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One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety. In fact, this uninvited guest was a bird--- a(n) __1__, to be more precise(精确地).
“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the thump(重击声). “It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball,” my wife, Anita, said. She paused and __2__ more devotedly. “It’s coming from the __3__.” she said. “Maybe it’s one of the little __4__”.
We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was easy to make __5__. “If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there. No children at all. But there was that __6_ again, coming from right up there.
And that’s when I __7__ the sparrow. It was flying __8__ just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly trying to __9__, but couldn’t see that the way out wasn’t up, but down and out through the open _10__. So the bird continued beating its wings and hitting its head against the __11__.
“Poor thing,” Anita said. “It must be __12__.”
“Well, maybe it’s because of me,” I said as I moved toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide (滑翔) down a few feet so it could get outside, __13__ that only seemed to frighten it more.
“Why don’t we just __14__?” Anita suggested. “I’m sure he’ll __15__ eventually.”
So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing struggle. Then suddenly, it was __16__. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was __17__.
“See?” Anita said. “I told you he would make it.”
“Yeah,” I said. “But how many knocks on the head did it __18__ him?”
I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years. Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we don’t know how to __19__. Born to go upward, we don’t __20__ consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping(拍打) around and just glide down a little bit.
小题1:
A.swallow B.eagle C.sparrow D.pigeon
小题2:
A.searched B.listened C.studied D.thought
小题3:
A.basement B.kitchen C.garage D.yard
小题4:
A.kids B.cats C.birds D.dogs
小题5:
A.trouble B.fun C.sense D.effort
小题6:
A.cry B.attack C.knock D.sound
小题7:
A.recalled B.realized C.spotted D.caught
小题8:
A.bravely B.anxiously C.patiently D.happily
小题9:
A.come up B.come down C.get in D.get out
小题10:
A.car B.hole C.door D.roof
小题11:
A.wall B.floor C.window D.ceiling
小题12:
A.terrified B.tired C.stupid D.mad
小题13:
A.since B.if C.but D.so
小题14:
A.leave B.wait C.flee D.escape
小题15:
A.attempt B.recognize C.understand D.succeed
小题16:
A.strange B.silent C.busy D.noisy
小题17:
A.injured B.awesome C.gone D.dead
小题18:
A.cost B.offer C.earn D.owe
小题19:
A.stand B.deal with C.comfort D.face
小题20:
A.still B.ever C.also D.even

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:D
文章讲述的是一只被困在车库里的麻雀,刚开始由于习惯思维的关系找不到出口,最终飞出了车库,让作者联想到了人的相同情况,有时候改变一下思路,改变一下思维方式,很多问题可能就会马上解决。
小题1:上下文。根据42空可知,是一只麻雀
小题2:上下文。根据上一句,it sounds like Joe is ...是作者的妻子听到了响声,所以此处是更专心地听。
小题3:上下文。根据51空后面,we looked into the garage可知,声音是发自车库的。
小题4:上下文。根据下一段40空,可知他们原以为使他们的孩子发出的声音
小题5:上下文。根据 “If he's making holes in the wall again"可知,他们的孩子会制造麻烦。
小题6:上下文,根据第二段和此处的again可知,指的是上文提到的响声
小题7:动词辨析。意为我发现了那个麻雀。根据后文可知,作者让麻雀自己飞走,所以不能选D, A回忆,B意识到,不符合句意
小题8:上下文。麻雀飞不出去,所以是很焦急的。
小题9:同上
小题10:文章理解。麻雀要想飞出车库只能从门那出去,别的讲不通
小题11:上下文。 根据43空后面的below the ceiling可知
小题12:文章理解。因为麻雀飞不出去,所以麻雀会感到害怕,恐惧。
小题13:意为我试图告诉它如何低飞一点,这样就可以出去了,但是它看起来更害怕了。
小题14:上下文。很据下一段so we went back into the house,可知,他们回到了屋子里,离开了车库
小题15:上下文,根据52空后面,I told you he would make it 可知,make it 成功。
小题16:句意理解。根据后文可知麻雀飞出去了,所以没有了原来的响声,变得安静了
小题17:同51,麻雀飞走了
小题18:cost 以……为代价。 意为它飞出去是以多少次的(头部)撞击为代价?
小题19:词组  deal with 处理
小题20:意为,天生就知道向上,我们甚至都不考虑向下的可能性。
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A.objectB.topicC.opinionD.center
小题2:
A.interestingB.luckyC.happy D.surprising
小题3:
A.whatB.howC.thatD.why
小题4:
A.worseB.illC.strongerD.better
小题5:
A.laterB.pastC.since D.before
小题6:
A.askingB.meetingC.waitingD.looking
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A.onlyB.thoughC.evenD.since
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D.failure can help people to achieve success if they don’t give up

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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:完形填空

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner.   36  woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made   37  impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to   38  her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you   39 ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be   40  to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it   41  moment, and agreed.
That Friday after work,   42  I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I   43  that, she, too, seemed to be   44  about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to   45  her last wedding anniversary.
We went to a restaurant that,   46  not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there   47  at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was   48  her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an)   49  conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.
A few days   50 , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do   51  for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note   52 “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the   53  dinner. I love you, Son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your   54 . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be   55  till“some other time”.
小题1:
A.AnotherB.This otherC.OtherD.Others
小题2:
A.thisB.thatC.oneD.it
小题3:
A.forceB.orderC.adviseD.invite
小题4:
A.happyB.goodC.wellD.bad
小题5:
A.gladB.pleasantC.interestingD.pleased
小题6:
A.at theB.for aC.in aD.for the
小题7:
A.untilB.afterC.asD.since
小题8:
A.noticedB.observedC.watchedD.heard
小题9:
A.confusedB.calmC.nervousD.easy
小题10:
A.congratulateB.celebrateC.memorizeD.honor
小题11:
A.thoughB.evenC.butD.yet
小题12:
A.glancingB.staringC.glaringD.smiling
小题13:
A.inB.beyondC.aboveD.on
小题14:
A.deepB.curiousC.agreeableD.short
小题15:
A.laterB.afterC.beforeD.ago
小题16:
A.anythingB.everythingC.nothingD.something
小题17:
A.writingB.sayingC.speakingD.telling
小题18:
A.firstB.secondC.lastD.next
小题19:
A.motherB.wife C.familyD.work
小题20:
A.put offB.taken overC.cut offD.picked up

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