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。

第七部分、从句类型辨别（20题，每题0.5分，共10分）

请写出下列句中的从句属于哪种类型的从句：主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句、同位语从句、定语从句、状语从句。

101. I have reached a point in my life where I am supposed to make decisions of my own. _______.

102. I found the wallet where you left it. _________________.

103. She sang as she walked home all the way. _________________.

104. Many people, as you know, are learning foreign languages. _________________.

105. He set out to work the moment he got to the office. _________________.

106. This is the reason he gave me. _________________.

107. The news that our team has won the game was true. _________________.

108. I met some foreigners yesterday, two of whom are from the USA. _________________.

109. The news that he told me was not true. _________________.

110. It was obvious that you’ve made a big mistake. _________________.

111. He will talk to us about what he saw in the school. _________________.

112. He looks as if he was going to cry. _________________.

113. Give me your promise that you will come to our party this evening. _________________.

114. What can be done has been done. _________________.

115. The question is who is responsible for what has happened. _________________.

116. I don’t think they will win the game. ___________________.

117. Whatever you do, you must do it well. _____________________.

118. Whatever I have now will be yours in the future. _________________.

119. The book can be of help to whoever wants to do the job. ________________.

120. It remains doubtful whether this is an important discovery. ________________.

  

II. 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2l-30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It’s an age-old saying: Men are from Mars; women are from Venus. Males and females __21_ different behaviors almost from birth. Researchers say these behaviors are due to basic differences in __22_ structure and activity. Studies show men are better at hitting targets and __23__ math problems while women are better at memorizing words and_24__faces. Why the differences?

A test of the brain’s electrical activity shows that women commonly use both sides of their brain while men rely more on one. Scientists already know that the two sides of the brain control different functions---one controlling the sense of space, __25__, the other controlling language. Some researchers believe that the different ways men and women use their brains _26__from ancient times, when cave men hunted and women cared for the children. Men had to have good aim. Women had to talk to the kids.

Whatever the __27__, the battle of the sexes continues. And although their brains are constructed __28__ differently, men and women may be equally capable. They may simply __29__different abilities. Take a couple arguing over the location of their car in a parking lot. The man might use his sense of space to find it, while the woman relies on her __30__ of landmarks. Both of them find the car. But chances are, they’ll still argue about who’s the better driver and who’s better at finding the way home.

21. A .build             B. form                  C. choose                     D. show

22. A. brain                B. muscle                   C. heart                  D. head

23. A. testing         B. finding                C. making        D. solving

24. A. realizing          B. recognizing            C. describing             D. painting

25. A. at least            B. as a result              C. above all              D. for example

26. A. grew             B. developed          C. invented               D. produced

27. A. consideration      B. decision               C. imagination            D. explanation

28. A. slightly           B. heavily                C. greatly                 D. quite

29. A. show off            B. take on        C. depend on             D. keep up

30. A. drawing           B. memory          C. thinking                  D. setting

 

完成句子翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

1.她欠我50元钱。

She was _____ _____ to me for 50 Yuan.

2.他从劳动中收益匪浅。

He _______ a lot _______ working.

3.他不能为他愚蠢的错误作出解析。

He could not ______ ______ his foolish mistake.

4.我们计划于7:30在电影院前见面，但他没有出现。

We arranged to meet at the cinema at 7:30, but he failed to _____ _____.

5.他为什么失败的原因的是他太粗心。(表语从句)

The reason______ he failed is ______he was too careless.