首字母填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。(共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分)

Tennis is in its second life. Its first game b  1.   in France. The name of the game comes from the French w  2.   "tennez". The English men c  3.   the game "tennis" when they watched the Frenchmen play 800 years ago.

The Englishmen liked the French game. Tennis courts were b  4.   in every park, in every city, just like today. The two countries played against each other. At first they played for h  5. . Then they won money. Later people began cheating（欺骗）to get money. Three hundred years ago the game was forbidden（禁止）to s  6.   the cheating. The game also d__7.___. Americans found the old courts when they went to Europe 100 years ago. They learned w __8.__   they could do about the game. They liked the game as the Englishmen did before. After returning home, the Americans built tennis courts. Tennis began to become p 9.   in all the United States. Now it is one of the most e  10.   games in the world again.

 

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
You’re standing with your classmates. E 【小题1】  is talking except you. Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at when you say. Maybe you just aren’t b 【小题2】 enough to speak.
Shyness is like a snake that crawls（爬进）into our mouth and s 【小题3】  us speaking. But we shouldn’t let it stay there.
I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes v 【小题4】me. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the
w 【小题5】  to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk. One summer, I got a j 【小题6】  in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers（顾客）. I had to tell them how m 【小题7】 
their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite.
This job taught me how to speak with people.
You may be too young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other c 【小题8】  to speak with people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. O 【小题9】 you can go to get a newspaper for your family.
If you do these things for a while, the ‘shyness’ snake will soon begin to l 【小题10】  you alone. It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into.

1. When you come to Yancheng, you can enjoy the BRT(快速公交). It’s ________ (舒适)

and fast. How fast our city is developing!

2. Many people don’t want to live in Tokyo(东京) because of the Nuclear(核) _________ (污染).

3. This  his ______ (九) year in Sheyang. He loves living here. He loves everything here.

4. We are looking forward to his __________ (到达). He is a famous singer.

5. China’s __________ (人口) is becoming aging (老龄化的). We must take action to prevent it.

6. —What’s the w__________ like today?   —The radio says it’s sunny.

7. If you read more, you will get more k__________. Do you believe it?

8. Boys like watching ball games very much, e__________ the NBA. Those basketball players are really wonderful.

9. When you go for a picnic, remember “S_______ is first. Keep away from the dangerous places. ”

10. Everyone must know the i__________ of learning English. It’s used the most widely in the world now.

11. Many __________ (mouse) destroyed the crops near the village. The farmers were   catching them everywhere.

12. He is __________ (true) sorry that he failed to pass the exam. But I don’t believe him, and you?

13. Millie doesn’t dance as __________ (beautiful) as her sister. She hasn’t practice it for a long time.

14. I would like Liu Qian to teach _________ (we) how to play magic. We admire him very much. He is my hero.       

15. Juan Antonio Samaranch(萨马兰奇)’s __________ (die) was a great loss to the whole

world. People loved him very much all over the world.