“A public-speaking competition will be held n...

“A public-speaking competition will be held next Monday. Each student will give a two-minute speech,” Mr. Taylor said.

The idea of _____ in front of the class made me _____. On the bus home, I asked Tanya, “What will I give a speech about?”

“I don’t know. What can you ______ for two minutes?” she said.

“______!” I said. “All I’ll be able to _____ is my shaky legs and voice!”

I tried thinking and thinking. Maybe ...

“Yes!” I said. “I’ll talk about how scared I am of public speaking.”

For the whole ____, I felt nervous and worried. I wished for road-closing snow and I even ____ flying to South America.

The day came. It hadn’t ______, and I hadn’t gone on vacation. Fifty students went into the hall.

“Andrew Addison.” My name was called.

I stood up. I begged my legs to stop shaking but they didn’t _____.

“He-ll-o,” I said. Someone laughed quietly.

I _____ again, “Hello.”

Better — _____ I still sounded like a scared dog.

I looked at my notes but they were unclear in my hands. No _____ there. What was my first line? I closed my eyes.

Yes! That was it. “I _____ public speaking,” I said. Some laughed.

“My hands shake.” Another _____. I showed the _____ my shaking legs. Everyone laughed. I looked at Tanya and she gave me a big smile. My speech flooded back to me. My knees settled and my hands _____.

“Many people feel like ____ when they have to give a speech,” I stopped for a second. “But I guess I’m the only one who _____ bought a ticket to Brazil.” I was on a roll and my two minutes _____.

Laughter and clapping floated around me _____ I finished my speech. I had given my audience an excellent speech.

1.A.singing B.dancing C.speaking D.writing

2.A.excited B.frightened C.interested D.bored

3.A.talk about B.learn of C.find out D.wait for

4.A.Anything B.Everything C.Something D.Nothing

5.A.give away B.think about C.get into D.work out

6.A.morning B.week C.month D.year

7.A.considered B.risked C.enjoyed D.missed

8.A.rained B.cleared C.snowed D.blown

9.A.decide B.feel C.understand D.listen

10.A.failed B.tried C.cried D.moved

11.A.but B.or C.because D.so

12.A.time B.luck C.help D.money

13.A.regret B.choose C.forget D.hate

14.A.laugh B.joke C.game D.example

15.A.teachers B.students C.doctor D.audience

16.A.shook B.relaxed C.closed D.hurt

17.A.dreaming B.preparing C.disappearing D.celebrating

18.A.even B.almost C.also D.still

19.A.flew B.stopped C.started D.grew

20.A.since B.for C.as D.if

高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

—The sports meeting is due to be held next Monday.

—_________ it rains?

—Try to put it off.

A. What if　　 B. As if　　 C. Even if　　 D. Only if

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Toby will not be in London next Monday. He ______ in the Himalayas.

　A. will be climbing　   B. climbs           C. is climbing　        D. was climbing

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The 2020 summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo next year. Japan has made 5,000 medals for the winners. But this Olympic medals are more special than most----they are made entirely out of recycled electronics.

One new focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to make them “sustainable”----to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are environmentally friendly. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics. They needed gold for first place medals, silver for second, and bronze for third. You might not know it, but almost all electronics are made with small amounts of “precious” metals, like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals is a huge challenge. That's because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 2. 2 pounds (1kilogram) of gold.

Beginning in April 2017, organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices for the Olympic medals. Soon people began to fill up the boxes, turning in smart phones, digital cameras and laptops. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process. The Japanese mobile phone company NTT Docomo collected 6.21 million used cell phones. In all, around 158,000,000 pounds (71,667,660 kilograms) of electronics were collected.

Then came the job of breaking those phones down into smaller pieces. This is a difficult job. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things that go into electronics aren't safe for people to touch or breathe. That's why it's not a good idea to try something like this at home. Once the devices were broken down, the metals had to be carefully separated out. By the end of March, the organizers had hit their targets. The opening ceremony for the 2020 summer Olympics will take place in Tokyo on July 24,020.

1.What's special about the 2020 summer Olympics medals?

A.Shape. B.Material.

C.Meaning. D.Weight.

2.Why is it a challenge to collect enough metals for medals?

A.The Japanese people are unwilling to help.

B.Companies are recycling metals for profit.

C.The amount of metal in each device is small.

D.The amount of device with metals is limited.

3.What do the figures in paragraph 3 suggest?

A.The number of the used electronics is too large to deal with.

B.People in Japan are eager to get rid of their used electronics.

C.People in Japan are in great favor of the collecting process.

D.A number of metals are wasted to produce electronics in Japan.

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.The job of breaking down phones into pieces is tough.

B.The targets of collecting metals are hard to achieve.

C.The metals in the devices are easy to separate out.

D.The opening for the 2020 summer Olympics falls in June.

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If ________ for most of us, the meeting will be arranged next Monday evening.

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Now I'd like to talk to you about your final exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of the exam week. Remember to bring two of three pens in case you run out of ink. And unlike the mid-term exam, this test will not include multiple --- choice questions; it will consist entirely of essay. You'll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive, which means you'll be responsible for all of the subject matters we covered in class this term, I would suggest you review your mid-term exam as well as textbooks and your class notes. The final exam will count as 50 percent of your grade of the course. The research project will count as 20 percent and the mid-term exam 30 percent. I'll be in my office almost all day next Tuesday. If you run into any problems, please drop in. Good luck to you and I'll see you on Tuesday.

1.. What will be included in the exam?

A. There will be only multiple-choice questions.

B. The exam will contain both multiple-choice and essay questions.

C. The exam will have an oral and a written section.

D. There will be only essay questions.

2.Why does the teacher call the exam comprehensive?

A. It will be easy to understand.

B. Students will be tested on all the material discussed in class.

C. It will cover topics from a wide variety of subjects.

D. Students must complete all parts of it.

3.When was this talk most likely given?

A. During the first week of class               B. During mid-term week

C. On the last day of class                     D. On the last day of exam week

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In the competition to be held, a gold medal, together with a certain sum of money, _____ the champion.

A.   will be given to who will win               B.  will be given to whoever will become

C.   has been given to whoever wins             D.  was given to anyone who became

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

In the competition to be held, a gold medal, together with a certain sum of money, _____ the champion.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

When will the equipment arrive?

A. This Wednesday.　　 B. This Friday.　　 C. Next Monday.

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It was suggested that the meeting ______ the next day.

A. be held         B. must be held    C. held              D. should hold

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