Question

阅读短文，从方框中选择单词，并用其适当形式填空，使短文意思完整、通顺。每词限用一次。

You are standing with your classmates. 1.   is talking except you. Perhaps you are  2. they will laugh at what you say. Maybe you just aren’t brave enough to speak.

Shyness is like a snake that crawls (爬) into our mouth and stops us    3.   . But we shouldn’t let it stay there.

I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes   4.   me. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the   5.  to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk. One summer, I   6.  a job in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers. I had to tell them how much their meal cost. I had to ask them    7.   they wanted to drink Coke or Sprite (雪碧). This job taught me how to speak with people.

You may be too young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other   8.  to speak with people. You can offer to help an old woman    9.  her heavy bag. Or you can go to get a newspaper for your family. If you do these things for a while, the “shyness”  snake 10.  you alone. It’ ll look for another mouth to crawl into.

Answer

1.Everyone

2.afraid

3.speaking

4.visits

5.way

6.got

7.if

8.chances

9.carry

10.will leave

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是作者如何解决害羞这一问题。作者介绍，可以找一些事情来做，这样就有机会和别人说话，慢慢克服害羞这一问题。

1.根据下文“except you”的描述并结合所给词汇可知，这里指的是除了你，每个人都在说话。故应填：Everyone。

2.根据下文“Maybe you just aren’t brave enough to speak”的描述并结合所给词汇可知，这里指的是你害怕他们会嘲笑你所说的话。故应填afraid。

3.根据上文的描述可知，这里指的是害羞就像一条蛇爬进你的嘴巴，阻止你说话。结合所给词汇可知应填：speaking，stop doing sth为固定搭配。

4.根据语境可知，这里指的是今天那条蛇有时仍然还来光顾我。这个句子表示的是现在的情况，应用一般现在时，且主语是第三人称单数。结合所给词汇可知应填：visits。

5.根据语境可知，这里指的是一个陌生人问我去当地商店的路。结合所给词汇可知应填：way，“the way to ...”为固定短语，表示“去某地的路”。

6.根据语境可知，这里指的是作者在饭馆找到了一份工作。联系下文“helped”可知，这里应用一般过去时。结合所给词汇可知应填：got。

7.根据语境可知，这里指的是作者必须询问顾客是喜欢可乐还是雪碧。结合所给词汇可知应填：if，表示是否。

8.根据语境可知，这里指的是寻找其他的机会和别人说话。联系下文“you can offer to help ------Or you can…”可知应用名词复数。结合所给词汇可知应填：chances。

9.根据语境并结合所给词汇可知，这里指的是你可以主动帮一个老太太提她的重包。故应填：carry。

10.如果你做这些事情一段时间，害羞蛇就开始离开。由于这是一个由if引导的条件状语从句，从句用一般现在时，主句应用一般将来时。结合所给词汇可知应填：will leave。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。