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。

句型结构：请分析下列句子属于五种基本句型中的哪一种。 （注意：如果该题所选答案是E，就在电脑答题卡上同时涂黑AB两个格。）（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）。

   A 主语+谓语      B 主+系+表    C主+谓+宾    D 主+谓+间宾+直宾     E 主+谓+宾+宾补

She made her diary her best friend.

You are taking your end-of-term exam.

I stayed awake on purpose.

She gave me a determined look.

Only time will tell.

句型结构：请分析下列句子属于五种基本句型中的哪一种。 （注意：如果该题所选答案是E，就在电脑答题卡上同时涂黑AB两个格。）（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）。

   A 主语+谓语       B 主+系+表    C主+谓+宾    D 主+谓+间宾+直宾     E 主+谓+宾+宾补

1.She made her diary her best friend.

2.You are taking your end-of-term exam.

3.I stayed awake on purpose.

4. She gave me a determined look.

5.Only time will tell.

 

阅读下列各小题，根据该句的中文意思，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71._____________________ my Chinese teacher, I have made great progress in reading and writing. (help  n.)

在语文老师的帮助下，我在读写方面取得了很大的进步。

72.His colleagues _________________ him although he himself didn’t think he had done anything special. (think)

尽管他本人认为他没做什么了不起的事，但是他的同事们却对他高度评价。

73.More subways _________________ at present and it is expected that after completion the traffic of the city will be greatly improved. (build)

目前更多的地铁正在被建造，预计建成后城市交通将得到极大改善。

74.When you spoke in front of 300 people at yesterday’s conference, you _____________ nervous. (feel)

当你在昨天的大会上面对300人发言时，你一定感到紧张。

75.The new movie Life of Pi by Ang Lee is so fantastic that it ____________ more than once. (worth)

李安的新片《少年派的奇幻漂流》如此精彩以至于值得多次观看。

76.One of the students, ________________, stood up and asked the famous scientist a few questions about how to study science. (fluent)

一个英语流利的学生站起来就如何学习科学问了著名科学家几个问题。

77.The school _______________ French was not big but very beautiful. (learn)

我们学习法语的学校不大但是很美。

78.___________________ misunderstanding results from lack of communication. (doubt)

毫无疑问误解是因为缺乏沟通而产生的。

79.When sitting in the theater, you can’t smoke and neither _______________ loudly. (talk)

坐在电影院里时，你不能吸烟，你也不能大声交谈。

80._______________ his research work, Mr. Smith pays little attention to the surroundings. (devote)

专心于他的研究工作，史密斯先生很少注意身边的事。

阅读下列各小题，根据该句的中文意思，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71．While ______________ ,you were careless and it got loose and was hit by a car．(walk)

遛狗时，你不小心让狗跑了，狗被一辆车撞了。

72．It is the first time that ______________ a plan．(come)

这是她第一次提出一个计划。

73．It is Tom ______________ classical music．(fond)

正是汤姆喜欢经典音乐。

74．______________ just now,she has changed her mind．(because)

因为你刚才所说的，他改变了注意。

75．______________,the hiking is an unforgettable experience．(concern)

在我看来，那次远足是一次难忘的经历。

76．______________,I prefer to stay at home．(go)

比起外出，我更喜欢待在家里。

77．To our joy,Peter ______________ computer games last week．(persuade)

让我们高兴的是，上周彼得被说服不玩电脑游戏了。

78．The students asked _______________．（hold）

    学生们问会议将何时举行。

79．_______________ your spare time,and you’ll make much progress．(make)

充分利用你的业余时间，你会取得大的进步。

80．The boy ________________ in the English play is my brother．(play)

将在英语短剧中扮演一个重要角色的那个男孩是我哥哥。