文章大意:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者分享了自己在意识到露营旅行中两周将没有笔记本电脑时,感到恐慌的经历,讲述了现代社会每个人都习惯处于忙碌的状态。作者认为应该适时地给自己一个休息的机会,让身心得以放松,使自己变得更加有创造力,提高工作效率。
7 . The other day, I was looking at my schedule for the summer. I had a moment of _________, realizing I’d be without my laptop for two weeks during our family camping trip.
You might be thinking my _________ sounds astonishing and that two weeks with no pressure to work, just relaxing in nature is the time to refresh and restore one’s _________ and body. I used to be a workaholic (工作狂). So taking two weeks off from my business made me _________.
I know I’m not _________ here in our busy world. To work hard is especially significant for high-achieving people to _________ in their careers. We live in a culture that _________ the state of being busy. There might have been many times when you _________ some relatives or friends on the street and heard they said they were very busy when asking about their recent _________. Being busy is the new normal. Therefore, when we’re not busy, we feel like we’re doing something wrong.
I’m not saying working all the time makes us feel OK. Taking a break brings us __________. We’ll be more __________ after relaxing, thus having more novel ideas. Iceland has __________ a 4-day work week for 2,500 people. A study by Stanford University found that their __________ didn’t decline; they reported a better work-life balance.
Our brains aren’t designed to __________ all the time. Working hard enough to pass our limits will unavoidably lead to burnout. Therefore, we should give ourselves a(n) __________ once in a while.
1. A.panic | B.relief | C.pride | D.joy |
2. A.desire | B.influence | C.permission | D.response |
3. A.brain | B.grade | C.resource | D.collection |
4. A.mild | B.relaxed | C.confident | D.anxious |
5. A.independent | B.alone | C.powerful | D.confused |
6. A.advance | B.choose | C.argue | D.escape |
7. A.illustrates | B.refuses | C.values | D.doubts |
8. A.made out | B.referred to | C.figured out | D.came across |
9. A.proposals | B.situations | C.customs | D.advantages |
10. A.losses | B.diversities | C.difficulties | D.benefits |
11. A.creative | B.disappointed | C.sensitive | D.worried |
12. A.invited | B.exported | C.promoted | D.faded |
13. A.foam | B.productivity | C.moral | D.diagram |
14. A.attach | B.beat | C.work | D.rest |
15. A.item | B.chance | C.gift | D.break |