Michael froze as he heard the voice on the radio saying that a man had been murdered by a bullet that had come from the sky. Thinking that the shot they had fired possibly was the shot that killed Mr. Ward, he immediately drove off. For the next two months, Michael and Joe hid the secret that the bullet had actually shot Mr. Ward.
During this time, Jenna Ward started to realize life without her father. While Jenna mourned the death of her father, a strange boy started to appear at the front steps of the church. After many nights of watching this boy, she finally recognized that it was Michael who was sitting on the steps every night.
After months of finding out where the shot came, the police arrived at Michael’s house. His dad mentioned the gun that Michael had received from his grandpa at his birthday party. Michael told the police that Joe had borrowed the gun. Upon this, Joe said that the gun had been stolen out of his car along with his CD player. After the police were gone, Michael met Joe and told Joe the gun was under the wood pile in his backyard.
One day , Michael came home to find the police searching his backyard with metal detectors .When the Sergeant(警官)went into the woods behind the house , he came out with a bullet that Joe and he had shot off on his birthday .The bullet matched the one that they had recovered from Mr Ward , but without the gun , the police could not place Michael as the killer.
With the pressure increasing .Michael finally broke down and realized he had to give up .On a Saturday morning , he went to Jenna’s house to confess(懺悔) to her and her mother and then turned himself in .
【小題1】It can be inferred from the story that Michael and Joe _____.

A.shot and killed Mr. Ward by accident
B.shot and killed Mr. Ward deliberately
C.fired a bullet that killed Ward from the sky
D.were experienced professional murders
【小題2】Why did Michael sit on the steps of the church every night?
A.He was monitoring Jenna’s whereabouts (行蹤).
B.He was probably feeling upset and guilty.
C.He wanted to make sure that Ward was dead.
D.He wanted to show sympathy for the Wards.
【小題3】The underlined phrase “turned himself in” in the last paragraph means _____.
A.returned home B.went into the room
C.fled into the woods D.delivered himself to the police
【小題4】From the passage we can learn that _____.
A.Michael lent the gun to Joe at his birthday party
B.the gun together with a CD player was stolen from Joe’s car
C.Michael hid the gun under the wood pile in his backyard
D.the Sergeant discovered the bullet in the wood pile


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析:Mr. Ward 被天上飛來的子彈打死了,聽到這消息后Michael 和Joe意識到是他們射向天空的子彈打死了Mr. Ward。他們保守著這個秘密,而且Michael還把那支槍藏了起來。但是受到良心的譴責(zé),最終Michael交出了槍,自己投案自首了
【小題1】A推理判斷題。從文章開頭Michael froze as he heard the voice on the radio saying a man had been murdered by a bullet that had come from the sky.可知Michael和Joe是無意中擊中Mr. Ward,致使他死亡的,所以A選項正確。
【小題2】B推理判斷題。從文章末段講述Michael內(nèi)心感到愧疚而最終向Mr. Ward 的家人懺悔并且投案自首,由此可知他徘徊在Mr.Ward家門口是因為內(nèi)心不安、受良心譴責(zé),所以B選項正確。
【小題3】D詞意猜測題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段he came out with a bullet 。。。 but without the gun , the police could not place Michael as the killer和最后一段.可知他主動交出了槍,并向Mr. Ward的家人懺悔,由此推測他是投案自首了。所以D選項正確。
【小題4】C細節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段Michael met Joe and told Joe the gun was under the wood pile in his backyard.可知正確選項為C。
考點:考查故事類短文閱讀。

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