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。

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

 此题要求你对一段文章改错。先对每一行作出判断是对还是错。如果是对的，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如果有错误（每行不会多于一个错误），则按情况改错如下：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

    Growing up is not easy. Sometimes all that is need 1.___________

is someone to rely on. For many years, she was Mum.  2.___________

My mother was a career woman and had her own      3.___________

problems to take care, but when I needed her, she      4.___________

was always there. Her strength came from anywhere    5.___________

I don’t quite know, somewhere very deep. She was so

strong that she would never break down, even while I   6.___________

went to her with all my little-boy problems and shout   7.___________

at her. Her strength made me stronger and gave to me   8.___________

courage to try things other thought were impossible. A  9.___________­

Helping hand is always stronger enough to lift you up.  10.___________

改错（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）
此题要求你对一段文章改错。先对每一行作出判断是对还是错，如果是对的在该行右边的横线上划一勾（√）；如果有错误（每行不会多于一个错误），则按情况改错如下：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线（／）划掉。
此行缺一个词：在该缺词处加漏字符号（∧）在该行右边横线上写出该加词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
Dear Ralph,  
I’m a newcomer here of a small town and I need your        66. ____
help now. I would describe myself as a shy and quietly girl.   67. ____
It always seems difficult for me to do things well as                         68. ____
my classmates. I’m sure they will laugh to me and                       69. ____
regard me as a fool. So I feel unhappy every day.                               70. ____
Besides, I have few friends. I don’t know that they                  71. ____
don’t like to talk with me. Sometimes, we talked to each other  72. ____
very well in class, but after class we become stranger at                73. ____
once. I am trying to improve the situation since it doesn’t 74. ____
seem to work. Can you tell me about what I should do?                      75.____
Yours,
Xiao Wei

第二卷

注意事项：

  1答题前，考生先在答题卡上用直径0．5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考

    证号填写清楚，然后贴好条形码。请认真核准条形码上的准考证号、姓名和科目；

  2第二卷共2页，请用直径0．5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域

    内作答，在试题卷上作答无效。

第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共l0小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)

    (注意：在试题卷上作答无效)

    此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该

行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

    此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线()划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用

斜线划掉。

    此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

    注意：原行没有错的不要改。

It was a chance of a lifetime to win the first         76_______

prize on the Story Writing Show. All I had to do       77_______

was to write a story or present it. My teachers        78_______

have been telling me how great my writing was.         79_______

So if they had said was true, I would have a chance    80_______

of winning the prize. What were better, I had useful         81______

help. There was Uncle Chen, gentleman living             82______

near my house, who was a very much famous writer.        83______

He agreed to reading my story and give me some           84______

advices on how to write like a real writer.              85______

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分 ）

   此题要求对一段文章改错。先对每一行做出判断是对还是错。如果是对的，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如果有错误（每行不会多于一个错误 ），则按情况改错如下：

此行多一个词，把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词，在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词，在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Most Americans would find it hard to think that what life    ____________

would look like without a car. But, some have realized     _______  ____

the serious question of the pollution caused by the car.   ____ ________

The polluted air becomes harmful and dangerous to health.   ___  ________

One way to getting rid of the polluted air is to build a    ___ _________

car that doesn’t cause pollution. That is how several of the   ____   ______

large car factories have been tried to do. But to build         _________   

a clean car is more easier said than done. Progress in this    _________   

field has been slow.

Another way is to take place of the car engine by a      ___________ 

steam one. Inventors are now working on steam cars as well as

electric cars. Many makers believe that it will spend            __________  

years to develop a practical model that pleased people.