阅读下文短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。

    Venice (威尼斯) is a city of the sea. It is built on islands which are in the middle of a lagoon (环礁湖) . Today, the city covers 118　　 islands. These islands are connected by bridges. There are about 400　　 bridges which cross 150 canals. It is difficult to forget the sea when you are in the city.

    The people of Venice have always been fishermen, because the lagoon was full of fish. They also built ships, and travelled to Dalmatia (Yugoslavia), Byzantium (Istanbul) and Greece.

    Venice is the "Queen" of the Adriatic Sea. Every year thousands of people visit the city. Because Venice is a beautiful city. But Venice　　 is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice　　 will be under water. The Adriatic will cover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人) love their city and they want to stay there. They want to　　 rescue (挽救) Venice. They do not want to leave. How can they succeed? They can put some huge gates in the sea, which will close, so Venice　　 will not sink.

   1. The city is made up of_________.　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］　　　　   　　 A. 400 bridges　　　　　　  B. 150 canals 　　 C. 118 islands　　　　　　  D. a lagoon   2. The main difference between Venice and most other cities in the  　　 world is___________.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  ［　　］  　　 A. that Venice is bigger 　　 B. that every year thousands of people visit Venice 　　 C. that Venice is a very beautiful city 　　 D. that Venice is a city of the sea   3. The Venetians make a living mainly on________.　　　　［　　］　　　　 　　 A. fish　　　　　　B. fishing 　　 C. ships　　　　   D. building ships   4. People call Venice the "Queen" of the Adriatic Sea because______. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　 A. the queen or the country lives there 　　 B. the Venetians love their city 　　 C. it is a beautiful city 　　 D. it is sinking   5. The Venetians________.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　［　　］  　　 A. want to leave Venice  　　 B. do not like their city 　　 C. want to save their city from the sea 　　 D. do not want to stay there   6. From this passage we know that________.　　　　　　   ［　　］   　　 A. there are a lot of bridges in the city 　　 B. the city is in danger because it is sinking 　　 C. the people of Venice try to stop their city from sinking 　　 D. A. B. and C 

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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。