When I was told to play for a drama competition, I became nervous. I had never done anything like this before. But after reading Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, I was excited about what was to come. The story was great and the sentences were so funny. I wanted to give it a go.

I was playing Sir Toby Belch, a very funny old knight(骑士). I had to remember a lot of sentences and very funny old words. I worked hard in order to act well, like a real knight from the old days. But the most different job was to be funny in all my acting. This is quite different from the way I am in real life.

“OK. It’s time to be a different me now!” I said to myself. At first, I couldn’t do anything naturally. I didn’t know what to do when acting in this silly way. But I always told myself that I was Sir Toby now and I should forget who I really was. Even when I was in the bath, I was thinking about Sir Toby’s words and actions and trying to do everything like Sir Toby did.

The competition day finally came. When it was my turn to perform, I took a deep breath and began my part. I tried hard to make my words clear enough to be understood and my actions funny enough to make everybody laugh. When the results were finally read out, I immediately knew we had won first prize. I made it.

From this experience, I’ve come to know that I can be a different person. It’s doesn’t mean I’ve changed my personality, but I can do something I had never imagined possible.

38. When the writer finished reading the story, 　　　　 .

A. he was excited　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the competition began

C. he became nervous 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. he forgot who he really was

39. The expression “give it a go” in Paragraph 1 most probably means 　　　　 .

A. come on　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　 B. give up

C. run away　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　 D. have a try

40. The writer thought it was very difficult to be funny in all his acting because 　　　　 .

A. it was an old story

B. it was different from the way he was in real life

C. he was not interested in it

D. his classmates and teachers would laugh at him

41. From the last paragraph, we can learn that the writer 　　　　 .

A. has learned nothing from the experience

B. plans to meet and talk to different people

C. is looking forward to the next competition

D. can do something which seems impossible

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Mr.King worked in a factory. He was tall and (1) ，He liked playing basketball. He spent a lot of (2) on it and sometimes he Was late for the work. It made his boss (3) and one day the young mall (4) .He tried to find another piece of work，but he (5) .Several months later he got into trouble and lived a (6) life.

Once he met with his friend in the street. The mall felt (7) for him and introduced him to his brother who was a (8) of a spare time physical cultural school. It was just in great need of some swimming coaches and he began to (9) the children to swim there. He wasn't a good worker and he wasn't a good coach，either. Two months later the children (10) nothing. Few of them could swim in the (11) river.

It was Saturday and the weather was very (12) .The children wouldn't stay in the classroom and they hoped to swim in the river. Mr King found it was difficult to (13) them. He had to agree with them. Before they started，he drew a line (14) the knee of each child with a red pen. He said to them，“Come out of the river at once if the water (15) the line!”

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Thousands of years ago, people didn't live in cold places because they didn't know how to keep themselves warm. Later they learned to make clothes. When an animal was killed, they made use of its skins to cover their bodies.    【小题1】  .
【小题2】   . It once helped people find fire, when lighting hit a forest and started a fire.    【小题3】    The fire kept them warm, and also frightened wild animals. Soon people found the food cooked tasted much better, so they began to use the fire to cook food.
But people still didn't know how to make a fire. When they got a fire from the forest they tried to keep it burning.    【小题4】
But later they found different ways to make fire. For example, they made fire by burning wood or knocking two pieces of stones.
Today it's easy for people to make fire because they have matches, lighters and different kinds of heaters.    【小题5】
根据短文内容，把A-E五个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。