DOC《雅礼中学英语二模试卷》

41 shotgun. He had no

42 to murder her.

43 , the killing of Opus seemed to be an accident. That is, the gun had been

44 loaded. The continuing investigation(调查) turned up a witness who saw the old couple'

s son loading the shotgun six weeks before the fatal incident. It turned out that the old lady had

45 his son'

s financial(经济的) support and the son, knowing the habit of his father to use the shotgun threateningly against his mother, loaded the gun with the

46 that his father would shoot his mother. Further investigation showed that the son had become increasingly

47 over the failure of his attempt to engineer(密谋策划) his mother'

s murder. This led him to jump off the ten-storey building, only to be killed by a shotgun blast through a ninth floor window. The case was closed as a suicide.? 36. A. fell past B. rolled past C. fell down D. jumped down 37. A. shooter B. police C. neighbor D. witness 38. A. prevent B. preserve C. stop D. protect 39. A. beating B. hitting C. fighting against D. threatening 40. A. hopelessly B. completely C. purposely D. eventually 41. A. private B. unloaded C. personal D. smart 42. A. interest B. intention C. ability D. possibility 43. A. Otherwise B. However C. Therefore D. Instead 44. A. secretly B. formerly C. accidently D. occasionally 45. A. cut down B. cut out C. cut away D. cut off 46. A. suggestion B. expectation C. inspection D. operation 47. A. depressed B. disappointing C. sorrow D. angry Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context. Grades are really something important for most students. Schools and society as a whole often value a student just by his or her performance in the subjects on 48.examination. Students with higher grades are considered as winners. On the other hand, those with lower grades are, unfortunately, looked upon 49.losers. ??? Forced by this expectation, students try hard as 50. _____ may to get higher grades. Some students do not study hard in their daily lives, 51.they try to recite some important facts or rules just 52.the examinations. Some students do not even do this, they just cheat on the examinations in order to get high grades. ??? I believe that a grading system is good and necessary for a school, but it should not be the 53.measure of a person'

s ability. Schools 54. _____ set up more elective courses, for instance, to train the students to solve practical problems. Or they can give more consideration to some changes in the examinations 55. _____can arouse the leaning interest instead of just giving grades PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are

4 choices marked A, B, C and D. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage. A On the night of December 8, 1992, when he was standing in a parking lot talking to friends, Tracy March jumped to the top of a car, as he had done a hundred times before. This time, though, Tracy lost his balance. His head struck the ground, hard. All night, Cory, Tracy'

s mother, stood next to her son, who was lying in a hospital bed, his brown eyes fixed in a lifeless stare. She remembered that Tracy has once mentioned organ (器官)donation. Maybe I can spare another family this pain, she thought. When the time came, she and her husband Bill signed the forms permitting his organs to be donated. Tracy was declared dead the next day. Twenty-four hours later, in a Boston hospital, Tracy'