One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.        the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I        the bird before I saw it.
“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.
“It’s coming from the        .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little        .”
I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s         I saw the sparrow. It was flying        just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly        to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but        and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head        the ceiling.
I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the        open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet         it could get outside, but that only seemed to        it more.
“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita        .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”
We went back into the house, where we        to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was        and our uninvited guest was gone.
I’ve        that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were        to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the        that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make        without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much        .
小題1:
A．StillB．SomehowC．InsteadD．Perhaps
小題2:
A．heardB．caughtC．searchedD．observed
小題3:
A．houseB．backyardC．garageD．basement
小題4:
A．birdsB．guestsC．catsD．kids
小題5:
A．whenB．howC．whyD．whether
小題6:
A．quicklyB．a(chǎn)nxiouslyC．cautiouslyD．slowly
小題7:
A．decidingB．hesitatingC．tryingD．choosing
小題8:
A．upB．backwardC．forwardD．down
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)gainstB．offC．a(chǎn)longD．into
小題10:
A．freeB．smallC．wideD．dark
小題11:
A．in caseB．even ifC．a(chǎn)s thoughD．so that
小題12:
A．puzzleB．confuseC．frightenD．disturb
小題13:
A．suggestedB．explainedC．insistedD．demanded
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)ttemptedB．continuedC．refusedD．failed
小題15:
A．fierceB．emptyC．safeD．silent
小題16:
A．looked afterB．worried aboutC．thought aboutD．brought up
小題17:
A．forcedB．determinedC．bornD．urged
小題18:
A．ideaB．possibilityC．challengeD．problem
小題19:
A．progressB．peaceC．decisionsD．efforts
小題20:
A．panicB．pressureC．lossD．trouble

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:B
小題15:D
小題16:C
小題17:C
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:D

小題1:不知怎么的，這只小鳥飛進了我們開著的車庫。B.不知怎么的。
小題2:根據(jù)下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未見其鳥，先聞其鳴”。
小題3:根據(jù)所在的句子可知， 小鳥進入了garage,所以聲音應(yīng)該從garage傳來。
小題4:根據(jù)下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子認為是期中一個孩子
小題5:when引導(dǎo)表語從句�！熬驮谀菚r我看到了那只麻雀�！�
小題6:anxiously不安的，焦慮的。因為被困，所以很焦慮。
小題7:try to get out努力要出去。
小題8:但是它看不到出去的路不在上方，而在下方。
小題9:bump its little head against the ceiling 小腦袋撞擊天花板
小題10:門和天花板之間的空間很小。
小題11:so that 引導(dǎo)目的狀語從句。
小題12:但是這樣似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 嚇唬某人
小題13:why don’t sb do 是表示建議的用語。 所以選擇A。
小題14:continue to do sth繼續(xù)干某事
小題15:根據(jù)下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以沒有聲音了，很安靜
小題16:Ａ．照看�。拢畵�(dān)心 Ｃ．思考 Ｄ． 提出。下文題到“鳥和人沒有什么不同”，所以作者是在思考。
小題17:be born to do 天生就是干某事的。 “我們認為我們天生就是往上飛的”
小題18:我們甚至沒有考慮這種可能性，如果我們飛的低一些，好事也可能會發(fā)生。
小題19:make progress取得進步
小題20:save some trouble 省去很多麻煩。
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In this life, what did you miss?
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A．he missed the bus.
B．he missed a dental appointment..
C．he missed a good chance to retire.
D．he missed the opportunity seeing his closed relative.
小題2:The underlined word “permanent” (in Para.4) is closest in meaning to “_____”.
A．lastingB．temporaryC．luckyD．smooth
小題3:What is the passage mainly about?
A．A sad love story.
B．Memories of a happy family.
C．Express your gratitude to your loved ones in words.
D．In this life, what did you miss.

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Mark Twain said that “habit is habit, and not to be flung(扔) out the window by anyone, but coaxed (勸誘)downstairs a step at a time.” The chances of successfully changing negative behavior        when you make gradual changes that give you time to        negative patterns for positive ones.
On any given day, countless numbers of us get out of bed and        to begin to change a given behavior “today.” Whether it be exercising more, drinking less, managing time        or some other change in a negative behavior, we start out with high       . In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail and are soon doing        it was they thought they shouldn't be doing.
After considerable research, some researchers believe that behavior changes usually do not        if they start with the change itself.       , they believe that we must        a series of “stages” to adequately prepare ourselves for that        change. Once you have analyzed all the factors that        what you do, you must decide which behavior-change technique will work best for you.
According to the psychologist Albert Ellis, most        problems and related behaviors arise from irrational (不理性的) statements that people make to        when events in their lives are different from what they would like them to be. For example, suppose alter doing        on an exam, you say to yourself, “I can't believe I failed that easy exam, I’m so stupid.” By changing this irrational “catastrophic” self-talk into rational,        statements about what is really going on, you can increase the        that positive behaviors will occur.
Positive self-talk might be        as follows: “I really didn’t study enough for the exam. I just need to prepare for the next       .”
Such self-talk will help you to recover quickly from        and take positive steps to correct the situation. Some other technique like purposefully        or stopping negative thoughts and refusing to dwell on(沉湎于) negative images can also spare you wasted energy, time and emotional resources and move on to positive changes.
小題1:
A．declineB．remainC．disappearD．improve
小題2:
A．substituteB．cancelC．findD．ignore
小題3:
A．refuseB．determineC．hesitateD．a(chǎn)dvocate
小題4:
A．moreB．betterC．worseD．less
小題5:
A．valuesB．requirementsC．expectationsD．levels
小題6:
A．whicheverB．howeverC．whereverD．whatever
小題7:
A．succeedB．failC．existD．fade
小題8:
A．NeverthelessB．OtherwiseC．InsteadD．Moreover
小題9:
A．look throughB．break throughC．go throughD．pull through
小題10:
A．initialB．temporaryC．instantD．eventual
小題11:
A．involveB．influenceC．explainD．a(chǎn)djust
小題12:
A．emotionalB．physicalC．technicalD．professional
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)llB．othersC．someoneD．themselves
小題14:
A．poorlyB．carefullyC．completelyD．slowly
小題15:
A．positiveB．ridiculousC．negativeD．explicit
小題16:
A．dangerB．a(chǎn)warenessC．a(chǎn)mountD．probability
小題17:
A．writtenB．phrasedC．listedD．captioned
小題18:
A．researchB．testC．talkD．problem
小題19:
A．tirednessB．habitsC．disappointmentD．burdens
小題20:
A．recallingB．startingC．blockingD．holding

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