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。

假设你是红星中学高二(1)班的学生李华，利用上周末的时间帮助祖父母安排了去北戴河的旅行。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，叙述你从准备到送行的全过程。

    注意：1．周记的开头已为你写好。

    2．词数不少于60。

Last weekend, I helped my grandparents prepare their trip to Beidaihe.

基本分析：

1. 文体：周记。

2. 人称：I

3. 时态：一般过去时

4. 事件大意：我为爷爷奶奶准备出行＋我送行

5. 图片要素：

　图一：查询信息（train ticket, weather, hotel）

　图二：买票（buy ticket）

　图三：准备行装（package）

　图四：送行（see-off）

3. 图片关联：

图一、二、三都是并列关系，主题是旅游前的准备阶段，三幅图没有轻重之分，所占篇幅比例相当。图四是最后的送别阶段，文章末尾要有点睛之笔，可以是送别感受，对爷爷奶奶的祝福，也可以是自己的成长和收获。

4. 文章立意：今年的作文和90后的学生特点相联系，积极引导高中学生要培养独立性，增加实践能力，并要照顾体谅长辈。所以文章末尾的立意也可以往这方面考虑。

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry going into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is  36  I became an animal collector in the first 37 .The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say  38 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”, 39  the word “zoo”, which I would  40 over and over again with a shrill  41 until someone, in order to  42  me up, would take me to the zoo.When I  43 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great  44 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time  45  the countryside in search of fresh samples to  46 my collection of pets. 47  I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 48  , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, 49 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I  50 had enough money of my own to be able to  51  my first trip and I have been going  52 ever since then .Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of  53  ,it is certainly a job which will appeal  54  all those who love animals and  55 .
36. A.how                  B.where                     C.when                      D.whether
37.A.region                B.field                       C.place                      D.case
38.A.clearly               B.quickly                   C.feelingly                 D.proudly
39. A.except               B.but                         C.except for               D.but for
40. A.recite                B.recognize                C.read                        D.repeat
41. A.sound                B.noise                      C.voice                      D.tone
42. A.close                 B.shut                        C.stop                        D.comfort
43. A.grew                 B.was  growing         C.grow                      D.is growing
44. A.many                B.amount                   C.number                   D.supply
45. A.examining         B.expanding               C.exploiting               D.exploring
46. A.devote               B.receive                   C.add                         D.multiply
47. A.Later                 B.Thus                       C.Still                        D. Yet
48. A.agent                 B. assistant                 C.member                  D.keeper
49. A.who                  B.that                        C.as                           D.which
50. A.luckily              B.gladly                     C.nearly                     D.successfully
51. A finance              B.provide                   C.allow                      D. pay
52. A.normally           B.regularly                 C.usually                    D.often
53. A.expectations       B.sorrows                  C.excitement              D.disappointments
54. A.for                    B.with                       C.to                           D.from
55. A.voyage              B.travel                     C.journey                   D.trip

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his  36 , she shared her insights(顿悟) with the students. When the class was nearly over, she  37  and said, “I would like to  38  with all of you a thought that has  39  to do with class, but which I feel is very  40 .
“Each of us is put here on the  41  to learn, share, love and appreciate ourselves. None of us knows when this  42  will end. At any moment it can be  43 . Perhaps this is life’s way of telling us that we must make good  44  of every day.” Her eyes beginning to  45 ,she went on saying, “So I would like you all to  46  me. From now on, on your way home, find something 47 to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see- it could be  scent(香味) of fresh bread, or it could be the  48  of the wind slightly rustling(发出沙沙声) the leaves.”
“Please look for these things, and  49  them. The little things we are put here on the earth to enjoy. They are   50   observing , for at any time they can all be taken away.”
The class was totally quiet. We all picked up our books and went out of the room  51 . That afternoon, on my way home I noticed  52  things than before. Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a(n)  53  she made on all of us, I try to  54  all of those things that sometimes we all ignore. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret,  55  the things we didn’t do.
36. A. disease      B. death         C. arrival         D. appearance
37. A. paused      B. continued      C. focused       D. broke
38. A. argue       B. communicate   C. share          D. whisper
39. A. something   B. nothing        C. everything     D. anything
40. A. improper    B. important      C. attractive      D. unbelievable
41. A. earth       B. farm           C. road         D. ground
42. A. disaster     B. schedule       C. experience     D. custom
43. A. put away    B. gone out       C. handed out     D. taken away
44. A. fun        B. difference       C. sense         D. use
45. A. smile       B. shut           C. water         D. glare
46. A. permit      B. promise        C. forgive       D. respect
47. A. strange     B. beautiful        C. powerful      D. different
48. A. signal       B. sound         C. action         D. direction
49. A. support     B. receive         C. remember      D. value
50. A. easy        B. harmful         C. worth        D. puzzling
51. A. silently      B. curiously       C. slowly         D. secretly
52. A. more      B. smaller        C. fewer           D. larger
53. A. result      B. chance        C. pain            D. impression
54. A. produce    B. taste         C. appreciate       D. change
55. A. or         B. and          C. for             D. but