閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)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，這只小鳥(niǎo)飛進(jìn)了我們開(kāi)著的車(chē)庫(kù)。B.不知怎么的。

37.A. heard            B. caught               C. searched           D. observed

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未見(jiàn)其鳥(niǎo)，先聞其鳴”。

38.A. house           B. backyard           C. garage               D. basement

【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)36題所在的句子可知， 小鳥(niǎo)進(jìn)入了garage,所以聲音應(yīng)該從garage傳來(lái)。

39.A. birds            B. guests               C. cats                  D. kids

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子認(rèn)為是期中一個(gè)孩子

40.A. when            B. how                  C. why                  D. whether

【答案】A

【解析】when引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句。“就在那時(shí)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，焦慮的。因?yàn)楸焕В�所以很焦慮。

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 小腦袋撞擊天花板

45. A. free             B. small                 C. wide                 D. dark

【答案】B

【解析】門(mén)和天花板之間的空間很小。

46. A. in case         B. even if               C. as though          D. so that

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引導(dǎo)目的狀語(yǔ)從句。

47. A. puzzle          B. confuse             C. frighten             D. disturb

【答案】C

【解析】但是這樣似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 嚇唬某人

48. A. suggested     B. explained           C. insisted             D. demanded

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建議的用語(yǔ)。 所以選擇A。

49. A. attempted     B. continued          C. refused             D. failed

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth繼續(xù)干某事

50. A. fierce           B. empty               C. safe                  D. silent

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以沒(méi)有聲音了，很安靜

51.A. looked after   B. worried about    C. thought about    D. brought up

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看　Ｂ．擔(dān)心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文題到“鳥(niǎo)和人沒(méi)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。 “我們認(rèn)為我們天生就是往上飛的”

53. A. idea             B. possibility          C. challenge           D. problem

【答案】B

【解析】我們甚至沒(méi)有考慮這種可能性，如果我們飛的低一些，好事也可能會(huì)發(fā)生。

54. A. progress      B. peace                C. decisions           D. efforts

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得進(jìn)步

55. A. panic           B. pressure            C. loss                  D. trouble

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻煩。