完形填空：从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
Life is not easy, so I'd like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was a young boy, I  1  very shy（害羞的）. My classmates often laughed(笑) at me. I was unhappy but could do  2 . Later, something happened and it changed my life. It was an English speech(演讲) competition. My English teacher asked me  3  part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak  4  all the teachers and students of my school!
“ 5 , boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win. ” Then my teacher and I  6
about many different topics. Finally I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I did my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my teacher's great love, I did  7 in the competition. I won the first place. I could hardly(几乎不) believe my  8
when the news came. I  9  the cheers from the teachers and students.
Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell  10 to be sure and I will find myself.
【小题1】A. will be                 B. was                  C. am
【小题2】A. something               B. anything             C. nothing
【小题3】A. take                    B. taking               C. to take
【小题4】A. after                   B. before               C. with
【小题5】A. Come on                 B. Go on                C. Turn on
【小题6】A. told                   B. talked               C. said
【小题7】A. good                    B. well                 C. interested
【小题8】A. ears                    B. eyes                 C. story
【小题9】A. listened                B. heard                C. sounded
【小题10】A. I                      B. my                   C. myself

根据对话内容，在空白处填写一个适当的话语（话语可能是一个单词、一个短语或一个句子），使对话完整。（10分）

 A: Hello, Sally! Congratulations to you on winning the first prize in the speech contest!

B: Thank you.

A: You 1.__________________ be shy when you talked to others. Why did you take part in the speech contest?

B: Yeah, I were shy years ago. And my mother was really 2.__________________ it. She told me I must have confidence in everything. She encouraged me to do that.

 A: How could you do such a good job?

 B: I practiced the speech every day. In order to make it good, I had practiced it hundreds of times

 A: 3. __________________ when you won the prize?

 B: I got excited and couldn’t help crying when I won the prize, but at first I could hardly believe I was the winner.

A: Did it change you?

B: Yes, it changed me a lot. And it made me feel 4._________________. I’m very thankful to all the people who have helped me.

A: Thanks for answering my questions.

B: 5.__________________.

I first had physics lessons when I was in Grade Eight some years ago. In class, I   1   that there wasn’t a Nobel (诺贝尔) Prize winner from China. That made me sad, and I decided to change (改变) it.   2   after that, I got up early in the morning. I turned on the light and took out a physics book. Then I started   3   quietly. I worked so hard because I had a great   4   — one day, I would be the first   5   person to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Later on, I found physics at school too easy for me. I wanted to learn   6  , so I made a reading plan and started to find answers to more difficult problems.
Now I am a top student in physics. I won the first prize in the national physics competition  last month. And I am happy to be closer to my dream after a few   7   hard work. Of course,   8   I have some problems. My classmates always   9   me when they are talking about fashion (时尚) or pop stars, because I know   10   about them. “Well, that doesn’t matter too much,” I tell myself. “They don’t know much about physics , but I won’t laugh at them.”
【小题1】A. joined           B. heard                 C. studied
【小题2】A. So              B. But                    C. And
【小题3】A. writing         B. reading                C. thinking
【小题4】A. dream          B. idea                 C. plan
【小题5】A. Chinese        B. Canada                C. American
【小题6】A. much           B. more                  C. most
【小题7】A. weeks’         B. months’              C. years’
【小题8】A. usually         B. always                C. sometimes
【小题9】A. depend on      B. look at                C. laugh at
【小题10】A. anything        B. nothing              C. everything

词语释义，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出与句中划线部分意义最接近的解释，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上。

1. At first, I found it hard to follow the teacher because she spoke too quickly.

A. easy B. difficult

C. heavyD. interesting

2.— Would you like to go swimming with us this afternoon?

— I’d love to. But I have to look after my cousin at home.

A. take care of B. take after

C. look the same as D. feed

3. — Excuse me. Is there a supermarket in the neighborhood?

— Yes, turn right at the corner and then follow your nose. You can’t miss it.

A. smell with your nose B. come there

C. go straight D. find your nose

4. I must study hard. I don’t want to let my teachers down because they give me much help.

A. make; happy B. make; tired

C. make; excitedD.make; disappointed

5.— It is a red-letter day for me. I won the first prize in the school competition contest.

— Really? Well done!

A. an important day B. an unhappy day

C. a busy day D. a free day