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。

实现有效的沟通，建立良好的人际关系，不仅要善于言表，更要学会倾听。请你根据下面提供的信息，写一篇题为 “Being a Good Listener” 的英文演讲稿。 　 为何倾听：表示尊重，增进理解，建立良好的人际关系 　 谁来倾听：家长倾听孩子理解孩子，消除代沟;老师倾听学生了解学生，满足需求;同学相互倾听增进友谊，互帮互学 　 怎样倾听：（请你联系自己拟定内容，列举两至三点。） 　 注意： 　 1、对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。 　 2、词数120左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。 　 3、演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。 Good afternoon, everyone． 　 The topic of my speech today is “Being a Good Listener”． ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for your listening!

 

On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 　21 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 22 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 　23 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”Neilson 　24 .

Pulling open her door, the man seized her 　25 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 　26 her purse and the keys.

Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 　27 , heard the screams and began running.

When they 　28 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 　29searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 30 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 　31 for the two athletic men.

Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 32 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes --- used to tie up newspapers.

With his arms 　33 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 　34 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves, for you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 35 him and waited for the police.

Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 　36 carjacker (劫车者) and suspected murderer, whose 　37 --- but with a full head of hair --- had been recently printed in their own newspaper.

Neilson considers herself lucky 　38 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 　39 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would 　40 have done what they did, and that is the real truth.”

21. A. bring　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. let　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. gather　　　　　　　　　　 D. send

22. A. recognized　　　　　　　　 B. watched　　　　　　　　　 C. noticed 　　　　　　　　 D. met

23. A. realize 　　　　　　　　　　 B. understand 　 　　　 C. imagine 　　　　　　　　 D. conclude

24. A. escaped 　　　　　　　　　 B. struggled　　　　　　　　 C. refused 　　　　　　　　　 D. obeyed

25. A. by 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. around 　　　　　　　　　 C. with 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. on

26. A. burying 　　　　　　　　　 B. forgetting 　　　　　　　 C. offering 　　　　　　　　 D. grabbing

27. A. trip 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. visit　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. break　　　　　　　　　　　 D. holiday

28. A. started　　　　　　　　　　　 B. stopped　　　　　　　　　 C. entered D. reached

29. A. carefully　　　　　　　　　 B. madly 　　　　　　　　　　 C. disappointedly 　　　 D. patiently

30. A. fought 　　　　　　　　　　 B. turned 　　　　　　　　　 C. jumped 　　　　　　　　　 D. shouted

31. A. match　　　　　　　　　　　 B. target 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. equal D. companion

32. A. remind　　　　　　　　　　　 B. phone　　　　　　　　　　　 C. invite 　　　　　　　　　　 D. beg

33. A. rolled　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. folded　　　　　　　　　　 C. bent　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. tied

34. A. angrily 　　　　　　 　　　　　 B. kindly 　　　　　　　　　　 C. coldly 　　　　　　　　　　 D. warmly

35. A. caught B. thanked 　　　　　　　　 C. comforted D. ignored

36. A. ordinary　　　　　　　　　　 B. professional　　　　　　 C. honest D. outstanding

37. A. picture B. background 　　　　　　 C. character D. story

38. A. and　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. but 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. though D. when

39. A. ridiculous 　　　　　　　　 B. similar 　　　　　　　　　 C. strange 　　　　　　　　　 D. different

40. A. sometimes　　　　　　　　 B. never 　　　　　　　　　　 C. often　　　　　　　　　　　 D. forever

阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。

    You believe that all liquids flow downwards, don't you? Try the　　 following experiment and you will think again.

　　

    Get a bottle filled with the gas helium (氦) and plug it up. Cool　　 it to a very low temperature. The gas will form a liquid. Now pull out　　 the plug at the top. You will be astonished to see the liquid　　 immediately escape by moving up the inner side of the bottle and then　　 down the outer side. If you want to fill a bottle with liquid helium,　　 simply stand it in the liquid. The liquid will start climbing into the　　 bottle by itself until the levels outside and inside are the same.

　　

    So, the first requisite for a scientist is: DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING　　 FOR GRANTED.

　　

   (1) What is the major difference between liquid helium and other liquids?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　   A. It becomes active at a very low temperature. 　　   B. It can escape from a closed bottle. 　　   C. It moves upwards as well as downwards. 　　   D. It moves upwards instead of downwards.  　　(2) What will happen if you pull out the plug of the small bottle 　　   which is inside the big jar in Figure 1? Which picture in 　　   Figure 2 represents (表示) the result?　　　　　　  ［　　］ 　　　　  　　(3) What is the main purpose of the passage?　　　　　　［　　］ 　　   A. To teach people a lesson in chemistry. 　　   B. To tell people how to do an experiment. 　　   C. To interest people in an unusual scientific fact. 　　   D. To encourage people to ask for facts to support correct 　　　　  statement (陈述).