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江西省鹰潭市2024年中考一模英语试题
Imagine that you have woken up on the first day of your vacation. You enjoy a delicious breakfast, take a walk on the beach, and read the morning newspaper as you drink coffee. You are feeling happy and relaxed. But you may start to feel bored by the time the late afternoon comes around!
If you have ever felt like this, you're not alone. It turns out that having unlimited (无限的) free time is not always as great as we expected. What is the best amount (数量) of free time for our happiness?
Researchers tried to answer this question by surveying tens of thousands of people, collecting data (数据) on how they spent their time and how happy they were. After looking at the data, the research team found that having less than two hours of free time a day, was not enough to be happy. People with under two hours of free time a day usually had more stress. It means that they were simply too busy with work to get their happiness.
The fact that being too busy cuts happiness is true. It might lead to the answer that more free time is simply better. Surprisingly, having a lot of free time is not a panacea (灵丹妙药) for happiness. People surely get a certain sense of joy from finishing tasks. Having more than five hours of free time a day makes us lose the sense of joy. It is in fact cutting our happiness. But I think it is how we spend our free time that matters. When free time is used in more active ways, like playing a team sport, then five or more hours a day can keep of even produce happiness. However, spending five or more hours of free time alone can stop happiness.
Hi! I'm Neil. I live in a town 15 miles from London. The house is big. My favourite room is the kitchen. My family and I often sit there and enjoy a cup of tea. We have a beautiful garden. I always have fun with my dog there. | Hello! My name is Anna. I live in a flat in the centre of Moscow. Our flat is on the seventh floor. It's not big, but we have a nice living room. After dinner, we like to watch TV and chat there. I share a bedroom with my sister, Amy. We often listen to music in bed. | H! I'm Stephen. I live in a big house in Los Angeles. It has eight rooms. I have my own bedroom and bathroom, and I like the balcony best. I love to sit there and look out at the beach and the sea. It's cool. |
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First, we must know some useful expressions, such as "Could you please. . . " "Excuse me" and "Thanks a lot". For example, when we want to ask a stranger the way, we should say "Excuse me" first. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"Could you please. . . " is often used while asking for the direction. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}It's also polite to shake hands with the strangers.
Second, we often need to take some useful things with us. They usually include pens, special maps. phones and so on. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}We can write down the keywords about the place and then we can show them to the strangers who we want to ask for help. Of course, the phones can help us find our correct way. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Then we can show the pictures about it to the strangers when asking for directions.
A. Sometimes a pen can help us get to the right place. B. In the USA. people also use it in many different situations. C. Here are some tips on how to ask somebody the way politely. D. After we know how to get to the place, we should say "Thanks" to others. E. Before we go to a strange place, we can download some pictures about it. F. It might seem more difficult to speak politely than directly. |
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