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. ________________.

  

—It’s wrong for a students to follow      his teachers say．

   —It’s true, I can’t agree        ．

A．whatever；more               B．no matter what; more

C．whatever;  much              D．no matter what; much

；no matter what只引导让步状语从句；I can’t agree more.表示“我再同意不过了”。

 

翻译

 1. 他的英语知识很丰富。他肯定上过英语高级课程。（must）

2. 你只有把这个难点讲清楚，学生才会理解这篇文章。(only if 在句首，throw light on)

3. 不管现代电影动画多么的精妙，木偶戏也不会过时。(however 引导让步状语从句)

4. 因为汽车出了故障，我们被困在山谷里很久了。（独立主格）

5. 距三峡大坝建成已经有六年了。(It..since..)

6. 肢体语言因文化、地域不同而各异。（vary from…to…）

7. 众所周知，四川有诸多的旅游胜地。（as）

8. 她的梦想就是后毕业自己当老板并经营她自己的工作室。（ambition；studio）

9. 读了今天报上的新闻，我不由地思考冒着自己生命危险去拯救一只狗的行为是值得的吗。（worthwhile）

10. 除非你取得合适的资格，不然你没有机会打败其他候选人。（unless; chance）