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.

1.                A．letter          B．call            C．card D．email

2.                A．topics          B．regrets         C．thoughts D．words

3.                A．man           B．group          C．stage D．chance

4.                A．read           B．spell           C．see  D．recite

5.                A．had            B．forgot          C．realized  D．improved

6.                A．asked          B．checked        C．explained D．wondered

7.                A．useful          B．successful       C．difficult   D．common

8.                A．wrote          B．prepared        C．gave D．finished

9.                A．knew          B．felt            C．believed  D．hoped

10.               A．easy           B．great          C．helpful    D．possible

I like movies best. Last week, I   1  a movie called ⅠRobot. It tells us a story about the future with robots. It is the year of 035 and people can see robots everywhere. Robots can help people do a lot of things, like looking   2 the old people or babies, washing, cooking, cleaning or taking dogs for a walk. Robot does everything people ask them to do   3 . But a policeman ,    4  Spooner ,doesn’t like robots. Because he doesn’t think that people can live well   5 robots. One day a scientist kills himself. He leaves（留下） a robot. Some time later Spooner finds    6  wrong with the robots in the world. A   7  robots have their own thoughts(思想) and want to control(控制) the people. If the robots succeed（成功）, it will be very   8 for people. Susan is another scientist working on robots. Finally, Susan and Spooner decide to   9  together to fight against these robots. At last, they succeed. People control the robots again. I think the movie is very interesting. If you are  10   in it, why not go and see it?

1.                A．watched        B．watch          C．saw  D．see

2.                A．at             B．after           C．for  D．up

3.                A．good           B．nice            C．well D．fine

4.                A．name          B．call            C．calling    D．called

5.                A．and            B．with            C．without   D．or

6.                A．nothing         B．anything        C．something D．everything

7.                A．little           B．lot             C．few  D．lots

8.                A．dangerous      B．lucky           C．danger   D．exciting

9.                A．worked         B．working         C．work D．works

10.               A．interesting      B．interested      C．interest   D．interests

The underlined part (划线部分) of “radio” is pronounced (发音) different from  ______.

A．sale              B． April            C．have             D．table

I like movies best. Last week, I   36   a movie called I, Robot . It tells us a story about the future with robots.  It is the year of 2035 and people can see robots everywhere. Robots can help people do a lot of things, like looking   37  the old people or babies, washing, cooking, cleaning or taking dogs for a walk. Robot does everything people ask them to do   38 . But a policeman    39  Spooner doesn’t like robots. Because he doesn’t think that people can live well   40  robots.

Sandy didn’t tell her parents that she was going home because she wanted to give them a _______.

A．gift              B．call              C．surprise           D．note