閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.  36  the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I  37  the bird before I saw it.

“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.

“It’s coming from the  38  .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little  39  .”

I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s  40   I saw the sparrow. It was flying  41  just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly  42  to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but  43  and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head 44  the ceiling.

I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the  45  open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet  46   it could get outside, but that only seemed to  47  it more.

“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita  48  .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”

We went back into the house, where we  49  to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was  50  and our uninvited guest was gone.

I’ve  51  that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were  52  to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the  53  that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make  54  without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much  55  .

36.A. Still              B. Somehow          C. Instead              D. Perhaps

【答案】B

【解析】不知怎么的，這只小鳥飛進(jìn)了我們開著的車庫。B.不知怎么的。

37.A. heard            B. caught               C. searched           D. observed

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未見其鳥，先聞其鳴”。

38.A. house           B. backyard           C. garage               D. basement

【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)36題所在的句子可知， 小鳥進(jìn)入了garage,所以聲音應(yīng)該從garage傳來。

39.A. birds            B. guests               C. cats                  D. kids

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子認(rèn)為是期中一個(gè)孩子

40.A. when            B. how                  C. why                  D. whether

【答案】A

【解析】when引導(dǎo)表語從句�！熬驮谀菚r(shí)我看到了那只麻雀�！�

41.A. quickly         B. anxiously           C. cautiously          D. slowly

【答案】B

【解析】anxiously不安的，焦慮的。因?yàn)楸焕�，所以很焦慮。

42. A. deciding       B. hesitating           C. trying                D. choosing

【答案】C

【解析】try to get out努力要出去。

43. A. up               B. backward          C. forward            D. down

【答案】D

【解析】但是它看不到出去的路不在上方，而在下方。

44. A. against         B. off                    C. along                D. into

【答案】A

【解析】bump its little head against the ceiling 小腦袋撞擊天花板

45. A. free             B. small                 C. wide                 D. dark

【答案】B

【解析】門和天花板之間的空間很小。

46. A. in case         B. even if               C. as though          D. so that

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引導(dǎo)目的狀語從句。

47. A. puzzle          B. confuse             C. frighten             D. disturb

【答案】C

【解析】但是這樣似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 嚇唬某人

48. A. suggested     B. explained           C. insisted             D. demanded

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建議的用語。 所以選擇A。

49. A. attempted     B. continued          C. refused             D. failed

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth繼續(xù)干某事

50. A. fierce           B. empty               C. safe                  D. silent

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以沒有聲音了，很安靜

51.A. looked after   B. worried about    C. thought about    D. brought up

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看�。拢畵�(dān)心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文題到“鳥和人沒有什么不同”，所以作者是在思考。

52. A. forced         B. determined         C. born                 D. urged

【答案】C

【解析】be born to do 天生就是干某事的。 “我們認(rèn)為我們天生就是往上飛的”

53. A. idea             B. possibility          C. challenge           D. problem

【答案】B

【解析】我們甚至沒有考慮這種可能性，如果我們飛的低一些，好事也可能會(huì)發(fā)生。

54. A. progress      B. peace                C. decisions           D. efforts

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得進(jìn)步

55. A. panic           B. pressure            C. loss                  D. trouble

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻煩。

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號后。

1.The war left the family scattered all over the world, and it was two decades         . (get)

那場戰(zhàn)爭使這個(gè)家庭流落到世界各地，二十年后他們才相聚。

2.The more often you seize opportunities to talk to the foreigners,______________when speaking a foreign language . (confident)

越抓住機(jī)會(huì)和老外交談，說外語時(shí)你就越自信。

3.Back to 1942 directed by Feng Xiaogang tells a true story in 1942,           in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.(engage)

馮小剛執(zhí)導(dǎo)的電影《一九四二》講述了1942年的一個(gè)真實(shí)的故事，那時(shí)侯正值中國人的抗日戰(zhàn)爭。

4.He is tired of dealing with the complaints of customers. More than once he has told me his desire that______________to do another job of the department.(appoint)

他厭倦了應(yīng)對顧客的投訴。他不止一次告訴我他的愿望：被任命做部門的其它工作。

5.Though there has been some talk, never_____________________________whether the legendary treasure is hidden in the mountain.(clear)

雖然早有傳言，但傳說中的財(cái)寶是否藏在這個(gè)山里還是沒有弄明白。

6.She has succeeded. She is pleased that her devotion to studying ___________ .(pay)

她成功了.她非常高興她在學(xué)習(xí)上的付出終于得到了回報(bào).

7.With______________his lecture about the endangered animals, the professor has been preparing for it all the day. (attend)

因?yàn)樵S多學(xué)生來聽關(guān)于瀕危動(dòng)物的報(bào)告，這位教授一整天都在做準(zhǔn)備。

8.Smart phones enable workers to keep in contact in______________impractical before.(think)

智能手機(jī)讓上班族們有更多他們以前認(rèn)為是不現(xiàn)實(shí)的方式保持聯(lián)系。

9.In my opinion, it is his measures rather than his ability______________. (blame)

依我看來，是他的措施而不是他的能力應(yīng)該受責(zé)備。

10.As it turned out to be a small house party, we ______________ so formally. (dress)

其結(jié)果不過是一個(gè)很小的家庭聚會(huì)，我們本不必要穿得如此正式的。

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號后。

1.With so much work on hand, you                            to see the movie last night. (go)

手頭有這么多工作，你昨晚本不應(yīng)該去看電影的。

2.I hear your new boss is not                            , so you should be more careful. (get)

聽說你的新老板不容易相處，因此你應(yīng)該更小心些。

3.You have no idea                             during the last few months, which has affected me for a long time. (go)

你不知道在過去的幾個(gè)月里我經(jīng)歷了些什么, 而這些影響了我很長時(shí)間。

4.Excited by his move to London, John                             begin his new life. (wait)

約翰因?yàn)橐�搬到倫敦去而激�?dòng)不已，迫不及待要開始他的新生活。

5.                           of the skill, you will find it easier to solve such problems. (once)

一旦你掌握了這門技能，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)解決這些問題更容易。

6.She was                             when her daughter didn’t come home on time. (more)

她女兒沒有按時(shí)回家時(shí)，與其說她生氣倒不如說她擔(dān)心。

7.He expressed his gratitude to his head teacher, without                            , he wouldn’t have made such great progress in his studies. (help)

他向他的班主任表達(dá)了感激之情。沒有他的幫助，他不可能在學(xué)習(xí)上取得這么大的進(jìn)步。

8.This is the second time that he                             for speeding this month. (fine)

這是他這個(gè)月第二次因超速而被罰款了。

9.But the one million people of the city,                             these events, were asleep as usual that night. (think)

但是，唐山市的一百萬居民幾乎沒有把這些情況當(dāng)回事，當(dāng)天晚上照常睡著了。

10.Was it on a lonely island                             one month after the boat went down. (save)

他是不是沉船一個(gè)月之后在一座孤島上獲救的？

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