单词拼写

根据句意和首字母、汉语提示写出单词的正确形式。

24．Are there any v______for the competition? Please sign here on the paper．

25．It is quite i______to finish the task within two weeks with so few workers．

26．______（如今）a lot of people go abroad．

27．They searched t______the town for the lost child．

28．She was so rich that she was covered with ______（珠宝）．

29．In the war, the soldier was badly w______ in the head．

30．Though seemingly ______（凶猛）, the dog was gentle really．

31．This is a c________ （易混淆的） word because it has two meanings．                              

32．The _________（可能性） is that one smoker in four will die from smoking．

33．Such accidents should be ________ （避免）next time．

People often talk as if shyness is a disease or mental condition that can be cured. I prefer to think of it as an emotional disability. It’s something we are born with and something we carry with us in our entire lives. There are many people, however, who seem to be determined to find some way of doing away with their shyness. In my opinion, it’s a waste of time. I don’t mean that we should do nothing about it; quite the contrary, I think we need to separate the basic fact of our shyness from our ability to take part in a social environment.

Look at one of the most famous shy people, Johnny Carson. This man is painfully shy, yet for decades he made a living talking and associating(交往) with different people every night, in front of a national audience. Carson has never done away with his shyness, but he has successfully found a way to deal with it to the extent that he could be, not just a talk show host, but a legend(传奇) among talk show hosts. Look also at Sally Fields, who has recently admitted her problem with shyness. This is a woman who has appeared in many films, TV shows and interviews, yet in her early years she was so shy that she turned down a lunch invitation from Jane Fonda because she was terribly afraid of meeting her.

I guess that our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity and this insecurity prevents us from reaching out to others the way people with a more open personality do. As we groww*w^w.k&s#5@u.c~o*m up, we allow our social skills to grow and develop. But we are still stuck in kindergarten or elementary school or wherever it was when our shyness took root in our soul.

67. In the author’s view, shyness can be explained as ________.

  A. a disease that can be easily cured       B. a not very normal mental condition

C. an emotional disability               D. something we pick up after birth

68. The author believes it’s a waste of time to _________.

  A. develop a healthy personality         B. talk with people as much as possible

C. study where shyness comes from      D. look for ways to do away with one’s shyness

69. Which of the following is TRUE of Johnny Carson?

  A. He dared to speak in front of a national audience.

B. He did away with his shyness carefully.

C. He was described as a hero in some legend books.

D. He failed to become a good talk show host.

70. The underlined word “insecurity” in the third paragraph probably means “________”.

  A. feeling safe     B. feeling supported    C. feeling afraid     D. feeling comfortable

单词拼写

根据句意和首字母、汉语提示写出单词的正确形式。

24．Are there any v______for the competition? Please sign here on the paper．

25．It is quite i______to finish the task within two weeks with so few workers．

26．______（如今）a lot of people go abroad．

27．They searched t______the town for the lost child．

28．She was so rich that she was covered with ______（珠宝）．

29．In the war, the soldier was badly w______ in the head．

30．Though seemingly ______（凶猛）, the dog was gentle really．

31．This is a c________ （易混淆的） word because it has two meanings．                              

32．The _________（可能性） is that one smoker in four will die from smoking．

33．Such accidents should be ________ （避免）next time．

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 36 _____ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 37 _____, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who 38 _____, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 39 _____ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 40 _____ about her. She went to bed too 41 _____. The night before the first exam, Barbara 42 ____ that she have an early night and take a 43 ____ pill. She promised to wake 44 _____ up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 45 _____ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 46 ____, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 47 _____, but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. 48 _____ around her was writing pages and pages. 49 _____ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write 50 _____. She kept looking at her 51 _____. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 52 _____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 53 ____. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 54 ____ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 55 _____ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.