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。

阅读理解

短文改错

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：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，在该行右边的横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

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

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一个横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错误的不要改。

Dear Mary,

I have received your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me.　　    1._____________

I’m getting on well with my research works in the lab. But 　　　　　　　　    2._____________

to my surprise you say you will give up learn English.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 3._____________

The reason is because you have not done well in it recently　　　　　　　　　　  4._____________

and you have lost interest. I’m afraid I couldn’t agree with　　　　　　　　　　  5._____________

you. I know it is not easy to learn English, and English　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6._____________

is widely used in the world today and it will be important　　　　　　　　　　　　 7._____________

tool in their future work. Besides, it is becoming more　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8._____________

and more important in our daily life. If you study hard, and 　　　　　　　　　　　　   9._____________

you will succeed. Do remember that where there is a will there　　　　　　    10._____________

is a way. I’ m looking forward to hearing good news from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

 

阅读理解

短文改错

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：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，在该行右边的横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

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

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一个横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错误的不要改。

Dear Mary,

I have received your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me.　　    1._____________

I’m getting on well with my research works in the lab. But 　　　　　　　　    2._____________

to my surprise you say you will give up learn English.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 3._____________

The reason is because you have not done well in it recently　　　　　　　　　　  4._____________

and you have lost interest. I’m afraid I couldn’t agree with　　　　　　　　　　  5._____________

you. I know it is not easy to learn English, and English　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6._____________

is widely used in the world today and it will be important　　　　　　　　　　　　 7._____________

tool in their future work. Besides, it is becoming more　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8._____________

and more important in our daily life. If you study hard, and 　　　　　　　　　　　　   9._____________

you will succeed. Do remember that where there is a will there　　　　　　    10._____________

is a way. I’ m looking forward to hearing good news from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

 

短文改错

　　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：

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

　　该行缺一个词：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。

　　该行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Fred and I haven't many in common. I	1．_____
sometimes wonder that why we are friends at	2．_____
all. Fred is always busy make things. Everything	3．_____
he makes is so perfect that I sometimes feel
envy for his skill.	4．_____
My trouble is that I'm one of those lazy	5．_____
people. Outside my works at the office, the only	6．_____
thing which interests me is listening to music.	7．_____
I have a big collection of records but all	8．_____
day long the only thing I can think is when	9．_____
I'm going to get home listen to a new piece.	10．_____