题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:困难
江西省2024年中考英语真题
In October 2018, someone in South Carolina won $1.5 billion. The nearly impossible odds(概率)of winning were 1 in 302.5 million! Many people probably wish they'd been the lucky ones happily accepting the prize.
It's not hard to imagine the things one could do with this newfound wealth, but would this money actually make someone happy? The experiences of several lottery(抽奖)winners show that it probably wouldn't. Suddenly coming into big money can change a person's life in unexpected and sometimes unpleasant ways. Take William Post, for example, who had only $2.46 in the bank when he won $16.2 million in a New York lottery in 1998. Within 3 months, he was poor again because of careless spending. He wasn't as happy as he felt before winning the prize.
Then there was Callie Rogers, a British teenager from a common family, won $3 million in 2003. She bought her family and friends lavish gifts and bought herself expensive clothes. After six years, Callie lost all her money and realized that money didn't make her happy. In fact, she became worried that people were friendly with her only to get her money.
Lottery winners are not the only ones who can end up unhappy. People who get big money for some other reasons, e.g. receiving money from others, are also at risk. They may not know how to deal with money and do not ask experts for advice. They waste money on things they don't need and give away too much money to friends and relatives.
Researchers found that people are happy when they are able to pay for their basic needs, such as food, clothes, a safe place to live, and health care. People are also happy when they give reasonable(合理的)amounts of money to charities. Giving makes them feel as if they're making a difference. Lavish things, such as expensive clothes and cars, only make people happy for a moment.
People can hope and wish to suddenly come into lots of money to improve their lives, but perhaps there are better ways to find happiness.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Lisa is not good at spoken English. She wants to make friends with foreigners and talk with him or her in English. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Betty doesn't know how to improve her English. Her parents ask her to tell the problems to her teacher. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sandy likes watching movies. She wants to learn English by watching English movies. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Jenny likes Justin Bieber very much. She wants to remember all the words of his songs. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}David wants to join an English club. He wants to talk in English with his friends. | A. It is a good place to practise your spoken English. In the English corner, you can talk with many foreign people in English and make friends with them. B. You can find pen friends on the Internet. Write e-mails or letters to them in English. Then you can improve your English. C. Do you want to improve your English? Join the English club! You can make some friends and talk with them in English. D. Do you like music? Listening to English songs is a good way to learn English. It can bring you lots of fun. In this way, you can also know many English words. E. Do you need help? You can ask your English teacher for help. The teacher knows you well and he or she will tell you some good ways to learn English. F. Are you a fan of movies? Watching English movies is a good way to learn English. You can choose some interesting English movies and watch them. G. If you are an English learner, it's very important to have an English dictionary. When you meet a new word, you can look it up in the dictionary and find its meaning. |
Seeing Chinese New Year Celebrated in Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Activities in Bangkok | * When I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} arrived in the city center,I was quite surprised. * Many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} had posters saying" Happy Chinese New Year". * Many people were wearing red clothes and qipao. * The {#blank#}3{#/blank#} shopping area was decorated with many rabbits. * Many people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at me and said" hello" in Chinese. * At night, there were fireworks over the river in the city center. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feeling | The beautiful fireworks made me feel {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to be Chinese. |
试题篮