Question

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was a young boy, I was ____ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often ____me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,___ happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to ____ it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak ____ all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on,boy! Believe in yourself. You are sure to ___.”Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I _____ the topic “Believe in yourself!” I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 _____. With my mother’s great love, I did ___ in the contest. I could hardly believe my _____ when the news came that I had won the first place.

1.A. too                 B. so                    C. quite

2.A. made faces at        B. looked after             C. laughed at

3.A. something          B. everything              C. anything

4.A. take part in          B. join                   C. get

5.A. to                B. among                C. before

6.A. win               B. pass                    C. beat

7.A. brought           B. thought                 C. chose

8.A. words             B. times                   C. sentences

9.A. well              B. good                    C. bad

10.A. result             B. eyes                    C. ears

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了作者小时候因为太害羞而不敢和别人讲话，并经常遭到别人的嘲笑。有一次学校举办英语演讲比赛，在妈妈的鼓励和帮助下，他参加了这次比赛，并获得了第一名。这个事情彻底改变了他，让他知道要相信自己。

1.考查副词与语境理解。结合前后文，此句为：当我还是个男孩时，我太害羞了而不会和任何人说话。句型too…to…太，而不能；故此题选A。

2.考查动词与语境理解。根据后文I was sad but could do nothing.我很伤心但不能做什么；此句为：我的同学们经常嘲笑我。A 做鬼脸；B 照顾；C 嘲笑；结合语境故选C。

3.考查代词与语境理解。根据后文and it changed my life而且它改变了我的生活；此句为：然后发生了一些事。A 一些事，用于肯定句中；B 每件事；C 任何事，用于否定句和疑问句中；结合语境故选A。

4.考查动词与语境理解。根据后文得知，妈妈鼓励他参加英语口语比赛，此句为：妈妈让我参加这个比赛。A 参加；指加入比赛或活动等；C加入，join sb.加入某人；C 得到；结合语境故选A。

5.考查介词与语境理解。结合前后文，此句为：这意味着我要在全校的老师和学生面前讲话。A 到；B 之间；C 前面；结合语境故选C。

6.考查动词与语境理解。这里讲到的是妈妈的鼓励，此句为：你一定可以赢。A 赢；B 通过；C 打败；结合语境故选A。

7.考查动词与语境理解。前文讲到和妈妈讨论演讲话题，此句为：我选择了一个话题“相信自己”。A 带来；B 想；C 选择；结合语境故选C。

8.考查名词与语境理解。这里讲到了我努力记住和练习这个演讲，此句为：我尽力记住整个演讲，练习了100多遍。A 词语；B 次数；C 句子；结合语境故选B。

9.考查副词与语境理解。从后文得知，作者这次演讲很成功，此句为：在妈妈的关爱之下，我的比赛表现很好。A 好，副词，修饰动词；B 好，形容词，修饰形容词；C 坏的；结合语境故选A。

10.考查名词与语境理解。根据后文when the news came that I had won the first place.当消息传来我获得了第一名；故此句为：我不敢相信我的耳朵。A 结果；B 眼睛；C 耳朵；结合语境故选C。

考点：故事类短文。