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上海市闵行区2020年中考英语一模试卷

在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给

    I don't believe it! It's 11 p. m. and I'm still sitting here writing this article for the school magazine! I've had two weeks to write it and my teacher wants it tomorrow. She's always c that I leave things to the last minute. Maybe she's right. A month ago, I made up my mind to be more efficient this year and not to leave thing to the last minute. But I've failed. I've also been trying to get fitter for four weeks now. I've started going to the gym. I've taken up karate lessons and I've changed my diet. I've even been going to bed earlier. But I'm not feeling any fitter. I felt just a little u. I miss my bad habits. Why is leading a better life so hard?

    I've just read an article on a website and I've found out that it isn't my fault! In fact, it isn't anyone's fault! It's our brains. They"re programmed, therefore, it is difficult to break bad habits. There's nothing we can do. Scientists have done experiments that show we use one part of our brain when we think about oand another when we think about other people. However, when we think about the "future us", we use the part of the brain that we usually use to think about other people. In other words, the brain sees the "future you" as a different person to your "present you ". And that's why we don't always find it easy to make sensible d in the future when we face difficulties.

    But that's not all. Scientists have also found out that it takes around ten weeks to form a good habit. For example, if I want to keep fit, It's going to take me ten weeks to go to the gym and then it will become an automatic part of my life. That's because ten weeks is the amount of time the brain needs to change and anew ways of behavior as a part of everyday life. The good news is that once you make it to ten weeks, everything becomes much easier. The bad news is that ten weeks is a really long time, so It's easy to give up on (打消) your good plan s.

    So there you are. Maybe we want to change our ways and become better people but our brains won't let us. Or is this just an e? Look! I've finished my article on time. Anything is possible!

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    As more information comes out about 10-year-old Cindy Smith's death(死亡), worries about amusement park safety(游乐场安全性) grow.

Cindy is not the first child who died on an amusement park ride. 25 years ago, the mother of a 14-year-old girl waited to pick up her daughter outside Worlds of Fun. Laura Barry never saw her daughter Rosie alive again.

"My heart goes out to the Smith family more than they can ever possibly know," said Barry. She is one of the few people who truly know the hurt that family is feeling.

In 1995, Rosie's mom said that something went wrong on the Timber Wolf the night Rosie died. Police found no evidence(证据). Two men told the police that they saw Rosie standing before she fell out of the car.

"I couldn't believe that such a thing could happen still and again," said Barry. She believes Rosie's death should have been a wakeup call for amusement park safety.

She finds that not much has changed in the past years. Amusement parks race to build bigger, taller, faster rides. In her opinion, amusement parks just try to bring in visitors and give them the idea that riding is good, safe and fun. She believes that parks should have put safety first.

There is no exact number of amusement park deaths each year. It is quite low according to some websites. But Barry doesn't accept that. "My daughter was the only person that had ever been killed at Worlds of Fun in all of the years, among all of the thousands and thousands of people that went there. The number doesn't mean anything, you know, because when your child is the one, that's one too many," she said.

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