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 (1)       shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often (2)       me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,        (3) happened,and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to (4)       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)       " 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 practiced it over 100 (8)       With my mother's great love,I did (9)       in the contest. I could hardly believe my (10)       when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers (欢呼声) (11)       the teachers and students. Those classmates (12)       once looked down on (瞧不起) me,now all said "Congratulations!" (13)       me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.

(14)       then,everything has changed for me. When I do anything,I try to tell (15)       to be sure and then I will find myself. This is true not only for a person,but also for a country.

(   ) 1. A. too   B. so   C. quite   D. very

(   ) 2. A. made faces at   B. looked after   

       C. caught up with   D. laughed at

(   ) 3. A. nothing   B. something   C. everything   D. anything

(   ) 4. A. take part in   B. join   C. get   D. make

(   ) 5. A. with   B. to   C. among   D. before

(   ) 6. A. lose   B. win   C. pass   D. beat

(   ) 7. A. brought   B. reached   C. thought   D. chose

(   ) 8. A. words   B. times   C. topics   D. sentences

(   ) 9. A. well   B. good   C. bad   D. interested

(   ) 10. A. result   B. speech   C. eyes   D. ears

(   ) 11. A. from   B. of   C. for   D. to

(   ) 12. A. when   B. what   C. which   D. who

(   ) 13. A. to   B. at   C. with   D. on

(   ) 14. A. Except   B. Since   C. Before   D. From

(   ) 15. A. someone   B. me   C. everyone   D. myself

Answer 1

1. A too... to意为"太……而不能……"。

2. D make faces at意为"对某人做鬼脸";look after意为"照看，照顾"；catch up with意为"追上，赶上"； laugh at意为"嘲笑"。由下文可知应选D.

3. B由下文的It changed my life.和It was an English speech contest.可知应选B.

4. A参加某项活动应用take part in ,参加某种组织用join。

5. D由What a terrible idea!可知害羞的作者不愿在全校师生面前演讲，故选D.

6. B beat表示在比赛中打败某人，是及物动词,其宾语只能是表示人或团队的词语;win表示"赢"，其宾语是表示比赛、奖品等内容的词语,它还可作不及物动词，后面不接宾语;lose的意思是"失败，输"；pass表示"通过,及格"。

7. D根据上文talked about many different topics可知作者是从许多题目中选择了Believe in Yourself作为自己的演讲题目。

8. B此处指练习达100多次。

9. A do well in意为"在某方面做得好"。

10. D当作者听到自己得了冠军的消息时，几乎不相信自己的耳朵。

11. A因为获得了冠军，作者听到来自同学和老师的欢呼声。

12. D who once looked down on me是修饰those classmates的定语从句。

13. A say congratulations to sb.意为"向某人表示祝贺"。

14. B since then意为"此后，从此就一直••••••"。

15. D根据下文I will find myself可知是告诉自己要自信。