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。

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意，然后从1—25各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。

    One of the New York's most beautiful and　　 1 is 2 .The New York Public Library, in the heart of the city may have to 3 down.

　　 　　    The library is a very nice place.　　 4 it is in the busiest part of the city. There are grassland and trees around it, with chairs for people 5 .The rooms are very large. The ceiling(天花板)of the Main Reading Room is6 high. Here, readers can think and 7 in comfort (舒适地).

　　    The library has a collection of more than 8 books and paintings, 9 one of the first copies of Shakespeare plays, a Bible (圣经)painted in the 10 century,and a letter 11 Columbus 12 he 13 his discovery (发现)of the new world.　　 　　 　　 　　

　　 　　    Every New Yorker can use the library.But　　 14 of running the library 15 rapidly in recent years,and the library does not have 16 money to run it properly. In the past, it was 17 every evening and also 18 Saturdays and Sundays but now it is 19 .

　　    The library is trying 20 to raise more money　　 21 its increasing costs.Well-known New York writers,artists,the universities, and the governments of New York City and New York State are all trying 22 .But the problem still 23 serious.Yet a way must be found 24 the library just 25 one writer said,"The public library is the most important building in New York City--it contains all our knowledge."　　　　

1.  A. valuable buildings    B. valuable building   

C. worth building　　    D. worthy buildings   

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2.  A. dangerous    B. in danger    C. of danger    D. not safety   

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3.  A. fall    B. put    C. break    D. close   

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4.  A. As though    B. As if    C. Though    D. If   

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5.  A. to sit    B. to seat    C. to be seated    D. to sit in   

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6.A. fifty-one  feet    B. 51 foot   

C. fifty one feet　　 D. fifty-one foot   

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7.  A. work    B. working    C. worked    D. be working   

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8.A. thirty million       B. thirty millions   

C. thirty of million    D. thirties millions    

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9.  A. including    B. include    C. to include    D. included   

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10. A. 15th    B. 15    C. 15st    D. 15nd   

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11. A. written for    B. wrote    C. writing    D. written by   

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12. A. in which　　 B. about which   

C. for which    D. with which   

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13. A. said of    B. spoke    C. told of    D. talked   

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14. A. the cost　　    B. the costing   

C. the spending    D. the spend   

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15. A. has risen    B. has raised   

C. raised       D. has been raised   

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16. A. a lot　　 B. lots of   

C. enough    D. a large number of    

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17. A. on    B. open door    C. opened    D. open   

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18. A. in    B. during    C. at    D. on   

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19. A. closing    B. locked    C. opened    D. prevented   

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20. A. every possible way　　  B. in all possible way

C. on every possible way   D. on all possible way  

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21. A. to meet    B. to  find    C. to pay    D. to give   

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22. A. to do    B. to help    C. to give    D. to spend   

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23. A. remains    B. keeps on    C. continues    D. still to be   

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24. A. saved    B. to save    C. saving    D. so that to save   

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25. A. which    B. that    C. like    D. as   

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Though some foreign scientists had a ______ opinion of his new invention, his fellow workers never thought ____ of it.

　 A. highly; low 　  B. low; high

　 C. high; highly 　 D. poor; highly

The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest.

　　A. looked forward to    B. looked up to  C. called forth         D. called for