完形填空（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）
One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited
variety. In fact, it was a bird, 1 a sparrow.
“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the gentle
thumping(重?fù)袈?. “It sounds like Joe is outside playing
basketball,” my wife, Anita, said. She 2 and
listened more devotedly. “It’s coming from the 3 .” she said.
“Maybe it’s one of the little kids.”
We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was
4 to make trouble. “If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as
I searched there. No children 5 .
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 9 trying to get out, but couldn’t see that the way out
wasn’t up, but down 10 the open door. So the bird continued
11 its wings and hitting its head against the 12 .
“Poor thing,” Anita said. “It must be
13 .”
“Well, maybe it’s because of us,” I said as I moved
toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide（滑翔）
down to get outside, but that only seemed to 14 it
more. “Why don’t we just 15 for a few minutes?” Anita suggested.
“I’m sure he’ll 16 eventually.” So we went back
into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing 17 .Then
suddenly, it was silent. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was
gone.
“See?” Anita said. “I told you he’d succeed.”
“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 even consider the possibility that
something good might happen if we stop flapping（拍打）around
and just glide 20 a little bit.
1. A．for example B．rather than C．or rather D．a(chǎn)s well
2. A．hurried B．paused C．ignored D．confirmed
3. A．basement B．kitchen C．garage D．hall
4. A．easy B．happy C．sorry D．a(chǎn)ngry
5. A．in all B．a(chǎn)t all C．a(chǎn)bove all D．a(chǎn)fter all
6. A．guest B．voice C．noise D．sound
7. A．watched B．found C．realized D．caught
8. A．carefully B．gently C．patiently D．a(chǎn)nxiously
9. A．eventually B．unwillingly C．obviously D．thoroughly
10. A．through B．over C．below D．beyond
11. A．shaking B．breaking C．striking D．injuring
12. A．wall B．floor C．door D．ceiling
13. A．clumsy B．painful C．a(chǎn)mazed D．terrified
14. A．frighten B．comfort C．confuse D．calm
15. A．leave B．scream C．relax D．escape
16. A．put it aside B．leave it
alone C．give it up D．figure it out
17. A．a(chǎn)ccident B．a(chǎn)chievement C．struggle D．trouble
18. A．cost B．offer C．earn D．owe
19. A．classify B．handle C．debate D．conclude
20. A．up B．back C．forth D．down
