单选题Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.
For each blank there are four choices marked A) ,B) ,C) and D) on the right side
of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then
mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
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possessions to a {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}100 items.
"Stuff starts to {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}you," says
Dave Bruno,an online entrepreneur who looked around his San Diego home one day
last summer and {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}how much his
family's {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}were weighing him
{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Thus began what he calls the 100
Thing Challenge. In a country where clutter(杂乱) has given {{U}} {{U}}
13 {{/U}} {{/U}}not only to professional organizers but also to
professional organizers with their own reality series,Bruno's online thinking
about his slow but {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}removing have
developed something of a cult following
online, {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}others to launch their own
countdown to clutter-free living. Bruno keeps a running
{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}on his blog, guynameddave, com, of
what he has decided to hold on to and what he is preparing to sell or {{U}}
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{{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}to five dress shirts and one necktie
but{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}about parting with one of his
three pairs of jeans. "Are two pairs of jeans enough?!" he asked in a recent
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