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 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__ ually.”
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