It was so ________ having to sing in public.A...

It was so ________ having to sing in public.

A．embarrassed       B．embarrassing       C．nervous           D．embarrassingly

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---You seemed to have been impressed by his songs.

---Well, not exactly so. It was his way of singing____ his voice that really impressed me.

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Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked old. We decided it was time to 1the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing  2 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together: “Not the measuring stick.”

“No,” I 3them. “Not the measuring stick..”

The measuring stick isn’t a (an) 4 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge we’ve 5 each child’s growth by making a mark showing his or her 6 on every birthday. Over the years so many colored pens, pencils and markers have been used, that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract painting.

Names and dates show different 7 , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At the parties, when this door 8 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 9 the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 10 and go back right up into place, 11 to be measured.

Many of those listed on the door are still 12 ; some have stopped. Some remain with us only in 13. When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too. It was her last visit to our home.

We haven’t 14 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the back of the kitchen door will always remain 15, with lots of names and dates in various colors.

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It’s my ________ to make sure that the disabled people in our neighborhood have access to all public buildings.

A. ambition         B. behavior             C. dignity          D. assistance

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He’s obviously quite embarrassed about it so he ____ me to tell anyone.

A. prevented           B. owed                C. permitted          D. forbade

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He’s obviously quite embarrassed about it so he ____ me to tell anyone.

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In high school, “cool” is the rule, so teenagers will do anything to avoid possibly embarrassing situations.

But not Samantha Elton, 15. She seeks them out. And if she can make a fool of herself as in the process, well, that’s even better.

For the past two years, Elton, has been a practitioner of improvisation, doing things that others would be embarrassed to consider.

Elton is a member of High School Jesters, a group that teaches improvisation techniques to students. The group was founded two years ago by Nicholas Kopatich, himself a keen improviser.

“I was sitting in my dorm room and some friends were having chats about comedy and improvisation,” Kopatich recalls. They asked for lessons after Kopatich told them he had improvisation experience. The small group turned out to be pretty good at it, so they did a show for the dorm. And things snowballed.

While even her mother marvels at Elton’s ability to get up in front of audience without a script to fall back on, the teen enjoys such opportunities. Performing improvisation comes with a certain freedom that theater doesn’t provide.

“What I like about it the most is that I don’t have to be a certain character or a certain way, and because of that I can’t get anything wrong,” Elton says, “I get to write the story while I’m doing it.”

Monica Elton, Samantha’s mom, thinks the workshops are a valuable outlet that a lot of students may not get in their schools. High school kids don’t usually like to act silly or look uncool, she says, but improvisation teaches them that it’s OK to have flaws.

“I like to think we give kids positively that allows them to gain confidence,” says Brent Mukai, a High School Jesters instructor. The great thing about improvisation is that it is an art form that is open to anyone. But there’s more to it than getting up in front of audience and telling jokes or acting silly.

“You don’t need to be the most amazing actress to be an improviser,” Samantha Elton says, “It’s really a place where I can show people my creativity. I can paint pictures for people and entertain others.”

It’s really free.

1.What do we know about improvisation?

A. Performers act as a certain character.

B. Performers need a script to act on.

C. Performers intend to make audience embarrassed.

D. Performers develop the story as they are playing.

2.According to Monica, practicing improvisation made Elton _______.

A. treat flaws as normal things

B. accept cool as the rule

C. avoid doing embarrassing things

D. care about what others comment on her

3.It can be inferred that Kopatich formed High School Jesters _______.

A. on purpose　　 B. by accident

C. for business　　　 D. out of curiosity

4.The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A. teens make a fool of themselves

B. teens perform improvisation to be cool

C. teens express creativity through arts

D. teens gain confidence in the improvisation

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---It was dangerous to throw that bottle out of the window. You could have hurt someone.

---I’m so sorry! I _______ .

A．am not thinking     B．wasn’t thinking    C．haven’t thought   D．don’t think

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Last month we spent so much to have the roof　　　　 , for it was broken.

A.replaced B.replacing C.to replace D.being replaced

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---Have you finished the report?

---Oh, sorry. It was so noisy in the office that I couldn't _______ down to write anything.

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