“Er, er, er…… I’m sorry I forget my words.” Tom rushed out of the hall with his face red. People afraid of speaking in public are suffering from “Stage Fright”. Stage fright makes a person . In that it can make one's mind go blank(空白) and forget one ought to say, or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even TV show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or .
Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a terrible experience.
She offers them advice to control the fear. One way is to smile going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths helps. Deep helps you get control of your body.
Miss Nichols asks her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be . It's to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too nervous while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and find out what helped and what did not.As they perform more and more, they will fear . Miss Nichols says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to smooth it away . This is a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and improves the performance.
A．joyful B．unhappy C．nervous D．hopeless
A．case B．mood C．sense D．condition
A．when B．what C．how D．whether
A．others B．other C．another D．the other
A．cure B．control C．hold D．protect
A．satisfied B．happy C．afraid D．surprised
A．since B．until C．during D．before
A．too B．as well C．also D．either
A．breathing B．to breathe C．to have breathed D．breathes
A．perfect B．fine C．good D．pleasant
A．incorrect B．important C．unnecessary D．all right
A．people B．advice C．words D．measures
A．less and less B．fewer and fewer C．more and more D．smaller and smaller
A．practically B．easily C．completely D．really
A．why B．that C．since D．Because
Dear friends,
Do you 36 you are lucky when you are sitting in the bright 37 and having your classes or enjoying your nice food at home? Do you feel many children in Haiti(海地) are very 38 too? We know an earthquake(地震) happened in Haiti on January 12th，2010. Many people died(死去). Lots of children don’t have enough 39 to eat, and they 40 go to school now.
They need our help. So we’d like to collect 41 and clothes for them. You can donate your old pens, rubbers, rulers, pencil-boxes or old clothes. And you can also donate some 42 . We will 43 them to the children in Haiti.
We hope to raise more than10,000 yuan, then we can help 50 students to go back 44 school. If you would like to donate things, please 45 us at 83301666. Thank you.
Gao Shanand her classmates
A．think B．want C．have D．see
A．bedrooms B．classrooms C．shops D．kitchens
A．happy B．young C．poor D．1ucky
A．food B．books C．clothes D．Coke
A．must B．can’t C．can D．may
A．toys B．stationery C．drinks D．stickers
A．pens B．notebooks C．clothes D．money
A．ask B．raise C．send D．pass
A．for B．in C．on D．to
A．e-mail B．visit C．write D．call
Many people think that Americans 21 their cars almost more than anything else. When 22__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __23_ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their 24__. So many of them work in _25_ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to 26 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost 27 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __28_ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 29 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 30 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
A．prefer B．love C．drive D．play
A．little B．big C．old D．young
A．new B．own C．expensive D．cheap
A．free B．busy C．study D．good
A．make B．mend C．wash D．drive
A．always B．never C．often D．usually
A．take B．carry C．pull D．lift
A．question B．wrong C．mistake D．problem
A．cost B．get C．spend D．use
Mr. Smith lived in a village. He had ___36__ farms and about twenty people working for him. He often told them _37_ hard and be honest. (诚实的).
One day he went to a farm and worked with the workers there. Soon it was time __38___ lunch. He put ___39___ nice bread on the table and ___40___. A few minutes later he came back again but he ___41____ find the bread.
‘Who ate ___42__ on the table?’ he shouted.
Some of the workers answered, ‘We ___43___.’
The others said, ‘We saw nothing.’
‘Well,’ said Mr. Smith, ‘__44___ are a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I ___45___ some poison in the bread. ___46___ they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.’
As soon as he finished, four workers began to cry. ‘Oh, dear!’
‘___47___?’ asked Mr. Smith.
‘We ate the bread when you were out. We are going to die.’ One of them cried.
‘___48___,’ Mr. Smith said _49___ a smile, ‘I only ____50_____ you. Use your head.’
A．a few B．few C．little D．a little
A．work B．working C．worked D．to work
A．in B．at C．for D．with
A．two B．many C．a D．some
A．went out B．came in C．entered D．got in
A．shouldn’t B．couldn’t C．wouldn’t D．mustn’t
A．food B．the bread C．drinks D．apples
A．did B．didn’t C．do D．doesn’t
A．They B．We C．What D．There
A．took B．bought C．put D．needed
A．That B．Before C．If D．Until
A．How are you B．What are you doing C．Did you have lunch D．What’s wrong with you
A．Excuse me B．Don’t worry C．Congratulations D．Great
A．with B．for C．in D．on
A．have fun with B．play a trick on C．kill D．have lunch with
Food is very important. Everyone needs to 36 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is 37 . We begin to get knowledge(知识) even when we are very young. Small children are38 in everything around them. They learn 39 when they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 40 story books, science books and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __41 to find out the answers.
What is the best 42 to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves（自学）, we will__43 _the most knowledge. If we are 44 getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will not learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn __45 and understand better.
A．sleep B．read C．drink D．eat
A．sport B．exercise C．knowledge D．meat
A．interested B．interesting C．weak D．better
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．lend B．read C．learn D．write
A．try B．have C．think D．wait
A．place B．school C．way D．road
A．buy B．go C．borrow D．get
A．often B．always C．usually D．sometimes
A．more B．much C．better D．well
It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when you don’t know the 31 very well. It may be 32 to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country that we are visiting. We may not know how to buy 33 we need. In a 34 country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a 35 . It is not easy to decide how 36 to tip waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience 37 that. 38 a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to 39 . We learn to enjoy life in another country and then we may be 40 to leave.
A．language B．people C．words D．country
A．tired B．happy C．difficult D．easy
A．something B．anything C．things D．shopping
A．good B．strange C．old D．young
A．shop B．school C．hospital D．restaurant
A．soon B．many C．much D．often
A．as B．like C．for D．with
A．After B．In C．Before D．For
A．talk B．tell C．speak D．say
A．glad B．worried C．sorry D．interested