精品解析：北京市通州区2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

通州区2023—2024学年第一学期高二年级期末质量检测 英语试卷 本试卷共10页，共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，请将答题卡交回。 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，30分) 第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，共15分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A few weeks ago, I received a package containing seeds from my friend. When I asked her what they would ___1___ into, a smile crossed her face. “Just plant them and be patient. You’ll see for yourself ___2___!” she said. I sowed the seeds in a flowerpot. In the first few days, I was very excited to search for the slightest signs, but ___3___ happened. With heavy loads of homework, I began to feel sad and ___4___. How much I longed for the color in my fast-paced life. I watered the plants in dry periods. On the eighth day, to my great ___5___, a few light green sprouts (新芽) appeared. Bending down and studying the plants, I could almost hear them growing. More days passed, and the flowerpot soon became ___6___ with coriander (香菜) plants. Now they are taller than the edge of the pot, constantly shaking their leaves in the gentle wind, as if they were merrily singing a song of ___7___. I am certain that after a few more days, my plants will be ready for___8___. These plants have played an important part in ___9___ up my everyday life. They may not be a main dish on our table, but using some will surely make our dishes delicious. Let us all slow our pace down and be patient. So long as we take steps to set our hearts free, time and patience will ____10____ us with the pure pleasure of being alive in this lovely world. 1. A. grow B. run C. look D. break 2. A. immediately B. finally C. quickly D. regularly 3. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing 4. A. shocked B. disappointed C. embarrassed D. scared 5. A. surprise B. pity C. shame D. anxiety 6. A. packed B. lined C. crowded D. piled 7. A. courage B. freedom C. interest D. relief 8. A. harvest B. loss C. sights D. rest 9. A. picking B. ending C. brightening D. taking 10. A. impress B. assist C. surround D. rewar