单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1. After the earthquake, everything in the city was d     ____   . Nothing was left.

2.Your n___________ country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up.

3.I like modern art while she is f__________ of folk music.

4.The mudslide in Zhou Qu has been one of the greatest d___________ that hit China these years.

5.In order to understand the English novel well, you need to have a large v_________ .

6.The film Titanic is b      ____    on a true story that happened in 1912.

7.After g    ___      from a junior middle school, she entered Wenzhou Middle School.

8.He shook his head, which meant that he d_____________ with me.

9. I am heartily g_____________ to you for your help and thank you again.

10. Rescuers tried their best to save the visitors who were t  ___      in Taiwan by tphoon Megi.

People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from “Stage Fright. ” Stage fright makes a person nervous. In the worst case(情况) it can make one's mind go back and forget what one ought to say,  or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts(节目主持人) have suffered from stage fright at one time or another.

Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical centre in New York City. She helps actors learn to control themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a fearful experience.

She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths also helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.

Miss Nichols persuades her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to the perfect. It's all right to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too cautions(谨慎的) while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and find out what advice helped and what did not. As they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to eliminate it completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more cautious, and improves the performance.

1 One who is suffering stage fright may        .

A. forget one's part before the audience

B. smile all the time on the stage

C. make a speech fast than ever

D. be cautious to improve his performance

2 The underlined word “eliminate” in the last paragraph means        .

A. keep          B. reduce           C. change          D. get rid of

3 The wrong way to overcome stage fright is        .

A. to smile before going to the stage.

B. to take two deep breaths to calm oneself

C. to pay less attention to one's mistakes in performance

D. to perform less and to watch more

4 Which of the following statements is right?

A. We can get rid of stage fright completely.

B. A little stage fright can make actors perform better.

C. We can reduce stage fright as much as one third.

D. A little stage fright leads to complete failure.

People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from “Stage Fright. ” Stage fright makes a person nervous. In the worst case(情况) it can make one's mind go back and forget what one ought to say,  or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts(节目主持人) have suffered from stage fright at one time or another.
Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical centre in New York City. She helps actors learn to control themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a fearful experience.
She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths also helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.
Miss Nichols persuades her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to the perfect. It's all right to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too cautions(谨慎的) while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and find out what advice helped and what did not. As they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to eliminate it completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more cautious, and improves the performance.
1 One who is suffering stage fright may        .
A. forget one's part before the audience
B. smile all the time on the stage
C. make a speech fast than ever
D. be cautious to improve his performance
2 The underlined word “eliminate” in the last paragraph means        .
A. keep          B. reduce           C. change          D. get rid of
3 The wrong way to overcome stage fright is        .
A. to smile before going to the stage.
B. to take two deep breaths to calm oneself
C. to pay less attention to one's mistakes in performance
D. to perform less and to watch more
4 Which of the following statements is right?
A. We can get rid of stage fright completely.
B. A little stage fright can make actors perform better.
C. We can reduce stage fright as much as one third.
D. A little stage fright leads to complete failure.

Minimalism (简约主义) is a term that describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is reduced to its most basic features.
As for me, minimalism functions well not in art or design, but in my daily life.
When I was packing for university, I found it extremely difficult to let go of some of the things I owned. I knew I couldn’t take everything with me, but I kept asking myself “how could I possibly throw this away?”, “what if I need it one day?”, and “what about all of the memories?” Now that I’ve moved, and left that stuff behind, I don’t even miss it. Whether or not I got rid of it, it barely makes a bit of difference to me now.
I’ve learned that over time people forget, or their need for a particular object eventually disappears. Either they store it away or they get rid of it.
You might think nostalgically（怀旧的） about the toys you cared about when you were a child, but what is making you smile now is not the thing itself but the memory of it. 1’ve heard it a hundred times, “you don’t need things to make you happy.” It takes something life-changing like moving across the country to realize how true this is.
Speaking of which, for a lot of people, minimalism is about able to move. It’s about being able to go almost anywhere at any time because you don’t have many possessions to carry. When you keep things you don’t need they become a burden that ties you to a place. Moving to university was a good time to let go of a lot of stuff. And when I visit for the holidays, I’ll probably get rid of even more, to lighten the burden.
Of course there are exceptions. There are some things that are irreplaceable, very rare or expensive or we simply love and cherish for some reason or another, since we are humans. But after we keep those, how much is left that we don’t really need?
Hence, minimalism. And why does minimalism bring happiness? That was a bit of a roundabout way of saying that, it’s because what really makes me happy is freedom. And the key to freedom is minimalism because minimalism reduces our attachment to things.
Attachment to too many objects creates a great mess and can severely hold back our freedom to do whatever we want, while minimalism helps us start new projects, move, travel, learn new things, work, expand, be debt-free, be healthy – really living life to our full potential.
I left the nest to fly onwards and upwards, I can’t do it with old things weighing me down. And that is why I have adopted minimalism with open arms.
【小题1】In paragraph l, the writer gives the definition of minimalism to      .

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】 After the earthquake, everything in the city was d     ____   . Nothing was left.
【小题2】Your n___________ country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up.
【小题3】I like modern art while she is f__________ of folk music.
【小题4】The mudslide in Zhou Qu has been one of the greatest d___________ that hit China these years.
【小题5】In order to understand the English novel well, you need to have a large v_________ .
【小题6】The film Titanic is b      ____    on a true story that happened in 1912.
【小题7】After g    ___      from a junior middle school, she entered Wenzhou Middle School.
【小题8】He shook his head, which meant that he d_____________ with me.
【小题9】 I am heartily g_____________ to you for your help and thank you again.
【小题10】 Rescuers tried their best to save the visitors who were t  ___      in Taiwan by tphoon Megi.