The writer’s experiment shows that downshifting ________.

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• 1Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 1、

  A.Full-time employment is a new international trend.

  B.The writer was compelled by circumstances to leave her job.

  C.“A lateral move” means stepping out of full-time employment.

  D.The writer was only too eager to spend more time with her family.

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• 2Toward the new business wave, the writer’s attitude can be said to be ________.

  A.optimistic

  B.objective

  C.pessimistic

  D.biased

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• 3From Paragraph 4 we can infer that ________.

  A.the increasing concentration is certain to hurt consumers

  B.WorldCom serves as a good example of both benefits and costs

  C.the costs of the globalization process are enormous

  D.the Standard Oil Trust might have threatened competition

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• 4According to the author, one of the driving forces behind M&A wave is ________.

  A.the greater customer demands

  B.a surplus supply for the market

  C.a growing productivity

  D.the increase of the world’s wealth

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• 5What is the typical trend of businesses today、

  A.to take in more foreign funds

  B.to invest more abroad

  C.to combine and become bigger

  D.to trade with more countries

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• 6“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

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• 7According to the passage, downshifting emerged in the U.S. as a result of ________.

  A.the quick pace of modern life

  B.man’s adventurous spirit

  C.man’s search for mythical experiences

  D.the economic situation

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