Question

【题目】Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything 【1】 , believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed 【2】 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it 【3】 my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take 【4】 in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak 【5】 all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to 【6】 .” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I 【7】 the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and 【8】 it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could 【9】__________ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked 【10】_________ on me, now all said congratulations to me.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】happens

【2】at

【3】changed

【4】part

【5】before

【6】win

【7】chose

【8】practiced

【9】hardly

【10】down

【解析】

试题分析：当任何事发生时，要相信你自己。因为害羞，作者的同学常常嘲笑他。后来，一件事情发生了，它改变了作者的生活。作者的妈妈要求作者参加英语演讲比赛，在妈妈的帮助鼓励下作者得了第一名。

【1】考查动词。句意：当任何事发生时，要相信你自己。据上下文，句子应该为一般现在时，anything是第三人称单数，故该空应填happens.

【2】考查介词。句意：我的同学常常嘲笑我。laugh at是固定短语，嘲笑……。据When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. I was sad but could do nothing.故该空填介词at。

【3】考查动词。句意：后来，一件事情发生了，它改变了我的生活。据happened，故该空应填changed。

【4】考查名词。句意：我的妈妈要求我参加它。take part in是动词短语，参加。

【5】考查介词。句意：它意味着我必须在学校的所有老师和同学面前讲话。据It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take in it.故该空应填before在……面前。

【6】考查动词。句意：你一定会赢。据Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! 和语境，不定式符号to+动词原形，故该空应填win赢。

【7】考查动词。句意：最后，我选择了这个题目“相信你自己”。句子是一般过去时，故填chose。

【8】考查动词。句意：我尽力记住所有的发言且练习了100多次。据With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest.和上下文，故该空填practiced。 .

【9】考查副词。句意：消息传来，我得了第一名，我几乎不能相信我的耳朵时。据When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed me. 可知故填hardly。

【10】考查副词。句意：那些瞧不起我的同学，现在都祝贺我。look down on看不起，是固定短语。据语境，故该空填down。