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 . 小题1: A．Still B．Somehow C．Instead D．Perhaps 小题2: A．heard B．caught C．searched D．observed 小题3: A．house B．backyard C．garage D．basement 小题4: A．birds B．guests C．cats D．kids 小题5: A．when B．how C．why D．whether 小题6: A．quickly B．anxiously C．cautiously D．slowly 小题7: A．deciding B．hesitating C．trying D．choosing 小题8: A．up B．backward C．forward D．down 小题9: A．against B．off C．along D．into 小题10: A．free B．small C．wide D．dark 小题11: A．in case B．even if C．as though D．so that 小题12: A．puzzle B．confuse C．frighten D．disturb 小题13: A．suggested B．explained C．insisted D．demanded 小题14: A．attempted B．continued C．refused D．failed 小题15: A．fierce B．empty C．safe D．silent 小题16: A．looked after B．worried about C．thought about D．brought up 小题17: A．forced B．determined C．born D．urged 小题18: A．idea B．possibility C．challenge D．problem 小题19: A．progress B．peace C．decisions D．efforts 小题20: A．panic B．pressure C．loss D．trouble