【2017年整理】高二英语期中试卷.docVIP

2013-2104第二学期期中检测卷 高一英语 注：本试卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟 I 英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节完形填空（共1 5小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I always knew I wanted to be a writer. Even before I learned to write, I would listen ___l___ to the stories read to me. Then I would retell them to my friends. But I usually left out things I didnt like and added things that I thought would ___2___the story. I was not sure if my improved new stories made a lot of sense — but my ___3___seemed to enjoy them. In a way, I have been still doing the ___4___ thing: listening to the stories and telling them in a new way. When I learned how to write, I decided that I wanted to be a writer who would see the stories he wrote in magazines, newspapers and books. The ___5___books I wrote were for my family and friends. I liked my stories to have___6___ , but I wasnt very good at drawing. ___7___, my brother Daniel ___8___drawing, so he drew pictures for many of those first books of mine, In the second grade, I thought I was ___9___ to become a published writer. With my mothers help, I started sending my stories to some big New York ___10___. Although the editors never bought my stories, some of them ___11___ me to keep writing. All the time I was dreaming of becoming a published writer while my brother was dreaming of becoming a full-time book ___12___. So I was taking classes to improve my ___l3___, and he was going to a ___l4___ school to learn more about skills of painting. Usually, when I finished a new story, Daniel would ___l5___for it. We would get ourselves published as a picture book author and a painter. 1 A. sincerely B. casually C. carefully D. carelessly 2 A. enjoy B. forget C. explain D. improve 3 A. teachers B. friends C. sisters D. families 4 A. different B. same C. useful D. new 5 A. first B. last C. best D. old 6 A. ends B. covers C. pictures D. readers 7 A. Happily B. Strangely C.