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云南省红河州2024年中考一模英语试题
Laughter is natural for people. We start to laugh at about four months of age, We start to laugh even before we start to speak.
Laughter connects us with others. We laugh more when we are with other people, It's difficult to pretend to laugh. Laughter is honest. When do people laugh?
Only 10 to 20 percent of laughter is about something funny. Most laughter is about being friendly with other people. Most laughter says, "I don't want to compete with you. I want to be friendly with you." This kind of laughter brings people together.
In movies, there is often a joke at an exciting moment when everyone feels nervous. It is usually a small joke, but we laugh a lot. Our laughter helps us relax.
Not everyone has the same sense of humour. Some people think a joke is funny, but other people don't think so.
Our idea of what is funny changes with time, For young children, the world is new, They are interested in many things, so they laugh a lot. Teenagers often laugh to protect themselves. They laugh at things that give them stress, too. Our reasons for laughter change gradually.
A. Laughter is everywhere. B. Laughter makes us less nervous in some situations. C. People have different ideas about what is funny. D. Why doesn't everyone laugh at the same joke? E. When people pretend to laugh, most people know it's not real. F. For adults, they laugh at themselves and other people with similar problems. G. In fact, it is possible for anyone to have the same sense of humour in our life. |
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Chinese people had hotpot as early as the Shang Dynasty. At that time, people boiled foods in bronze cauldrons(青铜鼎), which had two parts — one was the pot to cook foods in soup, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the other part was a space inside the cauldron to hold firewood.
People started to have lattice (分格的) hotpot {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Han Dynasty. They divided pots into several parts to enjoy different tastes.
Yuan Mei was a poet who was very fond of food in the Qing Dynasty. He mentioned huoguo, the Chinese name for hotpot, in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} book about all kinds of food. At that time, hotpo t was very popular. People put all kinds of meat and vegetables into the hotpot. They also used different {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to make pots such as copper(铜) and iron.
It's said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty {#blank#}5{#/blank#} hotpot. He had it for almost every meal. He once held a big hotpot party and invited more than 5,000 people to enjoy 1,550 hotpots.
Do you have trouble creating a big idea? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Scientists have found a connection between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} They had to think of as many ways as they could. Then, before solving the difficult problem again, they chose to do one of the following things: work out a difficult problem, work out an easy one, or take a 12-minute break.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Many students reported that they were daydreaming when doing the easy task. So the scientists believed that daydreaming might help them become more creative.
But how could daydreaming help the brain think creatively? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Even when you are
not actively working on a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about it, but you are unaware of it.
Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.
A. Surprisingly, the best group was the one that chose the easy problem. B. Just do what you want and let your mind feel free. C. Perhaps you can try daydreaming. D. Their study includes asking a group of students to solve a difficult problem. E. Have you ever created any big idea? F. The answer is something known as"unconscious thought"(无意识思维). |
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