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2019-2020学年上海市金山区金山中学
高二下学期英语期末试卷
I.Listening Comprehension()
II.Grammar and Vocabulary (20)
Section A
Directions:After reading the passage below.fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically
correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word,for the other
blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.
LAS VEGAS-A gunman in a high-rise hotel overlooking the Las Vegas Strip opened fire on a country music
festival late Sunday.killing at least 59 people and injuring hundreds of others in the deadliest mass shooting in
modern American history
The gunman.1(identify)by police as Stephen Paddock,was later found dead by officers on the
32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino,Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said during a news briefing Monday.
The massacre marked the nation's2(late)outbreak of gunfire and bloodshed to erupt in a public
place,again3(spread)terror in an American city transformed into a war zone.The carnage in Las
Vegas surpassed the 49 people slain in June 2016 when a gunman in Orlando.4 later said he was
inspired by the Islamic State,opened fire inside a crowded nightclub.
Lombardo said investigators5not immediately identify a motive leaving no clear answer as to
6a gunman gunned down dozens of people.He also said7additional 527 people were injured.
8he did not specify how many were wounded by gunfire or injured in the chaos that followed.Clark
County Fire Chief Greg Cassell said officials were seeing a"wide range"of injuries including gunshot victims as
well as people injured by shrapnel,trampling or getting hurt jumping fences attempting9(escape).
Paddock,64.10(find)dead in his hotel room by Las Vegas SWAT officers,police said.They
believe Paddock,who had checked in on Thursday and brought a cache of guns,took his own life in Room 135
before officers entered.
Section B(10分)
Directions:Complete the passage with the words in the box Each word can only be used once.Note th