Question

根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的短语填空，使对话内容完整正确。

laughed at,  too shy to,   tried my best,  sure,   could hardly

 
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself!”. When I was a young boy, I was   【小题1】  speak to anyone. My classmates often   【小题2】 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are   【小题3】  to win.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last, I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I    【小题4】 to remember all the speech and practised it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I   【小题5】  believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students.

Answer 1

【小题1】too shy to     
【小题2】laughed at
【小题3】sure 
【小题4】tried my best 
【小题5】could hardly  

解析试题分析：本文讲述了作者原来很害羞，但是后来在妈妈的帮助下经过努力，在演讲比赛中活动第一名的故事，从而变成一个自信的人。
【小题1】根据题干及下文内容可知，本句的意思是“我太害羞而不与他人讲话。”故选too shy to。
【小题2】根据上句可知，作者很害羞，其原因是作者害怕别人嘲笑自己。故用laughed at。
【小题3】根据语境，这是他妈妈安慰他的话，其意思应是“你一定会赢。”故选sure。
【小题4】根据题干，本句的意思是“我尽我最大的努力记住所有的演讲内容。”“尽最大努力”是try one’s best.故填tried my best。
【小题5】根据题干，本句的意思是”当我获得第一名的消息传来的时候，我几乎不能相信自己的耳朵。”所以本题选could hardly。
考点：本题考查选词填空。
点评：在阅读时，应该注意事情发展的顺序，根据文章的意思，进行合理的推测，从而选出合适的单词；另外，应注意文章的时态，上下句的关系等。当然本题所给的词，已经进行了变形，相对就容易的多了。