单选题 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.

单选题 What did the speaker do for a living?

A、 He ran a village shop.
B、 He worked on a farm.
C、 He worked in an advertising agency.
D、 He was a gardener.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：“说话者为了生存做了什么工作?”听力材料的中说“My wife and I run a village shop.”所以本题的答案选A。

单选题 What do we know about the speaker"s life in the past?

A、 It was stressful.
B、 It was colorful.
C、 It was peaceful.
D、 It was boring.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：“关于说话者过去的生活，我们知道些什么?”听力材料中说“It wasn"t always like this though I used to have a really stressful job, working so Late in the office every evening.”可知说话人以前的生活压力很大。所以本题的答案选A。

单选题 What made the speaker change his life style?

A、 His desire to start his own business.
B、 The crisis in his family life.
C、 The decline in his health.
D、 His dream of living in the countryside.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：“是什么让说话者改变了他的生活方式?”材料的后面说“The crisis came when my wife left me.”即，说话人家中发生的事故改变了他的生活方式，所以本题的答案选B。