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湖南省衡阳市第一中学2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷
Happiness doesn't mean being joyful or laughing all day long. Although happiness should be defined by each of us for ourselves, a general understanding of it could be having more good moments and memories than bad ones and having an overall feelings of satisfaction and fulfillment. Read on and you will know the answer.
Many of us have the impression that we're not allowed to be happy and that we don't deserve it. Well, we all deserve to be happy, no matter what others say or even what we believe. So allow yourself to be happy.
Smile even if you don't feel like it. Yes, smile as often as you can. If you're alone, smile for at least 3 minutes and our brain will take it as a real smile and will start producing feel-good hormones(荷尔蒙) and other chemicals.
Enjoy the now. Worrying about the future will not make you any more ready for whatever it is that finally happens. Choose the now and make an effort to live it.
Count your blessings. Take a piece of paper and something you like to drink and sit comfortably maybe with some nice music in the background. Then write a list of every blessing in your life. Start with the smallest ones: I'm alive... to the biggest ones you can feel. Once you're done, leave the list on the table. Read it every morning during breakfast for a week.
A. Don't leave anything out.
B. Give yourself permission.
C. If you are with people, they'll feel warmer.
D. Be brave and imaginative with your words.
E. So, how can we have more happy moments?
F. Feeling bad about the past will not change it a bit.
G. Why not say something loving to one person today?
A. But are esports really sports? B. All like playing computer games. C. It's not easy being a professional gamer, though. D. But this wasn't a football, basketball or tennis match. E. It is certain that esports will come into the 2024 Olympics. F. In fact, China and South Korea do classify esports as sports. G. If esports are not as important as sports now, they definitely will be in the near future. |
Last summer over 12,000 fans were at Wembley Arena in London, shouting and cheering. Thousands more were watching online. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It was esports, or competitive computer gaming.
Millions of people in the UK play computer games for fun. Some of them have become professional gamers, playing games as their full-time job. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} They practice for ten or more hours a day, five or six days a week. They do exercises like typing something and trying to type it faster and faster. They also study videos of other players and plan ways to beat them.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Are players athletes? Some say no. Esports players don't need to run, jump, throw or do big physical actions. At the moment, the UK government classifies esports as kinds of games, not as sports.
But others say yes: esports are sports. Players do need some physical skills, especially hand-eye coordination, reflexes, accuracy and timing. If darts, snooker and shooting are classified as sports, then perhaps esports should be too.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} And they will be an official medal sport in the Asian Games starting from 2022. Next step: the Olympics?
For many esports fans and players, though, the most important thing is that esports are growing in popularity and importance. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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