Question

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything 1.      , believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed 2.      me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it 3.       my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take 4.       in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak 5.       all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to 6.       .” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I 7.      the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and 8.      it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could 9.__________ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked 10._________ on me, now all said congratulations to me.

Answer

1.happens

2.at

3.changed

4.part

5.before

6.win

7.chose

8.practiced

9.hardly

10.down

【解析】

试题分析：当任何事发生时，要相信你自己。因为害羞，作者的同学常常嘲笑他。后来，一件事情发生了，它改变了作者的生活。作者的妈妈要求作者参加英语演讲比赛，在妈妈的帮助鼓励下作者得了第一名。

1.考查动词。句意：当任何事发生时，要相信你自己。据上下文，句子应该为一般现在时，anything是第三人称单数，故该空应填happens.

2.考查介词。句意：我的同学常常嘲笑我。laugh at是固定短语，嘲笑……。据When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. I was sad but could do nothing.故该空填介词at。

3.考查动词。句意：后来，一件事情发生了，它改变了我的生活。据happened，故该空应填changed。

4.考查名词。句意：我的妈妈要求我参加它。take part in是动词短语，参加。

5.考查介词。句意：它意味着我必须在学校的所有老师和同学面前讲话。据It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take in it.故该空应填before在……面前。

6.考查动词。句意：你一定会赢。据Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! 和语境，不定式符号to+动词原形，故该空应填win赢。

7.考查动词。句意：最后，我选择了这个题目“相信你自己”。句子是一般过去时，故填chose。

8.考查动词。句意：我尽力记住所有的发言且练习了100多次。据With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest.和上下文，故该空填practiced。 .

9.考查副词。句意：消息传来，我得了第一名，我几乎不能相信我的耳朵时。据When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed me. 可知故填hardly。

10.副词。句意：那些瞧不起我的同学，现在都祝贺我。look down on看不起，是固定短语。据语境，故该空填down。

考点：阅读填词。