Question

I had never noticed her. She was not the kind of girl who could draw attention. She was not tall and just looked     . In class, she liked sitting at the back, reading or taking notes. One day I asked her to read aloud the text. When I heard her standard American pronunciation, I looked at her with new eyes. And I     her name—Kelly. Later on, the National College Speech Competition would be held. One student in our school was allowed to attend. I thought it over and filled in     name.

Kelly practiced hard for the competition. However, I was a little worried because she was always too     . Could she do well in the competition?

On the night of the competition, I sat in the front row of the hall very early. I told her to take it easy. Her face turned red and she said nothing. It seemed she was really     . I felt upset, but I just patted her on the shoulder and let her go to draw lots（抽签）. As a result, she drew No. 9 while No. 8 was a boy who was very good at giving speeches.

Sure enough, No. 8 was very     . The whole audience made a warm applause （鼓掌）almost every 30 seconds and was still talking about his speech with     until Kelly appeared on the stage. I sat there with no     to look at her. It was her first time to go up the stage, so I couldn’t be angry with her for any small mistakes. But at that moment, I found I was so afraid of her     .

The strong spotlight and large hall made her so small that nobody seemed to notice she had been on the stage. I felt hopeless.

But the moment that     me came. I clearly heard a voice, a very loud voice, “Now, please focus on（聚焦于）me.”

Three times in all, louder and louder.

The whole audience fell silent.

I could         believe that loud voice came from the girl, who was usually soft-voiced and didn’t     attention at all. She gave a perfect speech.

I think I will never forget this touching lesson that my student taught me — never underestimate（低估）the power of the silent people.

1.A. beautiful      B. ordinary       C. popular       D. strange

2.A. mentioned    B. called          C. remembered   D. wrote

3.A. her          B. his            C. my          D. your

4.A. different      B. lazy           C. slow         D. quiet

5.A. strict        B. nervous         C. angry        D. bored

6.A. careful      B. thankful         C. successful    D. cheerful

7.A. patience     B. confidence      C. pride         D. excitement

8.A. courage     B. interest         C. excuse        D. effort

9.A. decision     B. expression     C. appearance     D. failure

10.A. upset      B. saved          C. surprised      D. changed

11.A. simply     B. hardly         C. surely         D. deeply

12.A. catch      B. need           C. pay          D. show

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文介绍了一个名叫凯莉的女孩，在一次参加演讲比赛的时候，面对前面的选手精彩的演讲结束后，能够从容地面对，并没有展示出一点紧张的状态。开始，作者也为她紧张，并且不抱有希望，通过她的表现，作者总结，在任何时候都不要低估自己的能力。

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5.我依然拍拍她的肩膀让她去抽签。通过神态描写，她的脸红了，因此体现她是紧张的。故选B

6.场的观众都为他鼓掌。联系上下文，前面介绍男孩擅长演讲，下文提到全场每30秒就为他的演讲鼓掌。证明八号的演讲是成功的。故选C

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10.大家没有注意到她在台上。我感到失望。但是那一刻让我感到惊讶。我听到一个用很大声音说：“现在，请大家关注台上的我。”分析前面感到没有信心，听到她的开场白，一定是感到惊讶。故选C

11.一个安静的女孩，说话是柔软的声音。并且从不引起别人的注意。她取得了一个完美的表现。通过句意为几乎不hardly.故选B

12.得了一个完美的表现。表示根本抓不住别人的注意。故选A

考点：人生百味类阅读。