从方框中所给的12个词中选出10个词，并用其适当形式填入空白处，使补充后的短文意思通顺、前后连贯、结构完整。

"Do you speak English?"  Many guys  1  this embarrassing situation. You could look forward to  2  with somebody in English, but you are always afraid to  3  your mouth. You don't have enough courage, to  4  your dream. That is an obstacle（障碍） to progressing in spoken English. So we have the same goal to  5  through the obstacle. My pronunciation is not exactly  6 , even fully wrong.  According to my disadvantage, I will take  7  to improve my pronunciation at first and in my spare time do exercises in pronouncing. On the other hand, I  8 organize the sentence fast enough in mind, just because of lacking of exercises in  9  in English.

    There is no better ways to learn English than practicing more. No  10 , no gains. Let's take steps to make progress in spoken English.

American schools begin in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms in a school year, the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools.
High school students study only four or five subjects at a time. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have an assignment(课外作业) for every class. After class they have many activities.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money for college education (教育). But there are scholarships (奖学金) for good students, and many college students work part time in order to get money for their education.
【小题1】How long do American students study in school every year? 

Do you know what school life is like in Singapore? In Singapore, a class only lasts half an hour, but there are no breaks between classes. The students only have a 30-minute tea break after 3 or 4 classes.
They do not do eye exercises. Yao Suyu said our eye exercises were unfamiliar(不熟悉)to her. “I’d like to introduce them to our school,” she said. “They’re very useful!”
In Singapore school ends at 1:50 p.m. But students joined other classes after school such as dance clubs and choir(合唱团). Yao says she joins dance club twice a week and it lasts from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Singapore’s population(人口)includes Chinese, Indians(印度人), Malays(马来人 )and Westerners. But there is no special school for any one of the groups. The students in Yao’s school are mainly Chinese, Indians and Malays. “The Indian students take Indian language classes when we study Chinese,” said Yao. “But if an Indian student is interested in Chinese, he or she can study it, too.”
In Singaporean schools, teachers teach in English. It’s the official(官方的)language in Singapore. Singaporean students have to take different courses after school. Like most Singaporean students, Yao took other courses in Chinese, math and English.
【小题1】How long does a class last in Singapore?
                                                                          
【小题2】Do the students do eye exercises in Singapore?
                                                                          
【小题3】When does school end in Singapore?
                                                                          
【小题4】What does Singapore’s population include?
                                                                          
【小题5】In which language do teachers teach in Singaporean schools?
                                                                        

Some people like to get up early, but some do not. In fact, it is really good for us to get up early every day. Maybe those who don't like getting up early will not believe this, but it is true. Scientists made a survey in about one thousand people, and then they found that early rising(早起) people had less disease(疾病) than late rising people, and early rising people also look healthier than late rising people, and so on.

So we may know early rising is helpful in more than one way. First, it helps to keep us healthy. We all need fresh(新鲜的) air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides, it is useful to do morning exercises.

Secondly, early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more quickly and find it easier to understand what we learn.

Thirdly, early rising can give us a plan of our work for the day. We cannot work well without a good plan.

Fourthly, early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and faces and eat our breakfast.

Late risers may find it difficult to form the habit(养成习惯) of early rising. They have to make an effort(努力) to do so. As the English proverb says, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy(富裕的) and wise.”

1.Early rising people are          than late rising people.

A．fatter                                B．thinner

C．healthier                              D．Cleverer

2.Air is the freshest         according to the passage.

A．in the morning                         B．in the afternoon

C．in the evening                          D．all the day

3.Which of the following is the result of early rising?

A．People can get ready for their work.

B．People can get fresh air.

C．People can learn things more quickly and better.

D．All of the above.

4.If a man always likes to get up late, it's     for him to form the habit of getting up early.

A．easy                                 B．difficult

C．happy                                D．sad

5.As the English proverb says,            can make us healthy, wealthy and wise.

A．getting up early                         B．going to bed early

C．getting up late                          D．both A and B

Spring is an inviting season for outdoor activities. But be careful—the warm weather is also a hotbed for viruses(病毒) and disease.  

This March, the influenza(流行性感冒) A(H7N9) virus hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was reported that by April 11 at least 35 people had been infected (被感染的) with the H7N9 virus, and nine of them had died.

The influenza A (H7N9) virus is one type of influenza A H7 viruses. Influenza A H7 viruses normally spread among birds.

This is the first time human infections with H7N9 viruses have been reported in China. Earlier reports were about H5N1 and H1N1.

All the three viruses are influenza A viruses but they are not the same. H7N9 and H5N1 are animal influenza viruses that could infect people. However, H1N1 viruses can be divided into two groups. One group can normally infect people and the other normally infects animals. Also, H1N1 can spread from human to human, but H7N9 probably can’t, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Most people infected with H7N9 looked like they had the common flu. Some people had bad pneumonia(肺炎). They suffered from a fever, a cough and shortness of breath.

But don’t be afraid – it is not easy to be infected with the virus. One of the possible reasons is close contact with sick poultry (家禽) waste. People may also be infected through breath, according to National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Here are some tips from the WHO that can protect you from being infected.

Wash your hands with soap and running water before you eat, after you use the toilet, and after touching animals or animal waste.

When coughing or sneezing cover your mouth and nose with a mask(口罩)，tissue(纸巾) or a sleeve.

Get a good rest and do exercises, which will help make your body strong enough to stand up to the virus.

1.What’s the name of the influenza virus that hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang this March?

A．It is the H7N9 virus.                      B．It is the H5N1 virus.

C．It is the H1N1 virus.                      D．It is A H7 virus.

2.How many people had died by April 11according to the report?

A．About 35.                             B．About 9.

C．About 44.                             D．Nobody had died.

3.What’s the Chinese meaning for “stand up to” in the last paragraph?

A．起立             B．站着             C．抵抗             D．向上

4.Which is NOT true about protecting us from being infected by animal influenza viruses?

A．Wash our hands with soap and running water before we eat, after we use the toilet, and after touching animals or animal waste.

B．When we cough or sneeze we should cover our mouths and noses with a mask，tissue or a sleeve.

C．We should get a good rest and do exercises to make our bodies strong enough.

D．We should try to eat much and sleep much as possible as we can.