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 (舞臺) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社區(qū)) 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.
小題1:
A．letterB．callC．card D．email
小題2:
A．topicsB．regretsC．thoughts D．words
小題3:
A．man B．groupC．stageD．chance
小題4:
A．readB．spellC．seeD．recite
小題5:
A．hadB．forgot C．realizedD．improved
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)sked B．checkedC．explainedD．wondered
小題7:
A．usefulB．successfulC．difficultD．common
小題8:
A．wroteB．prepared C．gaveD．finished
小題9:
A．knew B．feltC．believedD．hoped
小題10:
A．easyB．greatC．helpful D．possible

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:B
小題10:D

試題分析：這篇文章講述了作者的第一次公眾演講的故事告訴我們?nèi)魏问虑橹灰_始了第一步，就一切皆有可能。
小題1:A. letter信   B. call電話           C. card 卡片  D. email電子郵件 根據(jù)后文可知：大約兩年前，作者接到了一個社區(qū)管理員的電話。故選C
小題2:A. topics主題     B. regrets      后悔      C. thoughts想法      D. words話語 根據(jù)句意：涌現(xiàn)出很多想法。故選C
小題3:A. man男人B. group團(tuán)體，組      C. stage 舞臺   D. chance機(jī)會  根據(jù)句意：作者想如果他錯過了這次機(jī)會，社區(qū)管理員以后就再也不邀請他參加任何節(jié)目了。故選D
小題4:A. read讀    B. spell拼寫      C. see 看見    D. recite背誦  根據(jù)句意：作者甚至不能準(zhǔn)確地讀出演講稿上的字。故選A
小題5:A. had有     B. forgot忘記             C. realized 意識到      D. improved提高  根據(jù)句意：那天，作者意識到了自己最大的弱點(diǎn)：公眾演講。故選C
小題6:A. asked 問        B. checked 檢查  C. explained解釋        D. wondered想知道 根據(jù)句意：作者見了管理員并解釋自己怎么了。故選C
小題7:A. useful有用的    B. successful  成功的  C. difficult 困難的          D. common普通的 根據(jù)句意：他說中很正常。故選D
小題8:A. wrote寫         B. prepared準(zhǔn)備         C. gave給   D. finished完成 根據(jù)句意：作者認(rèn)真的準(zhǔn)備了講稿。故選B
小題9:A. knew知道   B. felt 感到   C. believed 相信     D. hoped希望 根據(jù)句意：作者感到自己進(jìn)步了。故選B
小題10:A. easy容易的    B. great偉大的   C. helpful有用的 D. possible可能的 根據(jù)句意：作者學(xué)到了如果我們開始了第一步任何事情都是可能的。故選D
點(diǎn)評：文章結(jié)構(gòu)明確，多以短句為主。對于初三的完形填空重在理解句意和上下文銜接的邏輯關(guān)系。不提倡看一個做一個，這樣很容易錯選答案從而導(dǎo)致整篇文章脫離主題�？梢杂没◣追昼娺M(jìn)行整體的閱讀，再結(jié)合文意進(jìn)行逐一作答。
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