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¡¡¡¡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. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming ¡°I wanted to spend more time with my family"¡£

¡¡¡¡Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of ¡°have it all", preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything¡£

¡¡¡¡I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of "juggling your life", and making the alternative move into ¡°downshifting¡± brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on ¡°quality time¡±¡£

¡¡¡¡In America, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle is a well-established trend. Downshifting ¡ª also known in America as ¡°voluntary simplicity¡± ¡ª has, ironically, even bred a new area of what might be termed anti-consumerism. There are a number of best-selling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives; there are newsletters, such as The Tightwad Gazette, that give hundreds of thousands of Americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film to making their own soap; there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid-'90s equivalent of dropping out¡£

¡¡¡¡While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline¨Dafter the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late¡¯ 80s¨Dand is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters 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¡ªgrowing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one¡ªas a personal recognition of your limitations¡£

¡¡¡¡37. Which of the following is true according to paragraph 1?ª¤

¡¡¡¡[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¡£

¡¡¡¡38. The 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

¡¡¡¡39. ¡°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

¡¡¡¡40. According 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