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 |
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小题2: | A.searched | B.listened | C.studied | D.thought |
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小题3: | A.basement | B.kitchen | C.garage | D.yard |
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小题4: | A.kids | B.cats | C.birds | D.dogs |
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小题5: | A.trouble | B.fun | C.sense | D.effort |
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小题6: | A.cry | B.attack | C.knock | D.sound |
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小题7: | A.recalled | B.realized | C.spotted | D.caught |
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小题8: | A.bravely | B.anxiously | C.patiently | D.happily |
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小题9: | A.come up | B.come down | C.get in | D.get out |
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小题10: | A.car | B.hole | C.door | D.roof |
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小题11: | A.wall | B.floor | C.window | D.ceiling |
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小题12: | A.terrified | B.tired | C.stupid | D.mad |
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小题14: | A.leave | B.wait | C.flee | D.escape |
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小题15: | A.attempt | B.recognize | C.understand | D.succeed |
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小题16: | A.strange | B.silent | C.busy | D.noisy |
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小题17: | A.injured | B.awesome | C.gone | D.dead |
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小题18: | A.cost | B.offer | C.earn | D.owe |
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小题19: | A.stand | B.deal with | C.comfort | D.face |
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小题20: | A.still | B.ever | C.also | D.even |
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