Question

When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how 1. (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other 2. (choose), though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer--something to pride myself in. But the hard part 3. (lie) in my oral presentation; to read from 4. paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech 5. my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs 6. (tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 7. back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After8. seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building 9. , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it, 10. we will be able to achieve our goals.

Answer 1

1.terribly

2.choice

3.lay

4.the

5.from

6.trembling

7.myself

8.what

9.up

10.and

【解析】

试题分析：题目主要考查学生对冠词、介词、副词、反身代词、连词、动词短语、时态、with复合结构等基础知识和语法知识的掌握情况。

1.terribly。

2. no other choice没有其它选择，choice选择，是名词，故填choice。

3.When I was a ten-year-old girl”可知，应该用一般过去时，lie in在于，lie的过去式是lay，故填lay。

4.to read from paper was not allowed演讲不允许看演讲稿，这里特指作者写的演讲稿，用定冠词，故填the。

5.I had to give the speech my memory作者不得不依靠自己的记忆来做演讲，这里指演讲的内容来自作者的记忆力，故填from。

6.trembling。

7.Gradually I found back作者逐渐发现自己恢复了意识，这里指作者自己，应该用反身代词myself，故填myself。

8.what。

9. up逐渐增加，增强，这里指作者的自信心不断增加，故填up。

10. we overcome it, we will be able to achieve our goals.，故填and。

考点：考查冠词；介词；副词；反身代词；连词；动词短语；时态；with复合结构