浙江省宁波市慈溪市2021-2022学年高一下学期期末测试英语试卷

When my son joined the high-school wrestling team last fall during COVID-19, my 83-year-old dad also asked me to ask if they needed an assistant coach. I wondered how the coach would feel about my son's grandfather asking to help, given that it was over 60 years ago that he wrestled? “He wrestled in university," I said.

A few days before thr first practice, I e-mailed the coach to tell him that my son*s grandfather was 83. I was nervous. What if he wisn^ what they were looking for? In the e-mail, I assured the coach he was in good health. I pointed out that his hearing aids had sat unused for over five years. He just didn't like wearing them.

As I dropped my dad and 16-year-old son off for their first wrestling practice, my dad turned to my son, “I am not going to embarrass you, am I?"

“Not too much," my son replied.

At the first practice. Dad met the coach and told him he would do anything he needed. When he and my son returned, they were both oveijoyed. Dad made the team, but MGod, I wish I could hear the coach!'* he said. One day, he realized he forgot his hearing aids as I dropped him off. We turned back. “I need these to hear what the coach is talking about," he reminded me.

In his free time. Dad went to the library and he borrowed the book Wrestling for Dummies. He read up on different moves and the scoring system. “It is a lot different from my university days," he told me.

The coach gave him a team sweatshirt with the logo of the school on the front and "Wrestling" on the back. He wears the sweatshirt to every practice.

COVID-19 has not allowed me to watch any of the practices or meets. I rely on my father to give me the play-by-play of what is happening in the wrestling room. He is energetic. I'm proud to be a wrestling daughter.

Chinese astronauts sent back a science lesson from the country's under-constniction space station.The lesson focused on physics, aiming to i.llustrate how the weightless environment affects buoyancy (浮力）， the movement of objects and optics (光学).

Students from five cities asked the astronauts about living conditions in space and were treated to a virtual tour of the station. Wang Yaping, the only woman aboard the station, served as the main instructor, while Ye Guangfu assisted and commander-in-chief Zhai Zhigang worked the camera.

The three arrived at the station in October, 2021 for about a six-month stay, mainly aimed to prepare the main Tianhe module (舱）for the arrival of two additional modules named Mengtian and Wentian ahead of completion by the end of 2022. The crew is assessing living conditions in the Tianhe module and conducting experiments in space medicine and other areas.

Wang became the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk when she and Zhai spent six hours outside the module fixing equipment and carrying out tests alongside the station's robotic service arm.

The mission of Shenzhou-13 is China's longest one since it first put a human in space in 2003, becoming only the third country to do so after Russia and the US. China has also pushed ahead with unmanned missions, and its lunar exploration program generated media buzz when its Yutu 2 rover sent back pictures of what was described by some as a "mystery hut", but most likely only was a rock of some sort. The rover is the first to be placed on the little-explored far side of the moon, while China's Chang'e 5 probe returned lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s. A Chinese rover, meanwhile, is searching for evidence of life on Mars.

Listening to music while studying or doing homework is a very common habit among students.

The research in 1972 showed that there was an increase in the performance of workers when listening to music. However, this research was limited, and was only used to study a very specific and representative working environment at the time-factories. Workforce tasks were repetitive, predictable and boring.

But what about the complex (复杂的）and creative jobs? What about studying complex academic programs?

It seems that when the work at hand forces us to really focus on what we arc doing, the presence of the music is a burden that we must avoid. For example, the research published in Psychological Reports found that when some volunteers had to choose a piece of music and listen to it while studying or doing homework, they performed worse than those who did not choose and simply accomplished the task without listening to music.

In other words, even though music is used for studying, it may just be because you like the music, not because it improves memorization and learning outcomes.

Why is it not good to listen to music while studying? The answer lies in two concepts: multitasking (多任务化）and attentional concentration. Multitasking is the ability to perform more than one task at the same time and is closely related to working memory. This type of memory is responsible for keeping in mind the elements with which we woric in real time.

Attentional concentration is how the brain directs mental processes toward solving some problems and not others. When we focus on something, we are using a large part of our nervous system to fix it. For this, you have to pay the price for neglecting other functions.

Do you know the big rock experiment? You get a bucket (水桶）and fill it half full of small stones. You then try to put several big rocks in the bucket, on top of the small stones. So you empty the bucket and start over. This time you put the big rocks in the bucket first, followed by the small stones. The small stones perfectly fill in the spaces around the big rocks. This time it all fits!

If you put the small stones in first, the big rocks don't all fit. But if you put the big rocks in first, everything fits, big rocks and small stones. Big rocks refer to your most important things. Small stones represent all the little eveiyday things that take up your time, such as housework, texting, and interruptions，etc. The moral (寓意）of the story?

During your weekly planning，arrange (安排）time for your big rocks by putting them in your calendar. For example, you might decide that the best time to get started on your history report is Tuesday night and the best time to call your grandma is Sunday afternoon. It's like making a reservation.

If your big rock such as “give out three compliments each day this week" doesn't have a specific time, write it somewhere in your planner where it can be seen. If you arrange time for your big rocks first, the other everyday activities will fit in as well. And if they don't, who cares? Take care of them next week.

A. But they don't all fit.

B. Now make a plan of those times.

C. Then try your best to follow your plan.

D. Planning ahead each week will help you do more.

E. You'd rather push aside small stones than big rocks.

F. If you don't schedule your big rocks first, they won't get done.

G. The difference is the order in which the big rocks and small stones were placed in the bucket.

Days after Argentina (阿根廷）canceled all international flights to protect the country from COVID-19, Manuel Ballcstcro 1 his journey home the only way possible. He stepped aboard his small 2 for an 85-day journey back.

The 47-year-old sailor could have stayed on the tiny Portuguese island of Porto Santo, to 3 the time of lockdowns in a scenic place largely free of the 4.    But the 5 of living away from his family, especially his father who was soon to turn 90, was 6. So he loaded his 29-foot boat with canned food and 7 in mid-March.

A very 8 part of this terrible period was the inability of a great number of people to rush home to see loved ones. Friends tried to 9 Mr. Ballcstcro from starting the risky journey and the 10 in Portugal warned him he might not be allowed to rc-cntcr the country if he ran into trouble and had to 11. But he was determined.

Sailing across the Atlantic is challenging. The increasing 12 of doing it during a pandemic (流行病) became 13 three weeks into the trip. On April 12, the authorities (当局) in Cape Verde 14 him to dock (靠岸) at the island nation to get a new supply of food and fuel. He was experienced in spending long time at sea, but being 15 on the open ocean is frightening to even the most experienced sailor.

Learning about his 16, people bored at home were impressed. He 17 created an Instagram account (账号) to 18 the final leg of the trip. “I see it as my 19 to accomplish," Manuel said.

20 Mr. Ballcstero didn't get to celebrate his father's 90th birthday in May, hedid make it home in time for Father's Day.

Lin Qiaozhi is a great Chinese doctor whose life is full of difficult choices. (deep) affected by her mother's death, when she was 18, she insisted studying    medicine    rather than step into a (tradition) marriage. After graduating from PUMC, Lin became the first woman (hire) as a resident physician. In 1939, she studied in the US she was invited to stay because of her outstanding performance. However, Lin chose to come back to serve her motherland. Unfortunately, in 1941, the hospital closed due to the outbreak of the war. (consider) the people in trouble, she chose to open a private clinic and charged very low fees. Lin (prefer) to tend patients and write essays rather than retire and she took (responsible) for all her patients. She played important role in the development of Chinese OB-GYN. She chose to be single all her life and devoted all her time to the career. It is Lin Qiaozhi deserves the title—Mother of Ten Thousand Babies.

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It was my twelfth birthday, and what I really wanted was a new bicycle. But I knew my family couldn't afford one.

A new bike was just a dream, so I wanted a nightstand (床头柜). I figured that at least I would have a safe place to keep my private things. So I asked my parents for a nightstand with lockable drawers (抽屉).

We went to the secondhand furniture store and found an old, dark brown nightstand. It didn't look too cool, but at least it had drawers that I could keep locked. I decided that I would paint it to make it look better.

After we took it home, I was getting ready to paint it. When I pulled the drawers out, I felt something stuck (卡住）at the back of the bottom drawer. I reached in all the way to the back and was surprised to find a bag.

When opening the bag, I realized that there were some papers in it which were some kind of official-looking documents (文件). And beneath were a bunch of dollar bills! Talk about finding a treasure! And on my birthday!

I went ahead and read the papers, which turned out to be a will (遗嘱). Some old lady was leaving her savings to her son and grandchildren. The old lady must have died and nobody knew the money. Her family donated the nightstand to the secondhand furniture store and it was now in my hands.

I counted the money, over 1,000 dollars in total. I was going crazy. With this money I could buy the coolest bicycle. I could even buy bicycles for my younger brothers. Maybe I could also get ray parents a car.

What a dilemma! I could keep it and get all kinds of things for myself and my family. Or I could give it all back. **Somebody helps me with this!" I begged. But I really didn't need anyone else to give me the answer. I already knew right from wrong. I decided not to fail this test. It was a test of honor-my honor.

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Paragraph 1: I called my family into my bedroom and showed them what I had found.

Paragraph 2: Several days later, the old lady's son and his wife came to my house.