Why I’ve taken a break from holidays
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might think this sounds like saying you’re not very good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere warm to do nothing?
I was a model holidaymaker as a kid. However, the problems started during my twenties. A trip to the south of France was ended after just two days, mainly because I had an urge to check my e-mails. Similarly, my honeymoon was cut short by 48 hours—not because my wife and I weren’t enjoying ourselves, but because we were missing our cats.
So what is my problem? On the surface, I’m probably a bit of a homebody. And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun. Somehow, packing a list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I’m not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey (调查) proved the downside of holidays, with the results showing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal. And this year The Idler magazine published its Book of Awful Holidays. Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically-damaging vacations it’s possible to take, along with 50 painful holiday experiences voted for on The Idler website.
What interests me is what the concept of a “holiday” says about our lives. For me, the point of living is to have a life you enjoy for 52 weeks a year. The more I like my life and the better I structure it, the less I want to go away. Maybe I’m an unusual person for not liking holidays, but I just feel the time when I’m not working is too valuable to waste on them.
1.The events the author describes in the second paragraph show ________.
A. how hard he has tried to enjoy holidays
B. how badly he behaves when he is on holiday
C. his lack of enthusiasm for being on holiday
D. his fear of something bad when he is on holiday
2.What does the author think of holidays?
A. They are often well organized in order to please other people.
B. He feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn’t.
C. He tends to be made responsible for too much of the organization of them.
D. They are less enjoyable than breaks that have not been planned in advance.
3.The underlined word “downside” in the fourth paragraph probably means ________.
A. absenceB. damageC. disadvantageD. conflict
4.What is the author’s attitude towards “taking a holiday”?
A. Disapproving.B. Supportive.C. Neutral.D. Unconcerned.
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1. 时间及地点：本周六下午三点到六点，学校中心大道。
2. 这次活动的目的。
3. 可以交换的物品种类。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Boys and girls,
Attention please!
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
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注意： 1、答案请写在答题卷上；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分；
3、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
4、答题符号、格式要规范：
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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A. Brazilians choose to drink.
B. Americans do in-flight shopping.
C. Germans chat to kill the time.
D. The Chinese switch off the seat-belt sign.
2.When on board the plane, ______.
A. passengers from one nation have little in common
B. most passengers like to read in-flight magazines
C. more than half of the passengers don’t enjoy plane food
D. most people tend to use in-flight time to have a good sleep
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Flyers care little about entertainment.
B. Flyers are not satisfied with the improvements.
C. Flyers are expecting better flight experiences.
D. Flyers have more and more demands from airlines.
4.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To entertain readers with interesting stories.
B. To encourage people to behave well in public.
C. To criticize impolite behaviors on the plane.
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Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Although I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree, I could not find 1.______(satisfy) work.
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 其中有两项为多余选项。
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B. Parents used to pay for their children’s education.
C. In addition, they must choose two or three extra subjects.
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