandworktoonlybuyandbuyandbuy—butdoesallthatmaterialwealth

reallyleadtoourhappiness?

Arewefillingourtimewithunnecessarythings，whenweshouldbe

fillingourtimewithfriends，value，andservice?

Anarticlefromthewebsite，BecomingMinimalist，pointsouttheproblemwiththiscycle（循环）

inthebestway，“Nobodyreallybelieveshappinessisdirectlytiedtothenumberofthingsweown.

Yetalmostallofuslivelikeit.Wegetstuckinit.Weworkmorehoursthaneverbefore，earnmore

income，butsaveless.”

Minimalismisn'

tallaboutridding（摆脱）consumerismandproductsfromyourlife.Minimalism

isaboutfindingyourownsenseofselfandfocusingonthethingsyoulove.Itisaboutcreatinga

lifestylethatisfocusedononlythosepeopleandthingsthatenrichyou.

Thesedays，minimalisticlivingcancomeinmanyforms.Wethinkthemostpracticalformof

minimalisticlivingforusistofollowourlist:

HowYouCanLiveLighterin2018.

PurgeYourCloset:

Takeadayandclearoutallofyourdrawersandclosets.Ifsomething

doesn'

thavespecialmeaningoraddsnovaluetoyourlife—giveitaway.Haveonlywhatyou

needandwhatyoucansee.

TestThoseLimits:

Seehowlongyoucangowithoutshopping.Giveyourselfalimit，whetherit

betwoweeksorsixmonths，whetheritbeavoidingacertainmallorbuyingclothes.Thenput

yourselfwilltothetest.Afteryourallowedtime，chancesareyouwillrealizeallthoseextra

blousesweren'

tworthitandyouwillsetyourselfupforfuturespendingcontrol.

CuttheCord:

Thissometimesmeansgivingupyourmoderntechnology:

TV，cellphone，

computer，etc.LimityourselftoonlyafewhoursofTVperweek，oronly30minutesofsocial

mediaperday.You'

llmakemoretimeforthethingsandpeoplethatyouloveandclearout

someunnecessarynoisefromyourlife.

LivetoYourGoals:

Findoutwhatyourlifegoalsandvaluesare.Then，seewhatmayhelpyou

orstopyoufromachievingthisgoal.Cutoutthatwhichdoesn'

tleadtoyourhappinessand

successandaddmoreofwhatdoes.

Remember，apareddownlifestyledoesn'

tmeanlesssuccessorlesshappiness.Itrepresents

yourfreedomtofocusonthethingsinlifethatreallymatter.

27.Thecycle“peopleworkandworkonlytobuyandbuy”shows.

　A.peoplegetstuckphysicallyandspiritually

　B.peopledon'

tbelievewealthleadstohappiness

　C.peopledon'

twanttosavemore

　D.peoplefallinlovewithbuying

28.Topractiseminimalisticliving，youshould.

　A.giveawayyourdrawersandclosets

　B.gototheshoppingmalleverysixmonths

　C.have30minutesofsocialmediaperday

　D.discoveryourlifegoalsandvalues

29.Thewords“pareddown”inthelastparagraphprobablymean“”.

　A.free　B.light　C.popular　D.convenient

30.Whichofthefollowingbestexplainsthewriter'

sopinion?

　A.Itmighttakeyoualongtimetowaitforthe“right”thing.

　B.Clearouttheunnecessarysothatthenecessarymayspeak.

　C.Changeyourselfwiththedevelopmentofsociety.

　D.Freedomismoreimportantthansuccess.

27.A28.D29.B30.B

【东城二模】

DoYouBelieveYouCanImprove?

There5sahighschoolinChicagowithanunusualgradingsystem.Ifstudents

don’tpassatest,theygetadifferentkindofgrade“NotYet”insteadof“Failed”.In

herTEDpresentationThePowerofBelievingYouCanImprove,CarolDweck,a

psychologist（心理学家），explainsthepowerof“NotYet”：

Ifyougetafailing

grade，youthinkyou’renothing.Butifyougetthegrade“NotYet”，youunderstand

thatyou’reonthewaytothefuture.

InonestudyledbyDweck,shewantedtoseehowchildrendealtwith

challengesanddifficulties.Shegavel0-year-oldchildrenproblemsthatwere

abittoohardforthem.“Someofthembehavedinasurprisinglypositiveway，’’

explainedDweck.“Theysaidthingslike‘1loveachallenge"

or‘1thinkI’ve

learnedsomethingfromthis.Thesechildrenhada“growthmindset”.They

understoodthattheirabilitiescouldbedeveloped.Theydidn’trunfromerror

（失误）；

theylearnedfromit.

Butotherchildrenfeltitwasterribletomakeanerror.Theyfelttheir

intelligence（才智）hadbeenusedup.Thesechildrenhada“fixedmindset”.

Theydidn’tbelievetheycoulddoanythingtoimprovethesituation.Inthe

follow-upstudies,Dwecklearnedthesechildrenweremorelikelytocheat.

Theylookedforsomeonewhodidworseth