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.

A．swallow B．eagle C．sparrow D．pigeon

A．searched B．listened C．studied D．thought

A．basement B．kitchen C．garage D．yard

A．kids B．cats C．birds D．dogs

A．trouble B．fun C．sense D．effort

A．cry B．attack C．knock D．sound

A．recalled B．realized C．spotted D．caught

A．bravely B．anxiously C．patiently D．happily

A．come up B．come down C．get in D．get out

A．car B．hole C．door D．roof

A．wall B．floor C．window D．ceiling

A．terrified B．tired C．stupid D．mad

A．since B．if C．but D．so

A．leave B．wait C．flee D．escape

A．attempt B．recognize C．understand D．succeed

A．strange B．silent C．busy D．noisy

A．injured B．awesome C．gone D．dead

A．cost B．offer C．earn D．owe

A．stand B．deal with C．comfort D．face

A．still B．ever C．also D．even