题目内容
阅读下列图表，以“Changes in the Ways People Spent Their Holidays”为题，写一篇词数为120左右的短文。
Changes in the Ways People Spent Their Holidays
PERCENTAGE
Traveling Going to Camping Staying at abroad seaside home |
WAYS |
注意：
1．短文的首句已给出，不计入总词数；
2．可根据图表信息，适当发挥。
Changes in the Ways People Spent Their Holidays
The ways people spent their holidays have changed greatly recently. In 2002, 35% of people spent their holidays at home. The number dropped greatly to 10% in 2006.
The paragraph shows that the number of people spending their holiday traveling abroad also increased. Compared with 15% in 2002, the rate in 2006 rose to 25%. Because people now have much more money than before, they can afford to travel abroad, and the rate may continue to rise in the near future.
The paragraph shows that the number of people going to the seaside remained nearly the same, while the number of people who go camping rose from 10% in 2002 to 30% in 2006. Maybe people become tired of the city and want to be close to nature.
Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it 36 . Albert Einstein was 37 to get a job as a physics professor. He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don't have the work relative to 38 . I should give up on it and settle for something else.” 39 , he wrote the two most famous papers while 40 as a patent（专利）office worker. After the 41 , there was not any major 42 in the world that would not have wanted him to work for them.
If you want to work as an artist and are 43 as a waiter, don’t think of yourself as a waiter who 44 one day to become an artist. That puts the 45 you love somewhere Off in the distant future. Rather, think yourself as 46 , supporting yourself by waiting tables and paint, or draw as much as you can. It is 47 to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week. That 48 plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft (手艺) in the 49 hours.
While seeking the work you love, 50 helps to expand your awareness into the universe of all possibilities. You don’t want to be 51 the ideas Of what you should do or what you have done before. Having opened 52 the possibilities, you can make a final 53 and select the work you love as your own.
Doing the work you love 54 that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the 55 . It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true.
36.A.full-fime | B. hard | C. easily | D. part-time |
37.A.unable | B. able | C. unwilling | D. anxious |
38.A.science | B. maths | C. physics | D. money |
39.A.So | B. Instead | C. Therefore | D. And |
40.A.employed | B. regarded | C. worked | D. recognized |
41.A. inventions | B. discoveries | C. successes | D. papers |
42.A. city | B. factory | C. university | D. company |
43.A.known | B. making a living | C. leading a life | D. chosen |
44.A.thinks | B. imagines | C. hopes | D. decides |
45.A.man | B. woman | C. person | D. work |
46.A. an artist | B. a waiter | C. a waitress | D. a painter |
47.A.impossible | B. possible | C. important | D. lucky |
48.A.sends | B. spares | C. leaves | D. takes |
49.A.on | B. office | C. business | D. off |
50.A.it | B. which | C. that | D. this |
51.A. interested in | B. devoted to | C. limited to | D. troubled by |
52.A.no | B. all | C. few | D. both |
53.A.decision | B. plan | C. conclusion | D. judge |
54.A.suggests | B. requires | C. insists | D. encourages |
55.A.necessary | B. practical | C. careful | D. honest |