雅礼中学二模试卷

本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读和书面表达。时量120分钟。满分150分。

PART ONE　LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

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PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. Fortunately enough, those injured in the accident were rushed to hospital at once. A few minutes late, they _____.

A. would die B. had died C. were to die D. might have died

22. Nowadays many people prefer to live in the countryside____, inconvenient as life there is, they can breathe fresh air and eat safe food.

A. where B. which C. what D. when

23. The bell rang announcing the end of the exam ____ I could finish the exam paper.

A. so that B. once C. unless D. before

24. What we are concerned about is _____ we can finish the task in two weeks as planned.

A. what B. how C. when D. that

25. Two men are reported ________ in the traffic accident.

A. having been killed B. that they were killed

C. to have been killed D. being killed

26. The President as well as two other senior officials ____ our country in two weeks.

A. is visiting B. has visited C. are visiting D. would visit

27. Give the book to ______ you think likes it.

A. no matter who B. whom C. whoever D. whomever

28 These china teacups ______ easily, so please mark FRAGILE--HANDLE WITH CARE on the parcel.

A. break B. are broken C. will be broken D. broken

29.He was working at his computer, his sister __________ by.

A. was standing B. stood C. standing D. to stand

30.He is working as hard as he can , ______to do well in the coming exam.

A. hoping B. to hope C. hope D. hopes

31.Even though _____ from work, my father will always help me with my study whenever he is at home.

A. tiring B being tired C. having been tired D. tired

32. Ever since his departure three years ago, we _____ each other.

A. didn’t see B haven’t seen C. hadn’t seen D. weren’t seeing

33.Much ____ he likes it, he doesn’t intend to buy it.

A. as B. while C. although D. even if

34.---Are you familiar with John Dories ?

---Yes. I made his acquaintance when I ____ on a farm several years ago.

A. was working B. had worked C. would work D. have worked

35.---I know someone who can solve the problem.

--- ____ he have a go? This calls for an expert.

A. Should B. Shall C. Will D. Must

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Facts are sometimes more unusual than fiction. The following case makes Agatha Christie's plot look like children's literature.　　The medical inspection of Ronald Opus's body showed that he died from a shot gun wound of the head. He had jumped from the top of a ten-storey building intending to commit suicide(自杀). As he 36 the ninth floor, a shotgun blast(枪声) through a window killed him immediately. Neither the 37 nor Opus knew that a safety net had been put up at the eighth floor level to 38 some window washers and that Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide anyway because of this.In the room on the ninth floor where the shotgun blast went through an elderly man and his wife were arguing and he was 39 her with the shotgun. He was so upset that when he pulled the trigger（扳机）, he 40 missed his wife and the pellets（小子弹） went through the window, striking the falling Opus. The old man said it was his long-term habit to threaten his wife with the 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’s liver was made part of my husband, David, who was suffering from a hopeless liver disease.

Months later, we learned from the local organ bank that the donor’s parents wished desperately to meet someone who had gained life through the gift from their son. A meeting was arranged by the organ bank to bring together two families linked by the most bittersweet ties imaginable.

The meeting was risky, but worth it. We talked for 3 hours. They showed us a picture of Tracy. We learned for the first how he had lived and died. We learned something about Bill and Cory too.

For the Marches, seeing David and knowing he was well seemed to ease their suffering. I’ll never forget seeing David’s tall figure stopped over Corry, her arms around his waist, as a mother would hug a son. For a long time they held each other tight. It was hard to know if she was saying hello or good-bye. Maybe she was saying both.

56. We learn from the passage that Tracy died _________.

A. on December 8, 1992 B. of brain damage

C. 24 hours after he fell off the roof of a car D. in a car crash

57. Tracy’s parents decided to donate Tracy’s organs because ______.

A.?Tracy told them to do so just before he died.

B.??They wanted to save others the pain of seeing dear one die.

C.??David’s life could continue in a meaningful way.

D.??They knew David was suffering from a hopeless liver disease.

58. The meeting between the writer’s family and Tracy’s parents was arranged because _______.

A.???the writer and her husband wished to express their thanks to Tracy’s parents

B.? the local organ bank wanted to see how both families felt about the donation

C.??Tracy’s parents wanted to see someone whose life had been saved by the donation

D.???the two families were linked by the most bittersweet ties imaginable.

59. The writer and her husband learned how Tracy died _______.

A. from his parents B. from the organ bank

C. from the hospital D. from the doctor who performed the operation

60. The meeting between the two families helped to relieve the Marshes’ suffering because _______.

A.??they saw that David looked very much like their son

B.???they saw that David had regained health with Tracy’s li