While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economy decline-after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late'80s-and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class down-shifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.
For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the'80s,downshifting in the mid-'90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life-growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one-as a personal recognition of your limitations.
67.Which 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.
[答案] B
[解题思路]
本题可以将选项的说法语原文进行一一比较。A选项对应于文章的文章第一句话“When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend”(当决定辞去自己的全职工作时，我决没有想到自己会成为国际新潮流的一分子)，可见A选项的意思正好与原文相反，即放慢生活节奏、而非全职工作才是国际潮流。C选项“a lateral move”是作者“stepping out of full-tine employment”的原因，选项将二者等同起来是错误的。D选项对应于第一段最后一句话“in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming "I wanted to spend more time with my family"”(当然，就像面子扫尽的政府部长那样，我也掩饰说“我只想与家人更多的呆在一起”)，说明这只是作者辞职的托词，并不是真心实意，因此D选项也是错误的。B选项对应于该段第二句“A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although”(一次平级的人事调动伤了我的自尊心，并且阻碍了我的事业发展，这促使我放弃原来那个地位较高的职业)，可见辞职是由于工作环境所迫，因此正确答案为B。
