Question

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 (舞台) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.

Our community (社区) 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

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了作者的第一次公众演讲的故事告诉我们任何事情只要开始了第一步，就一切皆有可能。

1.A. letter信   B. call电话           C. card 卡片  D. email电子邮件 根据后文可知：大约两年前，作者接到了一个社区管理员的电话。故选C

2.A. topics主题     B. regrets      后悔      C. thoughts想法      D. words话语 根据句意：涌现出很多想法。故选C

3.A. man男人B. group团体，组      C. stage 舞台   D. chance机会  根据句意：作者想如果他错过了这次机会，社区管理员以后就再也不邀请他参加任何节目了。故选D

4.A. read读    B. spell拼写      C. see 看见    D. recite背诵  根据句意：作者甚至不能准确地读出演讲稿上的字。故选A

5.A. had有     B. forgot忘记             C. realized 意识到      D. improved提高  根据句意：那天，作者意识到了自己最大的弱点：公众演讲。故选C

6.A. asked 问        B. checked 检查  C. explained解释        D. wondered想知道 根据句意：作者见了管理员并解释自己怎么了。故选C

7.A. useful有用的    B. successful  成功的  C. difficult 困难的          D. common普通的 根据句意：他说中很正常。故选D

8.A. wrote写         B. prepared准备         C. gave给   D. finished完成 根据句意：作者认真的准备了讲稿。故选B

9.A. knew知道   B. felt 感到   C. believed 相信     D. hoped希望 根据句意：作者感到自己进步了。故选B

10.A. easy容易的    B. great伟大的   C. helpful有用的 D. possible可能的 根据句意：作者学到了如果我们开始了第一步任何事情都是可能的。故选D

考点：人生百味类议论文