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。

句子翻译请根据中文及括号内的要求翻译下列句子

(共5题; 每小题4分, 满分20分)

1.威廉向那位女士鞠了一躬，送给她一个盒子，里面是一枚漂亮的真钻石戒指。(用定语从句)

2.大部分证据都被毁了。因此，不可能证明这种药物是有害的。(thus)

3.他善于交流，所以在工作中他和各种人打交道都应付自如。(gift; mix; manage)

4.是什么事使他不能参加我们的会议仍然是个谜。(含形式主语；        prevent…from)

5.问题在于，人们怎样才能找到一种有效的方式来储存太阳的热量。 (表语从句)

 

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II．语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35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各个题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

During the war, a fighter pilot was shot down over enemy  21  territory. Fortunately, he was saved by a group of nuns from a nearby convent. When he  22   himself, he found a woman leaning over him.

It was Sister Maria, the nun  23 . She said to the pilot, “ This convent is a teaching hospital. We have many girls here, learning how to be   24 . We will hide you here, but you have to obey very strict rules.”

The pilot agreed to  25  himself as a nurse. He was not allowed to talk with others. By shaving twice a day, wearing a wig and a nurse’s uniform, he was able to fool anyone at a  26 . It was a difficult life, however, especially when one of the nursing students caught his eye. She was very  27 , turning away whenever she saw him glancing her way.

One day the pilot could  28  it no longer. He found the nurse cooking in the  29 . He crossed over to her and said, “Please don’t turn away. I’ve fallen in love with you.” He started to put his arms round the nurse. The nurse then said something that made the pilot step  30  in astonishment.

21. A. possessed       B. had          C. occupied             D. taken

22. A. came up        B. came to       C. came out             D. came over

23. A. of charge       B. in charge            C. with charge          D. on charge

24. A. doctors         B. teachers             C. patients              D. nurses

25. A. disguise         B. make           C. pretend             D. regard

26. A. glare           B. distance             C. look                    D. time

27. A. sad            B. curious        C. lovely            D. shy

28. A. stand          B. take          C. insist               D. manage

29. A. hall            B. room         C. office              D. kitchen

30. A. back               B. forward        C. away                 D. up

 

语法：根据括号内的要求和句子意思，用恰当的词语填空。（每个空格只填一个单词；每格0.5分，满分10分）

 76. 万圣节期间，如果邻居们不给孩子们糖果，孩子们很可能会作弄他们。(情态动词)

 If the neighbours do not give them any sweets, the children _______ _______ ________

_______ on them in Halloween.

77. 这就是她想离开的原因。(表语从句)

That’s _______ _______ _______ to leave.

78. 不少的人认为，你不用五天就能横跨加拿大。(同位语从句)

Some people have the idea _______ you can cross Canada in _______ _______ five days . 

79. 电子邮件和电话一样在日常交际活动中起着重要的作用。（主谓一致）

Email, as well as telephones, ________ _______ _______ important role in daily communication.

80. 大清早，我们骑着自行车到郊外种树，一路上有说有笑。（非谓语动词）

In the morning, we bicycled to the suburb to plant trees, _______ _______ _______ all the way.

81. 中华民俗文化村的每个区域都是根据全国各地文化遗产仿造而来的。(构词法)

Every area of the China Folk Cultural Village ________ _______ _______ the ________ relics from all over China.