Question

I used to be the shyest person in the world. I hid ______ my elder sister whenever I had to speak to a stranger. When asked to speak in class, I could hardly ______, much less speak. Even among the few friends I had, my high, timid (怯怯的) voice earned me jokes —about being a girl.

Then in the seventh grade, my sister suggested I ______ voice lessons. After considering it for a short time, I did. I began a series of vocal exercises.

After exercising a lot, I finally gained ______ in my voice.

A few months later, I was asked to sing for some retired people, I thought I would do better than before ______ the voice lessons. I opened my mouth and —nothing. I couldn’t remember the ______! My face turned hot. The kind pianist whispered a prompt (提示), and I remembered just enough to keep singing.

Then the thought struck me: I’ve already embarrassed (尴尬) myself enough. There’s really nothing else to ____. So in my second song, I just relaxed and felt the energy of the song lift me. And I did much better.

After that, I started singing to myself as ______ as I could in my own room. That’s something I would never have done before. One classmate even said that I ______ be in the school’s talent show.

I am not a shy person ______. Singing has made me more outgoing. Today, I can also stand in front of the whole class and give a big speech. I am proud of myself.

1.A. over    B. under    C. behind    D. below

2.A. sit    B. breathe    C. smile    D. say

3.A. pick    B. accept    C. attend    D. receive

4.A. confidence    B. courage    C. pleasure    D. fear

5.A. out of    B. because of    C. instead of    D. in need of

6.A. music    B. title    C. words    D. style

7.A. forget    B. miss    C. drop    D. lose

8.A. highly    B. loudly    C. safely    D. excitedly

9.A. should    B. must    C. shouldn’t    D. mustn’t

10.A. at last    B. at all    C. any further    D. any more

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】这篇短文主要讲述了作者是怎样从一个害羞的小女孩变成一个外向的，敢在众人面前演讲的成功者。

1.句意：无论何时我不得不和陌生人说话的时候，我躲藏在我大姐的后面。A. over在……上方；B. under在……下面；C. behind在……后面；D. below在……下面；hide behind…表示躲藏在……的后面。根据题意，故选C。

2.句意：我几乎屏住了呼吸。A. sit坐；B. breathe呼吸；C. smile微笑；D. say说。根据题意，

故选B。

3.句意：我的妹妹建议我参加声音课程。A. pick捡起；B. accept接受；C. attend参加；D. receive接收；这里是说参加。根据题意，故选C。

4.句意：在我的声音上我最后获得了自信。这里是说自信。A. confidence自信；B. courage勇气；C. pleasure愉快；D. fear害怕。故选A。

5.句意：由于语音课，我认为我会比以前做得的更好。A. out of……外面；B. because of由于……的原因；C. instead of代替，而不是；D. in need of需要。这里是由于……的原因。根据题意，故选B。

6.句意：我不能记起这些单词。A. music音乐；B. title标题；C. words单词；D. style风格。这里是说单词。根据题意，故选C。

7.句意：真地没有什么其他可失去的。A. forget忘记；B. miss错过，想念；C. drop放弃；D. lose失去。这里是说失去。根据题意，

故选D。

8.句意：我开始尽可能大声地在自己的房间里唱歌。A. highly高地；B. loudly大声地；C. safely安全地；D. excitedly激动地。这里大声地。根据题意，故选B。

9.句意：一个同学甚至说我应该参加学校的才艺展出。A. should应该；B. must必须；C. shouldn’t不应该；D. mustn’t禁止。这里是应该的意思。故选A。

10.句意：我不再是一个害羞的小男孩了。A. at last最后；B. at all全都；C. any further更远；D. any more更多。短语not…any more表示不再。根据题意，故选D。