Rolling hills and endless green grasslands – those pictures often appear in our mind when we think of the country lifestyle. When outdoor activities were limited in many countries across the world during the pandemic (疫病), social media(媒体) seemed to be filled by pictures of village life. So, why is living in the countryside becoming increasingly popular – and is it really good to consider a slower life?
It is understandable that some people would want to give up the crowded and noisy city streets for the traditional country life – especially during a period like a pandemic. Having more time to stay indoors and the periods of working from home get people to think about what they want from life. But it's not just about having a greener place to look at out of your window.
It has been proved that living in the countryside does good to you. There's less air pollution in the countryside, which reduces the possibility of developing some diseases for breathing the polluted air. You also get more chances to take long walks and see the beautiful countryside, meaning you can get more exercise. Less noise, more walks and better air can also lead to less stress and a longer life, according to studies done by the British government in 2012.
However, there are some things that need to be considered. Living far from the city means that some people may feel lonely. And as people get older, life far from doctors or public transport could become a bit of a challenge. So, if you're considering a change of life and moving to a picturesque village, there are both advantages and disadvantages to consider before taking action.
1. What did people like to share in their social media during the pandemic?A.Pictures of life in the countryside. | B.Pictures of their outdoor activities. |
C.Pictures of life in cities. | D.Pictures of working at home. |
A.fresher air | B.more chances of exercise |
C.working at home. | D.beautiful countryside views |
A.A man who lives near a noisy factory. |
B.A man who lives a busy life with no time to exercise. |
C.A man who lives in a heavily polluted city. |
D.A man who lives in a peaceful village, jogging every morning. |
A.living in the countryside is good for many old people. |
B.people should think twice before moving to the countryside. |
C.people feel lonely in cities so they want to move to the countryside. |
D.there are more advantages than disadvantages in moving to the countryside. |
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【推荐1】A PhD student surnamed Sun is in the hot seat for occupying a woman's seat on a high - speed train on Aug 21.
In a video posted on Sina Weibo, the man can be seen sitting relaxedly in a seat. When the woman asked him to give her seat back, he refused and said, “You have three choices - stand, take my seat or go to the dining coach.”
A train attendant then came to try to ask him to give the seat back. Sun claimed he wasn't able to stand on his own and asked for a wheelchair. Left with no other way out, the staff led the female passenger to another seat, China Daily reported.
The video quickly lighted debate online Mary have expressed anger at the man’s behavior. Some people even dug up the man's name, as well as his education and work experience, and Put this information online.
Rumor had it that Sun works at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) However, CASS denied the rumor, saying, “Sun was a Master of Law student at the academy between 2013 and 2016. but never worked there.”
The Jinan Public Security Bureau handed down a punishment for Sun on Aug 24. He was fined 200 yuan and will not be allowed to buy train tickets for a set period of time. the People’s Daily reported.
However, some think the punishment was not strict enough, adding that those who act like Sun on airplanes can be found guilty (有罪的) China News Service noted.
Experts explained that the bureau could only punish Sun in this way according to present laws and regulations. But they added that such laws could be improved to stop train passengers from behaving poorly.
1. What does the underlined phrase “in the hot seat” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?A.sitting in the center of a room | B.becoming others' heated topic |
C.sitting on an uncomfortable seat | D.becoming popular with people |
A.They showed their understanding | B.They started to beat him |
C.They felt angry about what he did | D.They were afraid of his behavior |
A.Sun was a student at CASS from 2013 to 2016 |
B.The female passenger got another seat with the help of passengers |
C.Videos on Weibo can be seen by the public |
D.People reacted differently to the punishment |
A.Sun's legs were seriously injured |
B.It's fine to put others' personal information online |
C.Bad behavior on planes is not punished |
D.Laws that punish bad behavior on trains are not as strict as those for planes |
【推荐2】Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. According to recent polls (民意调查), sixty to seventy percent of Americans consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty persons feels very unhappy. Psychologists have been studying the factors that contribute to happiness. It is not predictable, nor is a person in an apparently ideal situation necessarily happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.
A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, they are only chief factors if the person is seriously under-educated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.
The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations arc somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it is believed that this is mainly because they have more opportunities to control their lives. Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.
Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely disabled or those in pain. Learning to cope with a health problem can contribute to happiness. Those who have good relationship with other family members are happier than those who live alone. Love has a higher correlation with happiness than any other factors.
It should be noted that people quickly get used to what they have, and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level no matter where it stands at a given time.
Children whose parents where happily married have happier childhoods, but are not necessarily happier adult.
The best formula (准则) for happiness is to be able to develop AQ (Adversity Quotient that can be of great benefit when running into trouble), to have a personal involvement and commitment, and to develop self-confidence and self-esteem.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A.happiness is neither predictable nor apparent. |
B.a person in an apparently ideal situation must be happy |
C.the rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group. |
D.happiness is not necessarily connected to one’s situation in society. |
A.a happy childhood in which one can do whatever he likes. |
B.great wealth with which one can buy anything. |
C.a feeling that conditions are becoming for the better. |
D.a college degree that can help one achieve great success. |
A.What Does Happiness Lie in |
B.Happiness and Unhappiness |
C.Different Kinds of Happiness |
D.Causes of Happiness and Unhappiness |
【推荐3】Richard is a very a successful businessman. It is common for him to work hard with a non-stop. He wasn’t aware that he might wear himself out or die an early death until he overslept one morning, which was a sort of alarm. And then what happened? He had a week’s leave during which time he read novels, listened to music and walked with his wife on a beach, which has enabled Richard to return to work again.
In our modern life, we have lost the rhythm between action and rest. Amazingly, within this world there is a universal but silly saying: “I am so busy.”
We say this to one another as if our tireless efforts, were a talent by nature and an ability to successfully deal with stress. The busier we are, the more important we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others. To be unavailable to our friends and family, and to be unable to find time to relax — this has become the model of a successful life.
Because we do not rest, we lose our way. We miss the guide telling us where to go, the food providing us with strength, the quiet giving us wisdom.
How have we allowed this to happen? I believe it is this: we have forgotten the Sabbath, the day of the week — for followers of some religions — for rest and praying. It is a day when we are not supposed to work, a time when we devote ourselves to enjoying and celebrating what is beautiful. It is a good time to bless our children and loved ones, give thanks, share meals, walk and sleep. It is a time for us to take a rest, to put our work aside, trusting that there are larger forces at work taking care of the world.
Rest is a spiritual and biological need; however, in our strong ambition to be successful and care for our many responsibilities, we may feel terribly guilty when we take time to rest. The Sabbath gives us permission to stop work. In fact, “Remember the Sabbath” is more than simply permission to rest; it is a rule to obey and a principle to follow.
1. What’s the function of the paragraph 1?A.To tell us that Richard lives a healthy life |
B.To give us a brief introduction of Richard |
C.To bring up the topic of the passage. |
D.To tell Richard is a successful businessman. |
A.a signal of stress | B.a warning of danger |
C.a sign of age | D.a spread of disease |
A.Enjoying delicious meal. | B.Taking a good break. |
C.Praying for our family. | D.Only working for two hours. |
A.We should balance work with rest. |
B.The Sabbath gives us permission to rest. |
C.It is silly for anyone to say “I am busy”. |
D.We should be available to our family and friends. |
【推荐1】Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.
However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.
This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.
When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.
Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.
1. What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?A.The meaning of success. | B.The reasons for success. |
C.The standards of success. | D.The importance of success. |
A.Work makes one feel pain. | B.One tends to enjoy his work. |
C.One gives up his work easily. | D.It takes a lot of time to succeed. |
A.People sometimes succeed without luck or talent. |
B.Successful people like to show their great skills. |
C.People need to achieve success at the cost of life. |
D.It’s helpful to think that luck or talent leads to success. |
A.Having a goal is vital to success. |
B.Being good is different from being great. |
C.Luck, talent and family help to achieve success. |
D.One cannot succeed without time and practice. |
【推荐2】Running is one of the most popular sports in the UK. But for many runners, the real reason we head out to beat the roads until our legs hurt is more intangible (无形的) than weight loss or fitness.
Many runners become interested in times. They try to break the 40-minute barrier for the 10K, or run under four hours for the marathon. Yet, really, these times are almost meaningless. And as soon as they are achieved, another target is thrown out almost immediately.
The times are only the carrots we put in front of ourselves. But why do we put them there in the first place? Nobody ever gives a wise answer. Deep down, we all know the answer. Running brings us joy. Watch small children when they are excited, at play, and mostly they can’t stop running.
As we run, we begin to sense that childish joy, which is born to live a wilder existence. As we run, the layers of responsibility and identity we have gathered in our lives, father, mother, lawyer, teacher, all fall away, leaving us with the raw human being.
If we push on, running harder, deeper into the loneliness, further away from the world and the structure of our lives, we begin to feel strangely excited, separated yet at the same time connected, to ourselves. With nothing but our own two legs moving us, we begin to get a sense of who, or what, we really are. After a long run, everything seems right in the world. Everything is at peace. To experience this is a powerful feeling, strong enough to have us coming back, again and again, for more.
1. Why does the author think setting time goals is almost meaningless?A.Those time goals are used to exchange carrots. |
B.Those time goals can’t be achieved without efforts. |
C.People will be never satisfied with the easily achieved time goals. |
D.There will always be a new time goal once the former one is achieved. |
A.Positive. | B.Passive. | C.Indifferent. | D.Doubtful. |
A.Breaking records. | B.Running for the marathon. |
C.Feeling lonely after running. | D.Feeling peaceful after a long run. |
A.Running to Be the Real You | B.Running to Lose Weight |
C.Running to Become an Adult | D.Running to Achieve Success |
【推荐3】Some people say that city living in the 21st century is stressful and offers no advantages, but I don’t agree with them completely.
With the development of high-tech and the improvement of living qualities, more and more people crowded into the city, which leads to the uncontrollable urbanization(城市化). Because of this, some of the largest cities must be fairly oppressive(压抑的) places in which to live if you are short of money or unemployed. However, for those with much income, a city provides colourful environment which enables people to enjoy their modern life. In that case, I believe the advantages of urban living far outweigh its shortcomings.
Regarding shopping, as for me, rather than click on the Internet to get what I want, I prefer to window-shop. All kinds of shopping malls and supermarkets located in the city centre really content me. What’s more, a large city’s service even covers numbers of the surrounding towns and benefits many people.
In terms of entertainment, city residents are usually spoiled for choice, from amusement park to sport stadium, whoever you are will find exactly what you need. Maybe going to a concert tonight and visiting museums tomorrow. The city always contains various activities and full of energy.
The city also provides better opportunities with so many choices and challenges. Cities with universities offer high-standard education so that graduates from these places always get ideal jobs with considerable salary. Every day in the business district, you can see a fierce competition among those large companies, while there are exactly places that may give birth to talents.
Many people may complain about the traffic jam or pollution in the city, but I think with some useful measures to take, our city will be more habitable rather than stressful.
1. What does the author intend to tell us in the passage?A.City living in the 21st century is stressful. |
B.The city provides more conveniences and pleasures. |
C.City living brings great trouble to the youth. |
D.The city is gradually dying out as a matter of fact. |
A.disposable income and colourful environment |
B.quantities of population and shopping centres |
C.great entertainments and better education |
D.strong measures and fresh air |
A.they have no more choices for amusement | B.they can hardly find what they like to do |
C.there are so many kinds of entertainment | D.they will spend more money in a way |
A.Disappointed. | B.Hopeful. | C.Subjective. | D.Cold-hearted. |