1 . Just before New Year, the principal (校长) called me into his office and asked me to read a poem written by me at the New Year party. “Sure,” I said with a smile, my dreams of being a famous ________ floating in my mind.

For weeks, I worked on my poem, ________ bettering the structure, sound, and voice. I reread my Emily Dickinson and William Wordsworth for ________. I practiced reciting it aloud. I revised, revised, revised. By December 30th, the day of the event, I was ________.

Well, I was confident until I looked around and realized how many people were there. And how big the hall was, and how ________ I felt about myself. How could I ________ a piece of my poetry to 800 people? My heart was beating so hard I thought everyone around me could ________ it. I was nervous. I could feel cool shakes run down my back. I couldn’t remember why I had said yes to the ________. Then the light darkened, the crowd quieted. It was starting.

Suddenly, I was on stage with the bright white lights blinding my view of the audience and the feeling that my ________ was closing up. I leaned in to the microphone and tried out my ________ as I read the title: “Let There Be Light.” My voice boomed (声音低沉洪亮) from the speakers loudly and sounded much more confident than I felt.

The room was ________ as I began my piece, and I tried to focus on the words and ________ the people. The words somehow ________ in the right order, the lines flowed together properly, and I even remembered which words to ________. I finally came to the last line of the poem and breathed a deep sigh of relief. It was over.

The room was dead silent. Maybe no one liked it. I felt like I was going to faint. Then out of the silence there was ________, cheering, and smiling. I had done it. I had shared a piece of my poetry with the world.

1.

A．singer

B．performer

C．poet

D．speaker

2.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．gently

D．intelligently

3.

A．relaxation

B．comfort

C．pleasure

D．inspiration

4.

A．ready

B．right

C．excited

D．tired

5.

A．strong

B．little

C．passive

D．shallow

6.

A．print

B．give

C．present

D．write

7.

A．see

B．feel

C．notice

D．hear

8.

A．audience

B．principal

C．poet

D．host

9.

A．throat

B．mind

C．dream

D．heart

10.

A．microphone

B．poem

C．voice

D．audience

11.

A．silent

B．clean

C．empty

D．noisy

12.

A．entertain

B．cheer

C．forget

D．observe

13.

A．gave out

B．ended up

C．spoke out

D．came out

14.

A．stress

B．translate

C．erase

D．choose

15.

A．whispering

B．clapping

C．crying

D．chatting

2 . 假如你是李华，外教Jim打算八月在中国旅行，有两条线路可以选择：“新疆之行”或者“丽江之旅”。Jim来邮件希望你能给些建议，请你给他回复，内容包括：
1. 你建议的线路；
2. 你的理由；
3. 注意事项。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,

I’m happy to receive your email telling me you’re traveling in China this August. Of the two trips to Xinjiang and Lijiang,

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

4 . The course schedule is ________ ________ (随……附上) this email so that you can plan in advance. （根据汉语提示完成句子）

6 . The harder you work, the more likely you will ________ ________ ________ (被……录取) a famous university. （根据汉语提示完成句子）

7 . This naughty boy can’t be so lucky as to ________ ________ ________ (逃脱……的惩罚) by his father every time. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

8 . ________ ________ ________ (在某种程度上), printed books have an advantage over electronic books. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

10 . ________ ________ ________ (被咬了) by the dog twice, he didn’t dare to call at her house any more. （根据汉语提示完成句子）