Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

If life seems more rushed than ever, you might be surprised (1) ______ learn that we Americans don’t have less leisure time than we did 40 years ago. We actually have (2)________  leisure time. We get about 45 minutes (3)___ day of extra leisure.

Then why does it feel like we have so much less? It might be (4) ______ we waste half of all our leisure time watching television. The average American adult devotes 2.5 hours a day to this hobby. So if you want more free time, I recommend one thing: turn it off. This is (5) _____said than done, especially during the world series.

When I was growing up, my mom had one piece (6) _______ advice for me, and she said it (7) ________ single morning. “Get out of the house!” It’s good advice. Come join the 6.8 millions who are (8) ______ a book club, or the 196,000 who attend (9) _______ volleyball, or the 680,000 who go to tractor pulls every month. There are even 3 millions people who (10) ______ a sport called “muzzle loading”, which involves shooting a gun that looks 200 years old.

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If life seems more rushed than ever, you might be surprised (1) ______ learn that we Americans don’t have less leisure time than we did 40 years ago.