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

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• 1“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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• 2The writer’s experiment shows that downshifting ________.

  A.enables her to realize her dream

  B.helps her mold a new philosophy of life

  C.prompts her to abandon her high social status

  D.leads her to accept the doctrine of She magazine

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• 3Which 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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• 4Toward 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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• 5From 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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