题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
河南省创新发展联盟2017-2018学年高二下学期英语期末考试试卷
Many years ago, I read online of a woman who sold a lifetime of possessions and moved from the west coast of America to Hawaii with one suitcase. Apparently she had never regretted that 1 to simplify her life, and she had never been 2 I remember wondering a lot about that story. I just couldn't 3 how she could be happy without her things. What was it like waking every morning to a near 4 room, I wondered.
Years after 5 that article, I found myself at a crossroad in life. I had to sell all my possessions, 6 what I could fit into two suitcases. I was very worried about losing things that I had previously decided were as 7 to my existence as the air I breathe. 8 I knew this was the right thing to do at that time, I still felt a bit 9 about who I would be without all my stuff. Then I remembered that woman who had found happiness in Hawaii after radically (彻底地) downsizing her 10 At that moment I decided to 11 her lead. I told myself that parting with all my stuff was a time of 12 and self-discovery.
Life went on as usual. Better than usual, 13 ! I very quickly began to notice I felt 14 and freer than I had in a long time. And 15 I felt at peace and 16 In the absence of anything else in my room, I began to notice the 17 of light and shadow, and the subtle (微妙的) variations in each hour of the day.
Over time I've come to see the benefit of 18 living. I've discovered the less stuff I have, the more 19 is my relationship with the things I have. I hope that woman who went to live in Hawaii sees how her words 20 one woman to take the journey of a lifetime and to learn that she is so much more than her stuff!
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