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Feelingoverloadedbyyourto-dolistcancertainlymakeyouunhappybutnewresearchsuggeststhatmorefreetimemightnotbetheelixirmanyofusdreamitcouldbe.Inanewstudyreleasedlastweekresearchersanalyzeddatafromtwolarge-scalesurveysabouthowAmericansspendtheirtime.Togetherthesurveysincludedmorethan35000respondents.Theresearchersfoundthatpeoplewithmorefreetimegenerallyhadhigherlevelsofsubjectivewell-being-butonlyuptoapoint.Peoplewhohadaroundtwohoursoffreetimeadaygenerallyreportedtheyfeltbetterthanthosewhohadlesstime.Butpeoplewhohadfiveormorehoursoffreetimeadaygenerallysaidtheyfeltworse.Soultimatelythefree-timensweetspotnmightbetwotothreehoursperdaythefindingssuggest.Partoffindingthisseeminglytrickysweetspothastodowithhowpeoplespendtheextratimetheyhavetheresearchersbehindthenewstudyargue.Theyconductedseveralsmalleronlineexperiments.Inonetheyaskedparticipantstoimaginehaving
3.5to7freehoursperday.TheywereaskedtoimaginespendingthattimedoingproductiventhingslikeexercisingortoimaginedoingHunproductivenactivitieslikewatchingTV.Studyparticipantsbelievedtheirwell-beingwouldsufferiftheyhadalotoffreetimeduringtheday-butonlyiftheyuseditunproductively.ThoughthatexperimentwashypotheticalwhichisonelimitationofthenewresearchitscertainlyinlimewithotherresearchshowingthatbeinginastateofnflowHcanbegoodforpeoplesmentalhealth.OfcoursewhatfeelsproductiveHisuptoyou.Manytraditionallyproductiveorpurposefulactivitiescanbeeasyandfun.Engaginginabitoflow-keycardiolikewalkingandjoggingcanhelpbumstress.Free-timeactivitieslikereadingorcookingarealsoknowntoputpeopleinastateofflow..WhatdoestheunderlinedwordHelixirninparagraph1refertoA.Magicsolutionpower.C.Psychologicaltest.D.Relaxedatmosphere..HowdidtheresearcherscarryoutthenewstudyA.Bydoinglarge-scaleonlinesurveys.Bygivinginterviewsandmentaltests.C.BycomparingrespondentsbackgroundsD.Byconductingexperimentsandanalyzingdata
23.WhatisadistinctfindingofthenewresearchA.Doingunproductivethingsleadstounhappiness.B.BeinginastateofflowbenefitspeoplesmentalhealthC.Manswell-beingispositivelyrelatedtothefreetimetheyhave.D.Howpeoplespendtheirfreetimeaffectstheirsenseofwell-being
24.WhatisthefocusofthelastparagraphA.Theimportanceofburningstress.B.Easyandfunactivitiestokilltime.C.Furtherexplanationofbeingproductive.D.Thebenefitsofengaginginfree-timeactivities答案与解析
(1)A.词句猜测题根据划线词所在句Feelingoverloadedbyyourto-dolistcancertainlymakeyouunhappybutnewresearchsuggeststhatmorefreetimemightnotbetheelixirmanyofusdreamitcouldbe.(被待办事项清单压得喘不过气来肯定会让你不开心,但新的研究表明,更多的空闲时间可能不是我们许多人梦想的灵丹妙药)中的but转折可知,面对待办事项时我们最需要的可能是时间,但是研究表明,事实并非如我们想象的这般,太多的空闲时间反而不是解决待办事项的最好方法由此可推知,划线词elixir与“Magicsolution”表达意义相同,指”神奇的(解决方法)A.Magicsolution.神奇的解决方案;B.Physicalpower.体力;C.Psychologicaltest.心理测试,D.Relaxedatmosphere..轻松的气氛故选A
(2)D.细节理解题根据第二段第一句Inannewstudyreleasedlastweekresearchersanalyzeddatafromtwolarge-scale(大规surveysabouthowAmericansspendtheirtime.(在上周发布的——项新研究中,研究人员分析了两项关于美国人如何打发时间的大规模调查的数据)及第三段第二句Theyconductedseveralsmalleronlineexperiments..(他们进行了几项规模较小的在线实验)可知,研究者是通过实验和数据分析的形式进行研究的故选D
(3)D.细节理解题根据第三段第五句Studyparticipantsbelievedtheirwell-beingwouldsufferiftheyhadalotoffreetimeduringtheday-butonlyiftheyuseditunproductively”研究参与者相信,如果他们白天有很多空闲时间,但是没有有效利用时,他们的幸福感会变差)可知,人们如何度过空闲时间会影响到幸福感故选D⑷B.段落大意题根据最后一段第二句Manytraditionallyproductiveorpurposefulactivitiescanbeeasyandfun.(许多传统上富有成效或有意义的活动都是轻松有趣的)及后面列举的一些活动可知,本段主要是关于介绍一些轻松有趣的,用于消磨时间的活动的故选B。