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 ing 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, ing 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．e up B．e 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．fort D．face【小题20】A．still B．ever C．also D．evenC
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(答案→)C
解析：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。