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江苏省盐城市2024年中考英语真题
Secret to Happiness
There's a Chinese saying that goes "If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap (小睡). If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, become wealthy by chance. " Helping others by giving may be the secret to a happy, healthy life. The more you give, the more you'll gain. The key is to find a method that works for you.
Find your love. You might feel bad if you are doing something you don't like. You will feel great when you put your love into giving.
Give your time. The gift of time is often more valuable to the receiver, and more satisfying to the giver, than money. People don't all have the same amount (数量) of money, but everyone as time. It can be just a few hours a day, or a few days a year.
Be active. Take every chance to serve your community. You are free to choose what you want to do. Make full use of services that match your values.
You can easily get used to selfless giving. When you give, make sure to keep our own needs in mind. You matter, too!
All in all, by proper giving, you can gain purpose, meaning and happiness—all of the things at people look for in life but are so hard to find.
A. Don't forget about yourself.
B. Here is some advice that you can take.
C. You can give some of this time to help others.
D. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
E. But sometimes you are not sure where money is going.
F. Your giving should not be from orders but come out of love.
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Imagine walking around a fashion store. You see a beautiful leather bag and want {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it. But in fact, it's made from recycled fruit and food waste. Would you still buy it?
Song Youyang, a 30-year-old material designer, works on developing products. She studied material design at a university in Germany and now lives in China. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she was designing some new products, she couldn't find any suitable biomaterials (生物材料) to work with. So, she and her team decided to develop {#blank#}3{#/blank#} own new material from fruit waste.
The resulting material {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a lot like leather. It keeps the fruits' texture (质地), sense of touch and nice smell. Song and her team have used this new material to make fashion {#blank#}5{#/blank#} , such as bags, lamps and so on.
The designer thought these products would be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. But in fact, not many customers have bought them. "Many people have their old ideas about biomaterials," said Song. "They think these materials are too expensive or of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} quality." As a result, it's quite difficult for these materials to become {#blank#}8{#/blank#} used. But Song still believes biomaterials will shape the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. She and her team will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} working on new types of "green" materials and products.
Besides Song's team, many other fashion companies are {#blank#}11{#/blank#} working towards the same goal. They are showing us that fashion can be environmentally friendly.
As a country strong in math, China has many folk games filled with math wisdom. You may have played many of them before. Let's take a look at two of them.
| Luban Lock Luban Lock was first created by Chinese carpenter Lu Ban about 2,000 years ago. It is said that Lu used six wooden pieces to make a toy that looks like a lock for his son. The lock has a lot to do with solid geometry (立体几何). It's hard to separate the six pieces. However, it is usually easier to unlock a Luban Lock than to put it back together. Now, there are Luban Locks made up of nine or more pieces. |
| Huarong Pass Huarong Pass is a traditional Chinese block-moving puzzle. Every block is named after a character in the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, like Cao Cao, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. To succeed in the game, players have to move the blocks to get "Cao Cao" out. This is a test of one's math knowledge, for example, of geometric area (几何面积). According to the Chinese Puzzle website, it takes at least 81 steps to set "Cao Cao" free. |
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Luban Lock | > It was first created by Lu Ban about 2,000 years ago. > Lu Ban used 6 pieces of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to make a lock-like toy for his son. > It uses math knowledge such as solid geometry. > It is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to put the six pieces back together than to unlock it. |
Huarong Pass | > It is made up of a few blocks, and every block has the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of a character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. > Players win the game by {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the blocks to set "Cao Cao" free. > It can test players' math knowledge like geometric area. |
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Lily has some expired batteries (过期的电池). She knows they will do harm to our bodies. Maybe she should put them into a dustbin. However, she wants to know where she should throw them. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Ben's bookcase is filled with too many old newspapers. Which dustbin should Ben throw them into? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Betty has just finished washing dishes and she has some leftovers (剩菜) to deal with. But she doesn't know where she should put them. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}After Casey has eaten take-away food, she has some dirty plastic boxes and used soft paper. She wonders which dustbin she should put them into. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}To do shopping in the supermarket, just now Tom wore a mask so that he could prevent spreading the flu. But now where can he throw his mask? | A. Harmful Waste Dustbin It collects risky or dangerous waste, especially something dangerous to people's health or safety but not including medical waste. B. Dry Waste Dustbin It collects china, used and polluted things like used soft paper, dirty diapers (尿布), one-offmeal boxes and so on. C. Household Food Waste Dustbin It is used to collect kitchen waste like skins of fruits, egg shells, leaves of plants and so on. D. Recyclable Waste Dustbin It is used for collecting all kinds of environmental-friendly and recyclable materials including paper, metal and so on. But batteries couldn't be put in this dustbin. E. Medical Chemical Waste Dustbin Used chemicals, such as used chemical disinfectant (化学消毒剂) and other things for experiments are collected here. F. Medical Infection Waste Dustbin It collects anything used for preventing flu infection like masks used by people and other medical products in hospitals. G. Medical Contaminated (受污染的) Sharp Waste Dustbin Used chemical needles, scissors, knives and so on are put in this dustbin. However, used masks are not allowed to be here. |
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