广东深圳龙华区2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语试卷（PDF版，含答案）

The 20-minute rule is very simple.Next time you dread doing something,set a timer for 20
minutes,and start working on whatever you've been putting off.When the timer goes off,reset it
and take a 20-minute break to focus on a different task or do something else you're more interested
in.32 After a few cycles of this,you'll find you've built up strength and can keep working on
the task you previously dreaded.
The 20-minute rule is designed to help you start developing new emotions in connection with a
task.The thing is,the 20-minute rule is not actually meant to get the job done at all.33
Often,once you set out,it becomes easier to continue,and you may find yourself willing to
work beyond the initial 20 minutes.If you used the 20-minute rule to start studying for your test,
after a few rotations (of the timer you would discover the task isn't as painful as you thought.
You may even start to enjoy it!34 Try the 15-minute rule,the 10-minute rule,or the 5-minute
rule.I've even used the 30-second rule.That's right,30 seconds.
Start small.Prove to yourself that you will not experience a high level of discomfort from
doing the task you set out to do.Begin to rewrite the emotions you anticipate in relation to a certain
task.
The reasons behind delay are primarily fear and the anticipation of pain.35 Just set a
timer,and get started.
A.It's meant to help you get started.
B.But if the twenty-minute rule fails for you
C.Whatever you fear,you don't have to do it all at once.
D.Face your fears bravely and tackle the entire task in one go.
E.Consider the "20-minute rule"to motivate yourself to start.
F.Reset the timer when it goes off and return to your original task.
G.If the timer goes off and you're still uninterested,switch tasks permanently.
第三部分语言运用（共三节，满分40分）
第一节完形填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
Lucas had a childhood unlike that of most people.He spent his childhood in an orphanage(f
L).Because of his natural disability,he remained 36 on the orphanage's adoption list until
a dramatic turn of fate in 2011.The American couple,the Jundts,had been37 grieving over
the loss of their son Jacob to cancer in 2004.After years of emotional38,they decided to give
another child a 39 filled with love and hope.They 40 to adopt a disabled boy,and then
met 7-year-old Lucas in the orphanage.
Upon first meeting,Lucas was both nervous and afraid of the strangers who were suddenly
presented as his 41"parents".He didn't know how to face these unexpected "parents"or
what life with them would be like.However,with the comfort and encouragement of the orphanage
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