Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of. Apply these in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification. When you concentrate on one task, you find you have that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep one and then the other, it will take a long time, because one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and . But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your, make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success. The stress of work is now great almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that would have been shared among all the relatives is now on the individual partner. If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not, then it’s not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that people tend to forget. The is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments. “I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more --- until one day they. Pay careful attention to the that tell you that you are under more stress than you can deal with. These signs come from various of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency. If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “I can’t manage that.”
试题分析：本文属于议论文，作者提出了观点：人不要太忙，要学会简化、学会拒绝沉重的压力和超出自己能力的任务，否则身体垮掉了就得不偿失，太累了就改变自己的目标，大方承认自己不能承受过多的压力。 【小题1】考查短语辨析。A养育、呕吐；B从事；C放弃；D加速，从前文作者阐述的观点知，我们生活中需要减少工作压力而不是增加，抛弃垃圾而不是捡起：因此此空与slow down 意思相反，故选D 【小题2】考查名词辨析。A操作方法；B优势；C法则；D关系，法则也就是方法，如果你把首段提到的法则用到日常生活中去，你的生活将会轻松简单许多。故选C 【小题3】考查名词辨析。A胃口；B礼物；C能量；D借口，当你专注于某件事情的时候，你会发现你拥有之前从未意识到的能量，这句是第二段得中心句，后面的事例就是围绕该点展开的。故选C 【小题4】考查动词辨析。A抓住；B推；C欣赏；D交换，联想生活实际，如果你同时抓着两只猪，越过100个院子，这会花掉你很长时间。故选A 【小题5】考查短语辨析。A跑掉；B关掉电源；C赶上；D平躺，如果抓着两只猪，一只就很容易从手中溜走、跑掉，这正印证了第二段的首句，我们需要专心做事。故选A 【小题6】考查动词辨析。A劳动力（经济学）；B力气（体力）；C权利（政治）；D武力（军事），当你把一只猪绑住，集中力气拎另一只猪冲向终点时，就会轻松许多。故选B 【小题7】考查副词辨析和虚拟语气。A同等地；B很大程度上；C以前的；D主要地，由前文知现在压力在生活的方方面面，由“would have been shared ”这一虚拟语气判断，责任本应该被大家一起承担，然而......在现代核心家庭，以前被所有亲戚共同承担的压力现在落到了个人的身上。故选C 【小题8】考查动词辨析。A签合同；B集中；C恭喜；D建造，在现代核心家庭，以前被所有亲戚共同承担的压力现在集中在个人的身上。故选B 【小题9】考查形容词辨析。A合适的；B短小的；C重要的；D充足的，由本段“the day has too few hours”知：很多人嫌时间少，也就是如果你觉得一天24小时不够充足，所以你的任务完不成。故选D 【小题10】考查形容词辨析。A大量的；B发展成熟的；C拥挤的；D睡过头的，此空与本段“a simple fact”对比，即为虽然这是个简单的事实，但是很多人都忽视了：不是时间太少，是活动太多了，故选A 【小题11】考查名词辨析。A回答；B解决方法；C问题；D目的地 ，联系上下文，前面讲的是人们发现的问题，那最好的解决方法就是：拒绝接受过重的任务。故选B 【小题12】考查短语辨析。A打碎；B中断（谈话等）、绝交；C爆发；D身体垮掉；车辆抛锚，那些处理压力的人付出了很大代价，直到他们身体垮掉，故选D 【小题13】考查名词辨析。A现象；B标志；C问题；D零部件，暗示着你承受的压力差爱过了负荷，你的身体会出现某些生病的症状。由下文的“sign”也可知。故选B 【小题14】考查名词辨析。A品质；B指示、方向；C方面；D阶段、舞台，这些迹象来自生活的方方面面。A、D可首先排除，B是具体的方向；C是抽象的，压力是抽象的，故选C 【小题15】考查动词辨析。A提升；B降低；C增加；D改变，生病了工作效率降低，这是一个普遍的事实，所以译为你生病后工作效率就会大大降低，故选D 【考点】考查议论文阅读