My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞臺) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.

Our community (社區(qū)) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n)   1   from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.

The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many   2   were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this   3  , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.

I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to   4   the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I   5   my biggest weakness: public speaking.

After I finished, I met with the chairman and   6   what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very   7  . He suggested that I should come again the next week.

I   8   a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I   9   I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.

For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.    

I learned that everything is   10   if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.

1.                A．letter          B．call            C．card D．email

 

2.                A．topics          B．regrets         C．thoughts D．words

 

3.                A．man           B．group          C．stage D．chance

 

4.                A．read           B．spell           C．see  D．recite

 

5.                A．had            B．forgot          C．realized  D．improved

 

6.                A．asked          B．checked        C．explained D．wondered

 

7.                A．useful          B．successful       C．difficult   D．common

 

8.                A．wrote          B．prepared        C．gave D．finished

 

9.                A．knew          B．felt            C．believed  D．hoped

 

10.               A．easy           B．great          C．helpful    D．possible

 

 

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school（寄宿學校）．Before he was sent away, the boy was the     1     student in his class．He was at the top in every exam．

    But the boy changed after     2     home and studying in the boarding school．His grades started to     3   ．He hated being in a     4   ．He was lonely all the time．And there were especially dark times when he felt like committing suicide（自殺）．All of this was because he felt no one loved him．

    His parents started to     5      the boy．But they even did not know what was wrong

with him．So his father decided to go to the school and    6    him．

    They sat by the lake near the school．The father started asking him some casual questions about his lessons, teachers and     7   ．After some time his father said, "Do you know, son, why I'm here today?"

    "To     8     my grades," the boy replied back．

    "No, no," his father said．"I'm here to tell you that you're the most     9     person for me．I want to see you     10    ．I don't care about grades．I care about you．I care about your

happiness．You're my life．"

     These words caused the boy's eyes to be filled with tears．He hugged（擁抱） his father．They

didn't say     11     to each other for a long time．

     Now the boy had everything he wanted．He knew there was someone on the earth who cared for him deeply．And today this young man is in university at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him     12    ．

1．A．laziest                B．cleverest           C．calmest             D．worst

2．A．coming               B．returning            C．leaving             D．going

3．A．drop                B．increase            C．rise               D．turn down

4．A．term                  B．group              C．party               D．company

5．A．look for              B．learn from          C．worry about        D．shout at

6．A．laugh at              B．look at             C．think about       D．talk with

7．A．friends               B．family             C．study             D．grades

8．A．find                 B．teach              C．check             D．hear

9．A．famous              B．important           C．outstanding         D．interesting

10．A．happy             B．serious             C．excellent           D．honest

11．A．everything          B．something          C．nothing          D．anything

12．A．ill                 B．pleasant            C．pleased            D．sad

Wolves often live in __________ .

A. family groups         B. family group 

C. families group        D. families groups

— ______ do you study in your English classes?

— I usually study by working with a group.

A．How             B．What             C．Whom            D．Where

 

Scientists are trying to make some small cars that may some day take the place of today’s big cars. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be 1_ pollution in the air. There will _2 be more space or parking cars in cities, and the _3_ will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in__4__ that it is now needed for one car of the usual size.

The little cars will __5___ much less to own and to drive. Driving will be __6___, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers per hour. The little cars of __7___ will be fine or getting out of the city, but they will not be useful for__8__ trips. Little cars which are powered by gasoline( 汽油 ) will go 450 kilometers __9___ needing to stop for more gasoline .

If big cars still are used together with the small ones, _10__ sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars, and some roads will be needed for the slower, small ones.

1.                A．much          B．less            C．small D．more

 

2.                A．have           B．also            C．too  D．less

 

3.                A．spaces         B．streets         C．shops    D．building

 

4.                A．spaces         B．the rooms       C．the group D．the space

 

5.                A．spend          B．take           C．cost D．pay

 

6.                A．faster          B．safer           C．quick D．dangerous

 

7.                A．today          B．todays          C．the past  D．the future

 

8.                A．short          B．long           C．any  D．the shortest

 

9.                A．after           B．then           C．before   D．while

 

10.               A．few           B．two            C．many D．little