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       河南高中学业水平考试试题  http://www.yggk.net/xueye/henan/zhenti/