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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?

Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of   1  classmates.

"I was wrong. It was very different and much  2  than talking to my classmates during playtime," Li said. "I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom   3  "

Li is not ___4____. Many middle school students now have the same   5  : they can talk about their ideas freely   6  their best friends after class, but can't speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 7  .

Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their  8  , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to.   9 he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time you should 10  more. When you're speaking in public, take it ___11___. Just imagine you're talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That  12 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident. "

1.                A．Her            B．my            C．your D．his

2.                A．harder         B．easier          C．better'   D．later

3.                A．slowly          B．quickly         C．sadly D．happily

4.                A．lonely          B．alone          C．only D．just

5.                A．answer         B．subject         C．problem  D．question

6.                A．except         B．beside          C．from D．with

7.                A．listening        B．speaking        C．reading   D．singing

8.                A．mouths         B．eyes           C．minds    D．hearts

9.                A．But            B．So             C．And D．Or

10.               A．play           B．practice        C．write D．Watch

11.               A．nervous        B．easy           C．hard  D．funny

12.               A．reports         B．keeps          C．hears D．Makes

The following is some information about Rony's foreign students in America.

　　Name：Claude Ansari

　　Country：France

　　Native Language(本族语)：French

　　Time in U. S.：10 months

　　Family：I live with my wife and two-year-old daughter.

　　Work：I was an art school student in France. But now I'm working as a cook.

　　Interests：I love to cook (and eat). I also like to go mountain climbing.

　　Name：Su Chen Wang

　　Country：China

　　Native Language：Chinese

　　Time in U. S.： 4 ycars

　　Family：I have 3 boys and 2 girls. They're all attending school(上学) here. My husband is a businessman and lives in Taiwan.

　　Work：I was a maths teacher but now I'm a housewife.

　　Interests：I like reading, listening to music and drawing.

　　Name：Norma Ruiz

　　Country：Russia

　　Native Language：Russian

　　Time in U. S.：2 years

　　Family：My family－my mother and 4 brothers－lives in Russia. I'm here by myself.

　　Work：I worked as a nurse in my country. Here I'm a driver.

　　Interests：I like to see films and buy videos. I love to study.

1．Su Chen Wang has ________ children.

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2．Who has lived in America for the shortest time?

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3．________ worked in a hospital a few years ago.

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4．Su Chen Wang's children are attending school in ________.

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5．Norma Ruiz lives in the U. S. ________.

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A．with her two-year-old daughter

B．with her husband

C．with her mother

D．alone

　　This is ___(1)___ classroom. It is ___(2)___ nice big room. ___(3)___ fifty students in our class. There are twenty-eight ___(4)___ and twenty-two girls. There are some desks and chairs in it. There is ___(5)___ near the window. There are some flowers ___(6)___ it. They are ___(7)___ our teacher. There are two maps on the wall. One is a map ___(8)___ China. The other ___(9)___ the map of the world（世界）. Mr. Green is our English teacher. It's eight o'clock now. We ___(10)___. He is a good teacher. We like him.