题目内容：

Many years ago, I read online of a woman who sold a lifetime of possessions and moved from the west coast of America to Hawaii with one suitcase. Apparently she had never regretted that ____ to simplify her life, and she had never been ____. I remember wondering a lot about that story. I just couldn’t ____ how she could be happy without her things. What was it like waking every morning to a near ____ room, I wondered.

Years after _____ that article, I found myself at a crossroad in life. I had to sell all my possessions, _____ what I could fit into two suitcases. I was very worried about losing things that I had previously decided were as ____ to my existence as the air I breathe. ____ I knew this was the right thing to do at that time, I still felt a bit ____ about who I would be without all my stuff. Then I remembered that woman who had found happiness in Hawaii after radically (彻底地) downsizing her ____. At that moment I decided to ____ her lead. I told myself that parting with all my stuff was a time of ____ and self-discovery.

Life went on as usual. Better than usual, ____! I very quickly began to notice I felt ____ and freer than I had in a long time. And, ____, I felt at peace and ____. In the absence of anything else in my room, I began to notice the ____ of light and shadow, and the subtle (微妙的) variations in each hour of the day.

Over time I’ve come to see the benefit of ____ living. I’ve discovered the less stuff I have, the more ____ is my relationship with the things I have. I hope that woman who went to live in Hawaii sees how her words ____ one woman to take the journey of a lifetime and to learn that she is so much more than her stuff!

1.A. experience    B. promise    C. arrangement    D. decision

2.A. happier    B. sadder    C. richer    D. calmer

3.A. guess    B. imagine    C. predict    D. change

4.A. old    B. useless    C. empty    D. lifeless

5.A. writing    B. reading    C. knowing    D. studying

6.A. instead of    B. aside from    C. regardless of    D. but for

7.A. healthy    B. obvious    C. important    D. reasonable

8.A. Even though    B. When    C. Now that    D. Unless

9.A. concerned    B. certain    C. annoyed    D. uneasy

10.A. duties    B. family    C. possessions    D. dream

11.A. take    B. restore    C. follow    D. lose

12.A. pressure    B. rest    C. entertainment    D. adventure

13.A. in fact    B. in turn    C. in short    D. in particular

14.A. weaker    B. lighter    C. stronger    D. cleverer

15.A. patiently    B. hopefully    C. eagerly    D. astonishingly

16.A. joyful    B. lucky    C. anxious    D. considerate

17.A. theme    B. quality    C. power    D. time

18.A. busy    B. unique    C. daily    D. simple

19.A. satisfying    B. complex    C. embarrassing    D. tense

20.A. allowed    B. taught    C. inspired    D. reminded