阅读理解

　　If life seems more rushed than ever, you might be surprised to learn that we Americans don't have less leisure time than we did 40 years ago．We actually have more leisure time, and quite a bit more．What counts as leisure is up for argument, but under every definition the numbers have gone up．We get about 45 minutes a day of extra leisure．

　　Then why does it feel like we have so much less? It might be because we waste half of all our leisure time watching television．The average American adult devotes 2.5 hours a day to this hobby．And for every additional hour we get free, another 30 minutes goes into that boob tube(=TV)．So if you want more free time, I recommend one thing：turn it off．This is easier said than done, especially during the world series．

　　When I was growing up, my mom had one piece of advice for me, and she said it every single morning．'Get out of the house!' It's good advice．Come join the 6.8 million who are in a book club, or the 196,000 who attend pro beach volleyball, or the 680,000 who go to tractor pulls every month．There are even 3 million people who enjoy a sport called ‘muzzle loading,’ which involves shooting a gun that looks 200 years old．

　　And at the end of the day, there's a thing in your kitchen called a stove．Turn it on and invite people over．Only 38% of Americans entertain friends or family at home at least once a year．What were the other 62% of us doing? Getting a free meal, I suppose．We can do better, America．If we're going to watch so much television, can't we at least invite friends over to watch?

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　What's the most important thing for you to have in your life? Someboy mentions hard-work, others

　　suggest knowledge, love and luck．

　　If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each

　　of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number．So hard-work becomes 8＋1＋18＋4＋23＋15＋18＋11＝98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge：11＋14＋15＋23＋12＋5＋4＋7＋5＝96, while love：12＋15＋22＋5＝54, and luck：12＋21＋3＋11＝47, a small mark．None of these words can give one a full mark．What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can't, either．

　　Then what else? Don't be worried．You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you

　　change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度)．Yes, attitude is the word．See for yourself：attitude：1＋20＋20＋9＋20＋21＋4＋5＝100，a full mark．

　　Different attitudes lead to different courses of life．Most times people hope for a better life．It is possible

　　that one will have a change for the betterr after one has changed one's attitude．

　　When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you'll meet more smiling faces towards you．In the same way, if you take a positive(积极地)attitude towards failure(失败), you'll find it's also rewarding though it has caused you losses．

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