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 (舞台) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社区) 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.

【小题1】
A.letterB.callC.card D.email
【小题2】
A.topicsB.regretsC.thoughts D.words
【小题3】
A.man B.groupC.stageD.chance
【小题4】
A.readB.spellC.seeD.recite
【小题5】
A.hadB.forgot C.realizedD.improved
【小题6】
A.asked B.checkedC.explainedD.wondered
【小题7】
A.usefulB.successfulC.difficultD.common
【小题8】
A.wroteB.prepared C.gaveD.finished
【小题9】
A.knew B.feltC.believedD.hoped
【小题10】
A.easyB.greatC.helpful D.possible

A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.

But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..

At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”

Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”

1.The driver stopped his car because he ___________.

A.didn’t know the time

B.lost his watch

C.saw his friend

D.was very tired

2.He was woken up again by the second person ___________.

A.a few minutes later

B.half an hour later

C.forty-five minutes later

D.the next morning

3.The driver ___________ after he put up the note on the window.

A.had a very good rest

B.was woken up again very soon

C.really forgot the time

D.made a phone call to the third person

4.The third person came to knock at the window to ___________.

A.ask the time

B.have a sleep

C.tell him the time

D.ask for help

5.According to this passage, we know that ___________.

A.the driver didn’t have his own house

B.the first two persons liked the driver’s watch

C.the third person was kind and friendly

D.the driver had a good sleep last night

 

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