Question

My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞臺) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社區) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n)   1   from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.
The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many   2   were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this   3  , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.
I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to   4   the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I   5   my biggest weakness: public speaking.
After I finished, I met with the chairman and   6   what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very   7  . He suggested that I should come again the next week.
I   8   a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I   9   I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.
For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.    
I learned that everything is   10   if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.

【小題1】

A．letter B．call C．card D．email

【小題2】

A．topics B．regrets C．thoughts D．words

【小題3】

A．man B．group C．stage D．chance

【小題4】

A．read B．spell C．see D．recite

【小題5】

A．had B．forgot C．realized D．improved

【小題6】

A．asked B．checked C．explained D．wondered

【小題7】

A．useful B．successful C．difficult D．common

【小題8】

A．wrote B．prepared C．gave D．finished

【小題9】

A．knew B．felt C．believed D．hoped

【小題10】

A．easy B．great C．helpful D．possible

Answer 1

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

解析試題分析：這篇文章講述了作者的第一次公眾演講的故事告訴我們任何事情只要開始了第一步，就一切皆有可能。
【小題1】A. letter信   B. call電話           C. card 卡片  D. email電子郵件 根據后文可知：大約兩年前，作者接到了一個社區管理員的電話。故選C
【小題2】A. topics主題     B. regrets      后悔      C. thoughts想法      D. words話語 根據句意：涌現出很多想法。故選C
【小題3】A. man男人B. group團體，組      C. stage 舞臺   D. chance機會  根據句意：作者想如果他錯過了這次機會，社區管理員以后就再也不邀請他參加任何節目了。故選D
【小題4】A. read讀    B. spell拼寫      C. see 看見    D. recite背誦  根據句意：作者甚至不能準確地讀出演講稿上的字。故選A
【小題5】A. had有     B. forgot忘記             C. realized 意識到      D. improved提高  根據句意：那天，作者意識到了自己最大的弱點：公眾演講。故選C
【小題6】A. asked 問        B. checked 檢查  C. explained解釋        D. wondered想知道 根據句意：作者見了管理員并解釋自己怎么了。故選C
【小題7】A. useful有用的    B. successful  成功的  C. difficult 困難的          D. common普通的 根據句意：他說中很正常。故選D
【小題8】A. wrote寫         B. prepared準備         C. gave給   D. finished完成 根據句意：作者認真的準備了講稿。故選B
【小題9】A. knew知道   B. felt 感到   C. believed 相信     D. hoped希望 根據句意：作者感到自己進步了。故選B
【小題10】A. easy容易的    B. great偉大的   C. helpful有用的 D. possible可能的 根據句意：作者學到了如果我們開始了第一步任何事情都是可能的。故選D
考點：人生百味類議論文
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