大题预测 06 七选五+完形填空(二) 一、七选五 Passage（1） 【吉林省长春市实验中学 2024-2025 学年高三上学期期末】Time and money are life’s most valuable resources. One of the great laws of economics is that time equals money. The phrase “time is money” is usually credited to Benjamin Franklin, who used it in an essay (Advice to a Young Tradesman.1748) 16 He encouraged people to treat time like money. However, most people think about time and money in vastly different ways. Time is our most scarce (稀缺) resource. Poor or rich, we all have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 17 In a world of scarcity, choosing one thing means not being able to do something else. 18 Time is relatively scarce for people with higher incomes, partly because their time is more valuable. So, to have lots of time, rich people hire other people to do their household chores. However, a non-working person may spend more time on household chores. Time cannot be stored. One of the reasons we give little thought about how we use our limited resources is that we cannot save time. Time moves on whether we choose to spend it or not. 19 However, when people are made aware of their mortality (生命的有限), they wonder if they did make the most of their lives. In sum, time is anything but free. As a non-renewable resource, time is quite expensive. 20 They do their best to think of their time as unlimited, and unlimited goods have little value. Knowing that time is limited encourages us to ask how we are using our time. Do we want to spend these precious moments on social media or spend that time learning something new Skills and knowledge take time so the more time you spend on them, the more you improve. A．It cannot be bought at any price. B．It means time is a valuable resource. C．The value of time varies from person to person. D．Some people fail to realize that time is scarce E．Thus, each of us faces the choice of how to spend our time. F．You can’t bottle time and exchange it for an object or event. G．Actually, time and money are greatly different from each other. 1 / 17 Passage（2） 【江苏省苏州中学、海门中学、姜堰中学、淮阴中学等四校 2024-2025 学年高三下学期 2 月联考】 Caregiver stress is the name for a type of stress that affects caregivers specifically. 16 If you look after someone and feel similar emotional experiences, then you may be suffering from caregiver stress and should get it addressed as soon as possible. Caregiver stress is all too common. 17 If you then need to cook for someone else, help them to get dressed and take them to the doctor — everyday — you can end up totally exhausted. You might worry about them whenever they are left alone. This then prevents you from doing the things you want to do. There are even financial issues to consider. On top of this, you might feel unappreciated, arguing regularly with the person you’re caring for. 18 When you ask for advice, you are likely to hear that you should send them into a home, hire extra care or get assistance ... ...
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