阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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，这只小鸟飞进了我们开着的车库。B.不知怎么的。

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

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未见其鸟，先闻其鸣”。

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

【答案】C

【解析】根据36题所在的句子可知， 小鸟进入了garage,所以声音应该从garage传来。

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

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子认为是期中一个孩子

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

【答案】A

【解析】when引导表语从句。“就在那时我看到了那只麻雀。”

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

【答案】B

【解析】anxiously不安的，焦虑的。因为被困，所以很焦虑。

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 小脑袋撞击天花板

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

【答案】B

【解析】门和天花板之间的空间很小。

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

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引导目的状语从句。

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

【答案】C

【解析】但是这样似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 吓唬某人

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

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建议的用语。 所以选择A。

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

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth继续干某事

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

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以没有声音了，很安静

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

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看　Ｂ．担心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文题到“鸟和人没有什么不同”，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。 “我们认为我们天生就是往上飞的”

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

【答案】B

【解析】我们甚至没有考虑这种可能性，如果我们飞的低一些，好事也可能会发生。

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

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得进步

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

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻烦。

——What about _________ job??

　——It?s too difficult _________ job for me.?

　 A. the； a 　 B. the； the  C. a； the 　 D. a； a

When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents．Every day they were busy earning money so that they could   36  the high tuition my brother and I needed．They didn’t   37  in the romantic ways that I read in books or saw on TV．

One day, Mom was sewing a quilt（被子）．I  38  sat down beside her．“Mom, I have a　39  here,” I said after a while．“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very 　40 voice．

Mom stopped her work and raised her head with   41  in her eyes．She didn’t answer immediately．She bent her head and continued to sew the quilt．I was   42  if I had hurt her．I was in great embarrassment and I was at a loss what to do．But at last she said, very   43  , “Susan, look at this   44 ．Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting．If   45  is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there． 46  is inside．”

    I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until years later．

    One day, Dad accidentally got  47  while on duty．Ever since then he could no longer  48

properly．Every morning and dusk Mom would help Dad walk slowly on the country road．Along the country road, there were beautiful flowers, green grass and trees．The leaves were gently glistening   49  the sun shining upon them．All of these made up the most beautiful   50  in the world．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?”” I asked him one day． “Susan, don’t worry shout me,” he said gently． “I just like walking with your mom．I like this kind of life．” Looking into his eyes, I  51 　　what they meant．

The doctor had said Dad would   52   in two months．But that day never came．He   53 away in peace．

54   I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses．But from this   55 , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, which makes life strong and warm…

1.A．afford           B．cost               C．spend            D．offer

2.A．go               B．live               C．act              D．walk

3.A．happily          B．silently           C．secretly        D．nervously

4.A．request          B．problem            C．message          D．question

5.A．loud             B．light                            C．low              D．clear

6.A．surprise         B．anger              C．stress           D．horror

7.A．amazed           B．confused           C．shocked          D．ashamed

8.A．quickly          B．excitedly          C．bitterly         D．gently

9.A．quilt            B．needle             C．thread          D．sewing

10.A．belief          B．work               C．experience                     D．life

11.A．Warmth          B．Thread                           C．Cotton             D．Love

12.A．tired           B．drunk              C．ill                            D．injured

13.A．talk            B．walk               C．work             D．think

14.A．with            B．as                 C．for              D．by

15.A．signs           B．symbols            C．pictures                       D．reflections

16.A．read            B．doubted            C．translated                     D．recognized

17.A．retire          B．recover           C．regain           D．remove

18.A．passed          B．escaped            C．faded            D．turned

19.A．Again           B．Once               C．Then             D．Later

20.A．lesson        B．account              C．experience      D．accident

When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents．Every day they were busy earning money so that they could   36 the high tuition my brother and I needed．They didn’t   37 in the romantic ways that I read in books or saw on TV．
One day, Mom was sewing a quilt（被子）．I  38 sat down beside her．“Mom, I have a　39 here,” I said after a while．“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very 　40 voice．
Mom stopped her work and raised her head with   41 in her eyes．She didn’t answer immediately．She bent her head and continued to sew the quilt．I was   42 if I had hurt her．I was in great embarrassment and I was at a loss what to do．But at last she said, very   43  , “Susan, look at this   44 ．Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting．If   45 is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there． 46 is inside．”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until years later．
One day, Dad accidentally got  47 while on duty．Ever since then he could no longer  48
properly．Every morning and dusk Mom would help Dad walk slowly on the country road．Along the country road, there were beautiful flowers, green grass and trees．The leaves were gently glistening   49 the sun shining upon them．All of these made up the most beautiful   50 in the world．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?”” I asked him one day． “Susan, don’t worry shout me,” he said gently． “I just like walking with your mom．I like this kind of life．” Looking into his eyes, I  51 　　what they meant．
The doctor had said Dad would   52  in two months．But that day never came．He   53 away in peace．
54   I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses．But from this   55 , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, which makes life strong and warm…

During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father’s car to drive to a New Year’s Eve 　1 to be held in Vermont. The father’s was 　2 about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year’s Eve. The 　3 that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.

So he drove to Vermont, got completely 　4 and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to 　5 the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the infamous sobriety (not drunk) 　6 . However, the policeman 　7 him out. He was 　8 standing off to the side while the other were 　9 the police officer how well they could walk a 　10 line, etc.

At 7:00a.m.,his father got up to answer the 　11 . There were 　12 policemen there. They asked him if he was the 　13 of that red FLAT. He replied, “Yes, I am.” One of the policemen asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.

When the young man 　14 himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of 　15 . Upon questioning, he

16 that he was driving the car, but when asked if he had been 　17 , he said, “No!” when the policemen asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the 　18 . He said that it was in the garage.

And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the 　19 before, they saw a 　20 car parked there.

1. A. party　　　　 B. meeting　　　　　　 C. concert　　　　　 D. sports meeting

2. A. sure　　　　 B. worried　　　　　　 C. curious　　　　　　 D. anxious

3. A. suggestion　　 B. condition　　　　　　 C. conclusion　　　　　 D. agreement

4. A. excited　　　　　 B. tired　　　　　　　　 C. pleased　　　　　　 D. drunk

5. A. stop　　　　　　 B. get out of　　　　　　 C. drive　　　　　　　 D. get into

6. A. punishment　　　 B. test　　　　　　　　 C. education　　　　　 D. talk

7. A. gave　　　　　　 B. made　　　　　　　　 C. missed　　　　　　 D. found

8. A. considered　　　　 B. required　　　　　　　 C. suggested　　　　　 D. left

9. A. showing　　　　　 B. explaining　　　　　　 C. asking　　　　　　 D. telling

10 A. long　　 　　　 B. straight　　　　　　　 C. calm　　　　　　　 D. direct

11. A. telephone　　　 B. call　　　　　　　　　 C. doorbell　　　　　 D. question

12. A. many　　　　　 B. two　　　　　　　　　 C. four　　　　　　　 D. one

13. A. manager　　　　 B. father　　　　　　　　 C. student　　　　　 D. owner

14. A. stood　　　　　　 B. found　　　　　　　　 C. put　　　　　　　 D. took

15. A. danger　　　　　 B. test　　　　　　　　　 C. trouble　　　　　 D. accident

16. A. believed　　　　 B. told　　　 　　　　　 C. admitted　　　　　 D. said

17. A. driving　　　　　 B. hurting　　　　　　　 C. drinking　　　　　 D. missing

18. A. drive　　　　　　 B. test　　　　　　　　　 C. time　　　　　　 D. line

19. A. day　　　　 B. morning　　　　　　　 C. night　　　　　　 D. afternoon

20. A. similar　　　　 B. familiar　　　　　　　 C. police　　　　　　 D. damaged