完型填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）

People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from "Stage Fright". Stage fright makes a person   1 . In that case it can make one's mind go back and forget  2 one ought to say or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or   3 .

Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to   4  themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a sad   5 .

She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths   6  helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.

Miss Nichols advises her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be perfect. It's   7  to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too nervous while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and   8  what helped and what did not. 9  they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to  10  stage fright, not to smooth it away completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and improves the performance.

1.                A．joyful          B．proud          C．nervous  D．hopeless

 

2.                A．when          B．what           C．how D．whether

 

3.                A．others         B．other          C．another  D．the other

 

4.                A．cure           B．control         C．hold D．protect

 

5.                A．experience      B．activity         C．process   D．event

 

6.                A．usually         B．too            C．also  D．sometimes

 

7.                A．sure           B．terrible         C．necessary D．all right

 

8.                A．put out         B．find out         C．look for   D．search for

 

9.                A．As             B．While          C．Before   D．Until

 

10.               A．change         B．produce        C．improve   D．reduce

 

 

请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。

1. To tell you the truth, Mrs. Bird, I don’t like chicken ____________（也）!

2. Don’t be ______________ (紧张的). Everything will be OK.

3. Not using plastic bags helps ______________ (keep sth. safe away from danger) the   environment.

4. We haven’t ______________ (make up one’s mind) whether to have a picnic or not.

5. People all over the world love ______________ and want no war.

 

请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。

1. To tell you the truth, Mrs. Bird, I don’t like chicken ____________（也）!

2. Don’t be ______________ (紧张的). Everything will be OK.

3. Not using plastic bags helps ______________ (keep sth. safe away from danger) the   environment.

4. We haven’t ______________ (make up one’s mind) whether to have a picnic or not.

5. People all over the world love ______________ and want no war.

 

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!” “What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered. “Mum, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
【小题1】The girl walked back because _______.

A．the bathroom was too far away.

B．her mother wouldn’t go with her

C．she was too afraid of the dark

D．the bedroom door was locked

【小题2】We learn from the reading that _______.

A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself

B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing

C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath

D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

【小题3】To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl ________.

A．held out her little hands

B．clenched her fists

C．talk to her mother

D．held her own breath

【小题4】The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A．adults are always brave enough

B．children learn to be brave quickly

C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem

D．the mother can deal with anything with breath

【小题5】Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Fearless Mother

B．One Lonely Girl

C．One midnight

D．The Breath of Courage

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.

Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”

“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.

“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.

“Mum, do you have courage?”

“Certainly.”

The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”

After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.

Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”

In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.

1.The girl walked back because __________.

A．the bathroom was too far away.	B．her mother wouldn’t go with her
C．she was too afraid of the dark	D．the bedroom door was locked

2. We learn from the reading that ___________.

A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself	B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath	D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

3.To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

A．held out her little hands	B．clenched her fists
C．talk to her mother	D．held her own breath

4.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A．adults are always brave enough	B．children learn to be brave quickly
C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem	D．the mother can deal with anything with breath

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Fearless Mother	B．One Lonely Girl
C．One midnight	D．The Breath of Courage