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[单项选择]What is time Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather Is time the same all over the world That’s an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a very valuable resource. Maybe that’s why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend seminars or read books on time management. It seems they all want to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners-some in electronic form-to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more life out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: "Do you love life.’ Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff l
A. an example of squeezing more life out of his time
B. a man who loves life
C. a summary of the above statement
D. a warning to the American people
[填空题]When Laura was visiting MIT she spent some time with two ______.
[单项选择]Before the tourists set off, they spent much time setting a limit ______ the expenses of the trip.
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B. in
C. to
D. about
[填空题]Would you be happier if you spent more time discussing the state of the world and the meaning of life--and less time talking about the weather
It may sound counterintuitive(违反直觉的), but people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier, said Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the (47) .
"We found this so interesting, because it could have gone the other way--it could have been, ’Don’t worry, be happy’--as long as you surf on the (48) level of life you’re happy, and if you go into the essential depths you’ll be unhappy," Dr.Mehl said.
But, he (49) , deep conversation seemed to hold the (50) to happiness for two main reasons: both because human beings are driven to find and create (51) in their lives, and because we are social animals who want and need to (52) with other people. <
