专题04 阅读回答问题10篇-2023年中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题特快专递（上海专用）.docx

2023中考英语逆袭冲刺 名校模拟真题特快专递 第五期 专题04 阅读回答问题10篇 （2022春·上海金山·九年级校考 一模 ）I have too much stuff. My bedroom is often very messy. I have many books I never read and CDs I don’t listen to. My drawers are full of clothes I never wear. I was getting disappointed because I never had any space in my bedroom. Then I read about minimalism(极简主义). Minimalism is a style of living where you only keep the most important items and you keep off everything else. After reading about minimalism, I felt encouraged to solve my problem. Minimalism advises that you only keep the necessaries for living, so I started clearing out the things I didn’t use. I collected bags of clothes to give to charities. I sold some of my CDs and books online. After a while of clearing, it became quite exciting to get things out of my room and create some fresh space. They say that a clear, organized bedroom means you will have a clear and organized mind! The main idea behind minimalism is to reduce what you own, and by doing this you can really appreciate the things you have. It’s not easy to live this lifestyle. We are often told that it is better to have more things. Advertisements try to convince(使确信) us that we will only be happy by spending more money buying more stuff. Of course, I’m not a perfect minimalist — I’ve only just started. I still own a lot of things which I don’t really need, but I think this was a positive (积极的) start to own less stuff.    In the futu