Question

  Life is not easy,so I，d like to say, "When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

  When I was a young boy,I was (1) shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often (2) me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, (3) happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to  (4) it. What a terrible idea!It meant I had to speak (5) all the teachers and students of my school！

  "Come on,boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to (6) ”Mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I (7) the topic "Believe in Yourself". I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 (8) With my mother's great love,I did (9) in the contest. I could hardly believe my (10) when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers(欢呼声) (11) the teachers and students. Those classmates (12 ) once looked down on(对不起）me,now all said "Congratulations！ " ( 13 ) me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.

(14) then,everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell (15)to be sure and then I will find myself. This is true not only for a person，but also for a country.
(   ) 1. A. too    B. so      C. quite    D. very

(   ) 2. A. made faces at    B. looked after   C. caught up with    D. laughed at
(   ) 3. A. nothing    B. something    C. everything    D. anything

(   ) 4. A. take part in    B. join    C. get    D. make

(   ) 5. A. with    B. to    C. among    D. before

(   ) 6. A. lose    B. win      C. pass    D. beat

(   ) 7. A. brought    B. reached   C. thought    D. chose

(   ) 8. A. words    B. times    C. topics    D. sentences

(   ) 9. A. well    B. good     C. bad    D. interested

(   ) 10. A. result    B. speech    C. eyes    D. ears

(   ) 11. A. from    B. of     C. for    D. to

(   ) 12. A. when    B. what    C. which    D. who

(   ) 13. A. to    B. at       C. with    D. on

(   ) 14. A. Except    B. Since    C. Before    D. From

(   ) 15. A. someone    B. me      C. everyone    D. myself

Answer 1

1. A too... to意为"太……而不能……"。

2. D   make faces at意为"对某人做鬼脸";look after意为"照看，照顾";catch up with意为"追上，赶上"; laugh at意为"嘲笑"。由下文可知应选D。

3. B   由下文的It changed my life.和It was an English speech contest.可知应选B。

4. A   参加某项活动应用take part in,参加某种组织用join。

5. D   由What a terrible idea!可知害羞的作者不愿在全校师生面前演讲，故选D。

6. B beat表示在比赛中打败某人，是及物动词,其宾语只能是表示人或团队的词语；win表示"赢"，其宾语是表示比赛、奖品等内容的词语，它还可作不及物动词,后面不接宾语;lose的意思是"失败,输";pass 表示"通过，及格"。

7. D   根据上文talked about many different topics可知作者是从许多题目中选择了Believe in Yourself作为

自己的演讲题目。

8. B此处指练习达100多次。

9. A do well in意为"在某方面做得好"。

10. D当作者听到自己得了冠军的消息时，几乎不相信自己的耳朵。

11. A因为获得了冠军，作者听到来肖同学和老师的欢呼声。

12. D who once looked down on me是修饰those classmates的定语从句。

13. A say congratulations to sb.意为"向某人表示祝贺"。

14. B since then意为"此后，从此就一直……"。

15. D根据下文I will find myself可知是告诉自己要自信。