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PAGE 2 - 江苏省常熟市2016高考英语阅读理解暑假选练（4） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 My grandparents actively practiced simplicity. They both grew up in very large families and lived through the Great Depression. Saving for a rainy day and avoiding superfluous consuming was their life philosophy. Rather than seeking fulfillment through material items, they chose to spend really simple life together, with family and in nature. Over the years my grandparents noticed dramatic changes in their community. Every year more farmland was destroyed to build larger and larger homes. As real estate prices rose, m