2015考研英语完形填空100练(26)

2015考研英语完形填空100练

　　While in America the trend started ____ a reaction to the economic ______-after the mass __________ caused by downsizing in the late ' 80s-and is still ______ to the politics of ____, in Britain, at least among the middle-class down shifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to ______ our lives.

　　[参考译文]在美国，这一返朴趋势是以经济衰落的反应为开始的--那是在80年代末期裁员而引起大量的失业之后一一现在依然与提倡节俭的政纲相关;而在英国，最起码在我所熟识的中产阶级返朴归隐者中，追求简约;生活的原因就多种多样了。

　　参考答案：as,decline,redundancies,linked,thrift,simplify

　　A lateral move that hurt my pride and _____ my professional progress _______ me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the _____ of a ______ government minister, I covered my exit by ______ "I wanted to spend more time with my family."

　　[参考译文]一次侧面的不光明磊落的攻击伤害了我的自尊，阻碍了我事业的发展， 使我不得不抛弃了那份引人注目的工作，尽管表面上我还要以一个蒙受屈辱的政府部长的姿态，通过声称"我只不过是想多和家人呆在一起"来掩盖我的退出。

　　参考答案：blocked,promoted,manner ,disgraced,claiming

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