Are you shy？ If you are， you are not alone． In fact， nearly 50% of people are shy， and almost 80% feel shy at some point in their lives． Why are people （1） ？
It is found that family size might （2） people to be shy． Children with no brothers and sisters may be shy． Growing up（3） ， they often play by themselves． They are not able to develop the same social skills as children from big （4） ．
Another cause of shyness could be （5） ． As more and more people use the Internet， they（6） less time outside， talking to people． As a result， they lose practice at conversation．（7） to new people face to face can make them feel nervous．
For shy people， it can be （8） to make friends， speak in class， and even get a good job．But scientists say you can（9 ） your shyness.They suggest trying（10） things and practicing conversation．
Anyway， don't be afraid of shyness﹣you are valued for what you are!
（1）A． excited |
B． shy |
C． happy |
D． brave |
（2）A． remind |
B． teach |
C． guide |
D． cause |
（3）A． quickly |
B． happily |
C． alone |
D． abroad |
（4）A． countries |
B． cities |
C． teams |
D． families |
（5）A． duty |
B． safety |
C． technology |
D． education |
（6）A． design |
B． spend |
C． collect |
D． save |
（7）A． Nodding |
B． Running |
C． Jumping |
D． Speaking |
（8）A． difficult |
B． safe |
C． harmful |
D． surprising |
（9）A． run into |
B． look for |
C． get over |
D． depend on |
（10）A． new |
B． private |
C． awful |
D． heavy |
Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poem（诗歌）by heart. Some people have 51 memories and can only 52 things that they have said again and again.
The 53 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down 54 street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on 55 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns 56 language by remembering what he hears 57 he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign countries and they seem 58 two languages as 59 as one. In school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages 60 students have little time 61 it and they are busy with other subjects as well.
A man’s mind is quite like a camera but it62 photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo 63 a camera there is much work 64 before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. 65 the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.
A．wonderful B．better C．poor D．badly
A．speak B．study C．know D．remember
A．nice B．beautiful C．famous D．kind
A．any B．some C．many D．the
A．every B．each C．both D．all
A．her B．his C．one’s D．their
A．when B．since C．if D．as soon as
A．to keep B．to get C．to learn D．to take
A．badly B．hard C．easily D．happily
A．because B．why C．what D．when
A．like B．for C．to D．in
A．leaves B．takes C．gets D．receives
A．in B．by C．with D．through
A．to do B．to have C．to start D．to stay
A．In B．On C．With D．As
When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I got into the high school. I had to 1 going to school because my mother had no money to pay my school bills.
We began to work in people’s gardens to save up money for me to go back to school. Finally I returned to school. 2 my mother __3 the next year. And my world went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the 4 this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the 5 . I can’t study well because of my mother’s death. At the end of my second year, I didn’t 6 most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to repeat the year. After _7 summer working in the school garden, I went 8 to lessons again. But suddenly I fell ill.
Because of my disease (疾病) I was 9 and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless(无望的). My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates 10 me a lot. Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.
My life is still not 11 . A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden. But I 12 hard days will always be followed by sunshine.
A．stop B．start C．keep D．finish
A．and B．but C．so D．although
A．go B．die C．gone D．died
A．school B．zoo C．park D．museum
A．pass B．take C．have D．give
A．along B．back C．down D．up
A．helped B．gave C．worried D．taught
A．terrible B．hard C．easy D．difficult
A．find B．makes C．thinks D．believe
Today’s young people are taking a more active part in online activities. Although the Internet can be 21 for students to collect information and communicate（交流）with their friends, teachers and parents are becoming more and more 22 about the unhealthy web content（网上内容）in the bar. They think that the birth of “Harm-free Internet Bars”（健康网吧）is 23 step to 24 teenagers.
It was Sunday afternoon and there were not many 25 seats left in the Feiyu Internet Bar. A few 26 were found playing 27 . A person of the bar was walking around 28 Internet users’ online activities.
“My job is to find anyone who is looking at 29 websites and then 30 them from doing so,” he said. “This is a 31 of the ‘Harm-free Internet Bar’project”. Feiyu, a famous Internet bar in Beijing is among the first 19 to 32 the harm-free Internet bar club.
In order to help start a better 33 for teenagers’ online activities, China’s Communist Youth League has brought out the program named “Harm-free Internet Bar for Teens”.
But while teachers and parents 34 the “harm-free Internet bars”, 35 do many school students think of them?
A．successful B．useful C．hopeful D．interesting
A．amazed B．excited C．frightened D．worried
A．an easy B．a hard C．an important D．an impossible
A．prevent B．stop C．ask D．protect
A．comfortable B．empty C．single D．clean
A．teachers B．students C．parents D．officers
A．music B．bridge C．chess D．online games
A．watching B．looking C．seeing D．finding
A．interesting B．healthy C．unknown D．harmful
A．stop B．tell C．make D．encourage
A．work B．program C．room D．pace
A．join B．help C．open D．keep
A．place B．environment C．Internet bar D．club
A．complain about B．worry about C．welcome D．club
A．how B．why C．what D．whether
Zhang Ling’s father is a ___1___. He works__2__ Monday to Friday. On weekdays he gets up at six and ___3__ breakfast at six twenty. He usually has ___4___ milk, some bread and an egg for breakfast. Sometimes he likes ____5__ newspapers at breakfast. He __6____home at about six forty—five. He goes to work by car. He has lunch at ___7___ office. He always has fast food. But __8_ he goes to a restaurant __9__ his friends. He comes home at half past six. In the evening he usually likes reading some books on computer. He __10___ watches TV.
()1. A.farmer B.worker C.nurse D. driver
( )2. A.atB.onC.from D. in
( )3. A.hasB.haveC.eat D.drinks
( )4. A.a glassB.two glassesC.a D.a glass of
( )5A..readB.readingC.reads D.to reading
( )6. A.leavesB.goesC.starts D.leave
( )7.A.himB.hisC.ourD.us
( )8.A.neverB.sometimes C.usually D. every day
( )9. A.andB.ofC.with D.to
( )10.A. usually B.oftenC.always D.seldom
A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had 36 to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well 37 it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation（毕业）,he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how 38 he was to have such a fine son, and told him how 39 he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣经）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his 41 to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible? " He then 42 out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very 43 in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family. 44 that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him 45 that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a 46 telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take 47 of the things that his father left him.
When he began to search through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, 48 as he had left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to 49 the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（标牌）dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 50 of his graduation, and the words "PAID IN FULL". Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.
A．hoped B．believed C．enjoyed D．felt
A．afford B．spend C．cost D．pay
A．excited B．proud C．angry D．afraid
A．far B．much C．long D．often
A．Interested B．Tired C．Surprised D．Relaxed
A．hand B．head C．voice D．sound
A．looked B．moved C．walked D．ran
A．careful B．helpful C．wonderful D．successful
A．Wanting B．Suggesting C．Noticing D．Realizing
A．on B．since C．after D．from
A．bag B．ticket C．phone D．book
A．care B．part C．notes D．time
A．just B．only C．always D．already
A．use B．open C．turn D．close
A．place B．date C．test D．name