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A B we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our 19 in financial terms.But what about the personal and social costs 20 in pursuing money over meaning?These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore—and the very ones we need to consider most. 【语篇导读】本文为议论文。作者周围的很多朋友事业有成,生活奢侈,外表光鲜亮丽,但是他们并不快乐。他们在内心里希望改变自己,开始新的人生,但是迫于生活的压力,或者说由于觉得不合算,他们只能得过且过,无聊空虚地打发时光。 A B 19.A.disasters B.motivations C.campaigns D.decisions 解析:根据上文内容可知,很多人之所以放弃自己的决定,就是觉得不合算,这个“合算”当然是从金钱的角度来衡量的。 答案:D 20.A.assessed B.involved C.covered D.reduced 解析:involved in作后置定语,修饰costs,意为“卷入,涉及”。作者反问:卷入到金钱至上中的个人成本和社会成本怎么计算呢? 答案:B A B B (2015安徽卷) In our modern world,when something wears out,we throw it away and buy a new one.The 1 is that countries around the world have growing mountains of 2 because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before. 1.A.key B.reason C.project D.problem 解析:表语从句是对空格中所填词的解释。从下句可知,人们扔掉的垃圾越来越多,这是个问题。因此用problem符合句意。 答案:D 2.A.gifts B.rubbishC.debt D.products 解析:mountains of意思是“堆成山的,太多的”。从本句后文的“throwing out more rubbish than ever before”可知答案。 答案:B A B How did we 3 a throwaway society?First of all,it is now easier to 4 an object than to spend time and money to repair it. 3.A.face B.become C.observe D.change 解析:本段以设问开头,随后介绍了这个“用完就扔的社会”形成的过程,故填become正确。face“面对”,与二、三两段内容不符。 答案:B 4.A.hide B.control C.replace D.withdraw 解析:用完了随手扔掉,用replace“替代,取代”符合句意。从本句可知,这比花钱修复要便宜得多。 答案:C A B 5 modern manufacturing(制造业)and technology,companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively.Products are plentiful and 6 . 5.A.Thanks to B.As to C.Except for D.Regardless of 解析:句意:公司生产新产品的速度快、成本低,这得益于现代制造业和科技的发展。由句意可知,前后两个半句为因果关系,thanks to“多亏;由于”,表示原因,符合句意。as to“至于”;except for“除了”;regardless of “不顾”,都不符合句意,故选A项。 答案:A 6.A.safe B.funny C.cheap D.powerful 解析:从上句的“inexpensively”可知,产品丰富并且便宜,因此用cheap。 答案:C A B Another cause is our 7 of disposable(一次性的) products.As 8 people, | 
