Question

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say,“When anything happens, believe in yourself.”When I was 14,  I was__1__ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later__2_ happened. It affected my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an__3 idea! It meant I had to___4__ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic” Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to _5_ all the speech and practised it over 100 times.  __6__my mother’s great help, I did well in the contest. I could hardly (幾乎不) believe my _7_ when the news came —— I won the first place. I heard the   8 from the teachers and students. Those__9__looked down on （瞧不起）me before, but they now all said congratulations to me. My mother hugged (擁抱)me and cried excitedly.
Since then, everything changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell  10 to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
【小題1】A. so            B. too          C. very
【小題2】A. something     B. nothing      C. anything
【小題3】A. interesting   B. exciting     C. terrible
【小題4】A. say           B. speak        C. tell
【小題5】A. remember      B. see          C. hear
【小題6】A. At            B. To           C. With
【小題7】A. ears          B. eyes         C. result（結(jié)果)
【小題8】A. cheers        B. wishes       C. thanks
【小題9】A. boys          B. girls        C. classmates
【小題10】A. my mother     B. him          C. myself

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】A
【小題6】C
【小題7】A
【小題8】A
【小題9】C
【小題10】C

解析【小題1】根據(jù)句式“too…to太……而不能”,故選答案“too”。
【小題2】根據(jù)句意“后來(lái)發(fā)生了一些事，影響了我的生活”應(yīng)選“something”。
【小題3】根據(jù)上下文的意思，母親讓作者參加英語(yǔ)演講比賽，作者認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)“可怕”(terrible)的主意。
【小題4】發(fā)表演講應(yīng)該用“speak”。
【小題5】根據(jù)句意作者記住(remember)了演講稿并且練習(xí)了100遍。
【小題6】根據(jù)句式“with one’s help在……幫助下”故選答案“with”。
【小題7】根據(jù)句意 “我獲得冠軍的消息傳來(lái)，幾乎不敢相信我的耳朵。”故選ears。
【小題8】“cheers”此處是指來(lái)自老師和同學(xué)贊美和鼓勵(lì)。
【小題9】句意“以前看不起我的同學(xué)也來(lái)想我祝賀”故選“classmates”。
【小題10】“tell myself”是指作者在心中暗暗告誡自己---找到自我不僅為個(gè)人還為了一個(gè)國(guó)家。