阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When my son, Justin, was four, he found a caterpillar (毛虫) and put it in a jar(罐子). Each day he fed it with fresh grass and leaves. In a few weeks we discovered it   41   itself in a cocoon (茧).

Justin was excited. He knew a moth (蛾) or butterfly was about to be   42_ , but he didn’t know what kind. He was   43  to know what gift nature was about to give him.

“Dad!” shouted the boy while running to me one day. “Something’s   44  . Come see!”

He led me to his room. The cocoon had become half transparent(半透明的) and we could   45   the wings of the unborn. Soon, a moth broke free from the cocoon, and laid eggs completing the life   46   of the little caterpillar.

The next day, I convinced Justin it was time to set the moth free. He took it   47  , opened the jar, and the little moth flew out. It   48   the yard twice, came back, and landed on Justin’s arm. He picked it up, tossed it in the air, and the moth repeated its   49   pattern. He tried over and over, but each time it would   50  to his arm.

Justin   51  . He put his little pet back to the jar. The next day he attempted to set it free again, and after a few repetitions of the same behavior, the moth   52   flew off into the grass.

Like a   53  , I believe the moth was afraid to leave what it was comfortable with. It wanted to stay with something   54  , scared to move on and experience something unknown.

I was once that little moth. My cocoon was my mother’s   55  , in which I was comfortable. Like the moth, I didn’t want to fly too far away from it. I was   56   when my first job required me to move to a new city. What would I find there? I liked   57   I was.

Humans are creatures of   58  . We resist change. However, if I hadn’t moved, I would not have experienced many   59   and wonderful things or met many of my friends. So each move gave me the  60   to learn and experience, but best of all, I met friends.

41. A. caught          B. wrapped         C. developed     D. protected

42. A. born          B. changed       C. raised         D. created

43. A. upset           B. content       C. lucky           D. curious

44. A. disappearing    B. happening  C. spreading    D. cracking

45. A. identify          B. feel           C. forecast       D. estimate

46. A. span              B. task                C. cycle            D. project

47. A. inside             B. down            C. aside             D. outside

48. A. explored         B. searched         C. circled         D. abandoned

49. A. flight           B. game            C. ceremony   D. adventure

50. A. stick             B. refer            C. turn               D. return

51. A. kept up          B. gave up         C. looked up    D. turned up

52. A. casually         B. desperately    C. finally            D. hesitatingly

53. A. human            B. butterfly       C. caterpillar    D. pet

54. A. friendly          B. similar           C. pleasant         D. familiar

55. A. love               B. instruction     C. advantage      D. expectation

56. A. thrilled          B. crazy               C. afraid            D. annoyed

57. A. what              B. where            C. how              D. who

58. A. emotion          B. conscience      C. habit          D. ambition

59. A. odd                B. new               C. funny        D. vital

60. A. courage         B. pleasure       C. motivation    D. Opportunity

第II卷

注意事项：

用0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

第三部分  英语知识运用(共两节，满分55分)

第二节 单句填空(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

61. The theory put ____________by Einstein was later proved to be true.

62._______do I want to know it ，nor do I care about it.

63. The air quality in the city, ______is shown in the report , has improved over the past two

months.

64. I felt disappointed and was about to leave __________something happened which attracted

my attention.

65.  It is strange that the well—behaved gentleman ________be so rude to his mother.

66. After _______(expose)to the sunlight for so long a time, the cloth won’t last well for a

shirt.

67.I feel it is your husband who ___________(blame)for it.

68. Yuan Longping has made a great ______________(contribute) to the development of

agriculture in china.

69. The football team ,_________(consist) of 22 players and 3 coaches, was set up about 3

years ago.

70.Does it make any __________(different) whether she will come to our party?

第三节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式

Woman： Good morning.

Man： Good morning. Er…I’m looking for a place 71 _____ (rent) near the university.

Woman ：What are you looking for, a house, a flat,  72 ______ a room?

Man： Well, we want a flat if that’s possible. There are three of us looking all together. We thought we might share it if we can find something 73 ______ (suit).

Woman： So something near the university?

Man： Yes. We are all students, so it would be good if we could find something 74 ______walking distance of the campus. 75 ______of us has a car and we don’t want to have to take a bus.

Woman： Well, everybody wants that of course. Are you here for your first year?

Man：  No, I 76 _______ (be) here for a year already. Last year we all lived on campus.

Woman： Ok. So let me have a look and consider 77 _______we have got. Well, there’s a three-bedroom flat. That’s 400 dollars a week --- quite 78 _______ (reason), I think.

Man： Oh, That’s too 79 ________.

Woman： Ok, I’ll try it again. Oh, here is ________ one near the Sunshine Bookstore. It’s a quiet place. Only 150 dollars a week. It’s quite cheap. Would you like to have a look?

第四分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It isn’t hard to grow up into a responsible members of society.

I can well remember an incident that happens on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was on my way to the bookstore and was waiting the green light at a crossing when a girl of about ten was knocked on by a passing car, it drove off quickly. A man immediately rushed to a girl to give her first aid and I joined in without hesitation. Luckily she was not badly injured but we sent her to the nearest hospital. Comparing with the escaped driver, I am proud of what I did.

As a member of society, I am aware of that being responsible is that it takes to make a better society.

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华，向在你校学习的美国交换生Adam借了一本英文小说，但不慎丢失，一时又买不到。请给他写电子邮件，说明情况。要点包括：

1. 表示歉意;    2. 说明物品丢失的经过;    3. 提出可能的解决方案。

注意：1. 词数100左右;

2. 可适当增加细节使行文连贯;

3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Adam,

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Yours,

Li Hua

最后，希望精品小编整理的高二上学期英语期中测试对您有所帮助，祝同学们学习进步。

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