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.

阅读下面的内容，将划线部分的句子译成汉语或英语。（共5个小题，每小题2分）

    Last year my English class was difficult1.first of all, it wasn't easy tor me to understand, what the teacher said .To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn't understand every word. Later on, I realized that it doesn't matter if you don't understand every word2.I was also afraid to speak in class. because I thought my classmates might laugh at me. I couldn't always make complete sentences, either. Then I started to watch English-language TV. 3.这很有帮助. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of  the secrets of becoming a good language learner. I also found English grammar very difficult. 4.50 I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class. Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning It's amazing how much this helped. 5.现在我喜爱学英语

【小题1】—I’ve decided to pull out the tooth. I can’t stand this pain.
—I’m afraid you’ve made a wrong _________(decide). You’d better see the dentist and take his advice.
【小题2】—Great changes have taken place in Nanjing in the last few years.
—That’s true. I hope there __________(be) a lot more changes to our hometown.
【小题3】 —You’ve played Angry Birds for two hours. Don’t you think it’s boring?
—No, not at all. But I need to rest _______ (I) for a while now.
【小题4】 —The petrol price has risen above eight yuan. I’d prefer riding to_____(drive) from now on.
—Isn’t that good news? You can do some exercise on the way.
【小题5】—Miss Williams, I’m afraid I cannot answer this question.
—Never mind. Even though you answer it ______(correct), just have another try.
【小题6】—Will the second ________(Asia) Youth Games be held in Nanjing next year?
—Yes. The slogan is Youthful Celebration, Passionate Asia.

Bob’s Travel Diary(旅游日记)

Tuesday, July 16th

　 Today is rained ,so we went to a museum(博物馆).It was 　36 boring. I found(发现) a small boy 　37 in the corner. He was lost(迷路) and I helped him find 　38 father. That

39 me feel very happy. I didn’t have 　40 money for a taxi, so we walked back 　41

the hotel. I was really tired.

Wednesday, July 17th

　 Today the 　42 was cool, so we decided to 　43 tennis(网球).We played all morning. It was really fun. We had Sichuan 　44 for dinner. 45 was delicious(美味可口的)!

36. A. kind of　　　　　　　 B. with　　　　　　　 C. on

37. A. singing　　　　　　　 B. going　　　　　　　 C. crying

38. A. they　　　　　　　　 B. his　　　　　　　　 C. my

39. A. take　　　　 　　　　B. made　　　　　　　 C. get

40. A. some　　　　　　　 B. no　　　　　　　　　 C. any

41. A. on　　　　　　　　 B. to　　　　　　　　　　 C. with

42. A. weather　　　　　　 B. whether　　　　　　 C. bus

43. A. go　　　　　　　　 B. take　　 　　　　　　C. play

44. A. bus　　　　　　　　 B. car　　　　　　　　　 C. food

45. A. It　　　　　　　　　 B. He　　　　　　　　　 C.S he

I heard the bees long before I saw them.

It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.

I heard a low hum(嗡嗡声)，which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.

All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would think I was just another rock.

After a few minutes, I knew my plan hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.

But it wasn’t so easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no choice.

I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don’t remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful.

But we still weren’t out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.

1. How many people went swimming that day?

2.The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 3) refers to        .

3. At first why didn’t the writer want to climb down the rocks?

4. How did the writer escape the bees?

5.In what order are the following mentioned in the story?

a. The writer rushed down the rocks.

b. John jumped into the water.

c. The low hum grew louder.

d. The bees flew back over their heads.

e. The bees were attacking the writer.