Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?
Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of 1 classmates.
"I was wrong. It was very different and much 2 than talking to my classmates during playtime," Li said. "I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom 3 "
Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same 4 : they can talk about their ideas freely 5 their best friends after class, but can't speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 6 .
Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their 7 , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to. 8 he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time you should 9 more. When you're speaking in public, take it easy. Just imagine you're talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That 10 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident. "
A．her B．my C．your D．his
A．harder B．easier C．better' D．later
A．slowly B．quickly C．sadly D．happily
A．answer B．subject C．problem D．question
A．except B．beside C．from D．with
A．listening B．speaking C．reading D．singing
A．mouths B．eyes C．minds D．hearts
A．But B．So C．And D．Or
A．play B．practice C．write D．watch
A．reports B．keeps C．hears D．makes
Many Americans like to have their holidays(假期) in 26countries. One day an American27comes to China. This is her first time to China and she wants to 28some friends there. She meets a Chinese. This Chinese wants to talk29with the American. When he sees her, he comes up, says “30” to her, then he begins his first talk with someone31an English-speaking country.“How old are you?” the Chinese32. “I’m33 . Please don’t ask a lady (女士) about her34.” answers the woman.
The Chinese is surprised . He doesn’t know35 . Can you help him?A. another B. elseC. other
A. manB. boyC. woman
A. makeB. makingC. do
A. with English B. in EnglishC. in Chinese
A. OKB. helloC. sorry
A. fromB. atC. of
A. asksB. tellsC. talks
A. sureB. worriedC. sorry
A. family B. age C. job
A. howB. whyC. what
There 31 three people in my family—my father, my mother, and I. My father is a32 . And he works in a bank. He thinks it’s a 33 job. He wants 34 a policeman. My mother is a teacher. She 35 in a middle school. She thinks her job is very 36 . She works hard 37 often comes back home very late. In her free time , she likes 38 stories 39a magazine. I study at a middle school. I like 40 . I want to be a singer when I grow up.
A．have B．is C．are D．has
A．doctor B．bank clerk C．waiter D．reporter
A．boring B．interesting C．exciting D．dangerous
A．be B．is C．to be D．being
A．teach B．wants C．work D．teaches
A．dangerous B．difficult C．interesting D．boring
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．write B．writes C．writing D．to writing
A．in B．for C．as D．at
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t 36 them. They often think their parents are too strict with them, and they are never given a 37 hand.
Parents often find 38 difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to forget how they themselves 39 when they were young. For example, young people like to do things without much thinking. It is one of their ways to 40 that they grow up and they can do with any difficult things. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed.
When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success41 you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they want, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t 42 to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or their clothes or their manner of speech, the young people feel very43 .Sometimes you even don’t want your parents to say“ 44 ” to what you do. You want to stay at home alone and do what you like.
If you plan to control your 45 , you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.
A．remember B．help C．understand D．like
A．helpful B．useful C．free D．strong
A．that B．them C．one D．it
A．thought B．wanted C．needed D．felt
A．learn B．see C．find D．show
A．since B．if C．because D．though
A．mean B．care C．like D．decide
A．lonely B．happy C．worried D．strange
A．Yes B．No C．Sorry D．That’s right
A．life B．work C．study D．health
Today is Tuesday. We are having a ___31___ class in the classroom. Ms Chen is telling us what water is like. After that, she asks us “___32_ water like?” No one speaks for __33__ minutes. Ms Chen asks again,“Why don’t you __34__ my question? Don’t I tell you what water is like?”
A boy names Zhang Hui puts up his ___35__ and says,“Ms Chen, you tell us that water has no color __36__ no smell. But ___37_ can we find that kind of water? The __38__ in the river behind my house is always black and it has bad smell. ”Most of us ___39__ with him.
“I am sorry, children,” says Ms Chen. “Our water is getting__40__. That’s a problem.”
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A．What’s B．Where’s C．When’s D．How’s
A．a little B．a few C．little D．few
A．tell B．answer C．say D．talk
A．hand B．leg C．tooth D．foot
A．or B．and C．but D．with
A．why B．who C．where D．what
A．food B．fruit C．fish D．water
A．talk B．run C．laugh D．agree
A．dirtier and dirtier B．dirty and dirty C．clean and clean D．cleaner and cleaner
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself”
When I was a young boy, I was 36 shy to like talking to anyone. My classmates often 37 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, 38 happened, and it changed my life. It was an English contest. My mother encouraged me to 39 it.. What a terrible idea I thought! It meant I had to speak 40 all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to 41 ”Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I 42 the topic “Believe in yourself”. I did the best to remember the whole speech and practiced it over 100 43 .With my mother ’s love, I did 44 in the contest. I could hardly believe my 45 when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers(赞美) 46 the teachers and students. Those classmates 47 once looked down on (瞧不起) me, now all said “Congratulations” 48 me. My mother hugged me tightly for a while and gave me a kiss on my forehead.
49 then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell 50 to be confident and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
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A．made faces at B．smiled at C．caught up with D．laughed at
A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．took part in B．join C．get D．enter
A．with B．to C．among D．before
A．lose B．win C．pass D．beat
A．brought B．reached C．thought D．chose
A．words B．times C．topics D．sentences
A．well B．good C．bad D．interested
A．result B．speech C．eyes D．ears
A．from B．of C．for D．to
A．when B．what C．which D．who
A．to B．on C．in D．at
A．Except B．Since C．Before D．From
A．someone B．me C．everyone D．myself