Struggling to find a little “me time”? You’re far 【小题1】 alone, because the average American only gets five hours of “me time” in a week.

Besides a lack of “me time”, the average person only gets into their head space (内心世界) 3.5 days a week, so 【小题2】 is not surprising that one in four wouldn’t describe themselves as “relaxed.”

Frequent stressful 【小题3】(incident) can quickly make a day unpleasant. In a survey of 2000 Americans, three in four people admitted that if they don’t have time 【小题4】(get) in a good head space with some “me time,” it negatively affects their feelings. In 【小题5】(add), almost three out of four wish they spent more time outside in order to relax.

People blamed a variety of things when 【小题6】(ask) why they couldn’t make it outside as much 【小题7】 they’d like. Weather, work, housework and the Internet are all 【小题8】 keep Americans from enjoying the fresh air. Another thing preventing Americans hanging outside 【小题9】(be) the state of their outdoor spaces. Almost three in ten described their outdoor furniture as “worn down” while one in five would be embarrassed to have guests over with their yard as it 【小题10】(current) sits.

Information Society

Once upon a time societies were organized around religion, farming, trade or industry. In many parts of the world today this is still true, but something else is becoming more important -the exchange of information and the technology that we use to do this. Twenty-four-hour news, e-commerce, international call centres, mobile phones, positioning systems…all these【小题1】 (make) the world smaller and faster.

The growth in telecommunications is now giving more and more people access to the science that will help their country to develop or to the medical knowledge that can fight disease. The world is becoming more and more like a village, 【小题2】people only dreamed of a generation ago.

But how can everybody in the world share the recent technological advances? Millions of people cannot read these words【小题3】they don’t have access to a computer. They don’t understand English either, the language that around half of the information on the Internet is【小题4】 (write) in. They don’t even have a telephone. They are more worried about how far they will have to walk today to get clean water or if they can feed themselves and their families. For most people on this planet, information is not a priority.

The contrast between countries that have information technology and【小题5】that don’t is called the ‘digital divide’. Scandinavia and South East Asia have a high number of people who use information communication technologies (ICT) . Central Africa and the Pacific have relatively very few.

The United Nations is trying to make the information society【小题6】reality for more of the developing world. It wants to see rich countries【小题7】 (transfer) new technology and knowledge to poorer nations. This will improve medical care and education, science and agriculture, business opportunities and employment. At the same time, they say, local communities, languages and cultures will become much【小题8】 (strong).

Earlier this year, mystery travel became trendy among China’s young people and they 【小题1】 (buy) travel blind boxes to see new places. Just as the name implies, mystery travel is not only exciting and simple to plan, but also allows travelers to explore destinations 【小题2】 they may never have considered otherwise. After you’ve provided the travel agency with some necessary information like the travel dates, budgets, food choices and 【小题3】 (activity) appealing to you etc, all you need to do is to sit back, relax, and wait for your plane tickets. 【小题4】 adds to its mystery is that the destination isn’t revealed until the day of departure.