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。

-----Did Mr Black resign his post as principal?

  -----No,________ was telling a lie.

  A. whoever told you that   B. those who told you that

  C. No matter who told you  D. Anyone told you that

 A 句意：Mrs Black 辞去校长职务了吗？没有，不管谁告诉你的，他都在说谎。Whoever引导的主语从句，相当于anyone who。如果选B，则those作主语，谓语应用were。 C项引导让步状语从句，不能引导主语从句；D项错误，应改为Anyone who told you that。

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1 5分，共30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选

项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      I decided not to bring in home any other things with the words Made in China on a dark Monday，two days after last Christmas，though I still keep some in my house．

      At work my boss，Mr. White，points out that I am  36  myself if I think I have been  37  Chinese products，in spite of the obvious facts in daily life．

  “Chinese  38  are everywhere，”he says，“You can’t avoid those，no matter how hard you

try It is impossible．”

      That is the  39  ，which I have been considering for months，since I have kept the American car with the Chinese  40 in it．This week I was   41  again of the difficulty of avoiding China when I bought earrings from a local artist．I was feeling pleased with myself  42  I got home and noticed the flee gift box made in China．

      My boss continues，“You know what you are doing? You are   43  your dependence on China，not   44   it，”he says，“You are just cheating yourself．”

The boss，a frequent complainer，doesn’t slow down when I   45  to stop him to   46

that I am writing a   47  of stories On the Boycott for the business magazine．

  “Maybe you can  48  it year without Chinese products，  49  sooner or later you will even  50  Chinese dishes，”the nice boss says，“There is no getting around it”

      I   51  at him as he turns to leave，quite  52  ．

  “Thanks for your support，”I say to his   53  .

      The year is nearly half over．I can   54  without them．  55  ，it is a little inconvenient to live without a DVD player，a DV camera or a printer made in China．But a better question might be：How hard could it be to live without Made in China with the whole family ?

36．A．fooling                       B．persuading           C．beating           D．enjoying

37． A．keeping                    B．accepting             C．avoiding        D．refusing

38．A．advertisements               B．items                  C．materials    D．businesses

39．A．story                         B．plan                    C．suggestion       D．point

40．A．parts                         B．engines                C．wheels            D．goods

41．A．asked                             B．reminded             C．troubled          D．puzzled

42． A．as                             B．when                  C．since               D．until

43． A．delaying                  B．losing                  C．catching          D．1acking

44．A．escaping                     B．obeying               C．objecting        D．hating

45． A．mean                        B．manage                C．try                  D．intend

46．A．describe                      B．suggest                C．declare            D．state

47． A．copy                         B．book                  C．set                  D．series

48．A．do                              B．get                      C．make              D．have

49．A．but                             B．or                       C．and                 D．for

50． A．wash                        B．break                  C．serve              D．enjoy

51． A．laugh                        B．glance                 C．nod               D．stare

52．A．annoyed                     B．surprised              C．delighted        D．satisfied

53． A．honour                     B．back                    C．kindness          D．face

54．A．work                         B．rescue                  C．survive           D．stay

55．A．Finally                       B．Honestly              C．Generally        D．Directly

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1 5分，共30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选

项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      I decided not to bring in home any other things with the words Made in China on a dark Monday，two days after last Christmas，though I still keep some in my house．

      At work my boss，Mr. White，points out that I am  36  myself if I think I have been  37  Chinese products，in spite of the obvious facts in daily life．

  “Chinese  38  are everywhere，”he says，“You can’t avoid those，no matter how hard you

try It is impossible．”

      That is the  39  ，which I have been considering for months，since I have kept the American car with the Chinese  40 in it．This week I was   41  again of the difficulty of avoiding China when I bought earrings from a local artist．I was feeling pleased with myself  42  I got home and noticed the flee gift box made in China．

      My boss continues，“You know what you are doing? You are   43  your dependence on China，not   44   it，”he says，“You are just cheating yourself．”

The boss，a frequent complainer，doesn’t slow down when I   45  to stop him to   46

that I am writing a   47  of stories On the Boycott for the business magazine．

  “Maybe you can  48  it year without Chinese products，  49  sooner or later you will even  50  Chinese dishes，”the nice boss says，“There is no getting around it”

      I   51  at him as he turns to leave，quite  52  ．

  “Thanks for your support，”I say to his   53  .

      The year is nearly half over．I can   54  without them．  55  ，it is a little inconvenient to live without a DVD player，a DV camera or a printer made in China．But a better question might be：How hard could it be to live without Made in China with the whole family ?

36．A．fooling                       B．persuading           C．beating           D．enjoying

37． A．keeping                    B．accepting             C．avoiding         D．refusing

38．A．advertisements               B．items                   C．materials    D．businesses

39．A．story                          B．plan                    C．suggestion       D．point

40．A．parts                          B．engines                C．wheels            D．goods

41．A．asked                         B．reminded             C．troubled          D．puzzled

42． A．as                             B．when                   C．since               D．until

43． A．delaying                   B．losing                  C．catching          D．1acking

44．A．escaping                     B．obeying               C．objecting         D．hating

45． A．mean                        B．manage                C．try                  D．intend

46．A．describe                      B．suggest                C．declare            D．state

47． A．copy                         B．book                   C．set                  D．series

48．A．do                              B．get                      C．make              D．have

49．A．but                             B．or                       C．and                 D．for

50． A．wash                        B．break                   C．serve              D．enjoy

51． A．laugh                        B．glance                 C．nod                D．stare

52．A．annoyed                     B．surprised              C．delighted         D．satisfied

53． A．honour                     B．back                    C．kindness          D．face

54．A．work                          B．rescue                  C．survive           D．stay

55．A．Finally                       B．Honestly              C．Generally        D．Directly