Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday ____， but lacked ___

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Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday   ____， but lacked   ____   for the things that mattered most.
She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to   ___ their lives. “We had to decide what was really   ____，” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to   ____ with their threeyearold son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.
So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive   ____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.
Then Shirley   ____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that     ____ “At your service, buy ____ a little time” and helped clients (客户) with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and   ____ parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a   ____，” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the   ____   or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are   ____.”
Shirley and her husband are   ____   alone in wanting to   ____ and live a satisfying life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples ____ that they lack time together.   ____ does the time go?
For most people, ____ and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming   ____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain   ____ over life and have time for the pleasures.

小题1:

A．activities	B．services
C．demands	D．exercises

小题2:

A．time	B．strength
C．money	D．ability

小题3:

A．lead	B．simplify
C．adapt	D．consider

小题4:

A．comfortable	B．interesting
C．important	D．hard

小题5:

A．study	B．help
C．meet	D．play

小题6:

A．pleasures	B．places
C．tasks	D．goods

小题7:

A．found	B．received
C．took	D．quit

小题8:

A．read	B．wrote
C．showed	D．told

小题9:

A．us	B．yourself
C．children	D．herself

小题10:

A．attending	B．organizing
C．having	D．going

小题11:

A．life	B．result
C．balance	D．difference

小题12:

A．office	B．hospital
C．park	D．school

小题13:

A．gone	B．better
C．strong	D．obvious

小题14:

A．a bit	B．far from
C．much too	D．more than

小题15:．

A．keep pace	B．settle down
C．take off	D．slow down

小题16:

A．expect	B．doubt
C．complain	D．imagine

小题17:

A．How	B．When
C．Where	D．Why

小题18:

A．traveling	B．reading
C．shopping	D．working

小题19:

A．aware	B．afraid
C．proud	D．sure

小题20:

A．value	B．control
C．success	D．experience

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