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2021-2022学年浙江省衢州市高一下学期6月教学质量检测 英

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第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共10题：每小题2.5分，满分25分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Ten-year-old Orion Jean has always known that kindness is oftenpracticed it by volunteering with his

last year,after entering the NationalKindness Speech Contest,he became crazy about he works to

spread kindnesseverywhere through projects that help others.

After a teacher told him about the speech competition,Orion had only 24 hours to write,memorize,and record his

it,he talked about the importance of kindness-

especially right now,when many are facing difficulties from the COVID-19 and dealing

with unfair treatment.

"Kindness is like spreading hugs around the world to those who need it and those whomay not know they need it,"Orion

encouraged listeners to join him in "the race ofkindness"by doing small,kind acts for others.

Orion's speech won the used his $500 prize to fund his first Race to

Kindness project,a toy drive for a local children's collected 619 that,Orion wanted to make an even

bigger impact.

Working with a nonprofit,he packed meal bags for people in included a kindmessage for each

also organized several events in his all,hecollected more than 100,000 meals!

Orion believes that everyone wins this says,“A kind act can be something

small,but it can make a big can write a thank-you note to a worker or leaveflowers on a neighbor's

doorstep.""If you're kind to someone else,it can make their daybrighter and inspire that person to be kind to somebody

then it just grows andgrows,and it can make the world a better place."He adds.

may be included in Orion's speech?

importance of speaking skills.

award for doing small acts for others.

tough times people are going through.

purpose of adding money to his fund.

kind of person is Orion?

ed and humorous.

sional and friendly.

is the best title for the text?

itive and energetic.

to Kindness.

-hearted and helpful.

g Those in Need.

ng for a Better World.

Together,Being Stronger.

B

How good are you at maths?Some people enjoy working out number y fear the moment when they have

to deal with numbers and figures and feel a realsense of worry and may make us feel less confident,but this

"maths anxiety"

is anyway,our worries and fears don't necessarily reflect our ability.

The problem really starts in childhood,at ch has found that mathsteachers who are nervous about teaching

the subject can pass on their anxiety to the pupils,and girls may be more likely to be Programme for

International StudentAssessment found around 31%of 15 and 16-year-olds across 34 countries said theygot very nervous

doing maths problems,33%said they got anxious doing mathshomework,and nearly 60%said they worried maths classes

would be it,a professor from Boston University,said she believes giving students,particularly girls,good

role models "is extremely important,especially at a young age".She thinks the keyis to get people,especially women,who

love teaching maths to younger children.

Writing for BBC Future,David Robson says“It' why maths stirs up somuch fear compared to the

fact that there's a right or wrong answermight make you more worried about poor performance."And once we assume

we'renot a "maths person",we keep away from solving things that we probably could do.

Psychologists(心理学家)have been trying to work out why mental arithmetic(心算)can bring us out in a seed

of fear may come from many sources,but somesuggest that expressing your fears clearly can reduce their effects on

you,and encourage

children to see a maths test as a challenge,not a ,we need to thinkpositively about maths and give it a