| A. experience B. factual C. Open D. confidence E. skills F. winning G. chosen H. comments I. refreshing J. conversation K. offered |
One day in May 2015, James Gitau Mwangi was reading in the library at the American Reference Center. in Nairobi. He did not know that a(n)
The American Reference: Center’s Assistant Director, Nashon Akello, was calling English teachers to come to a webinar (在线研讨会). Mwangi
The webinar was organized by the US Embassy in cooperation with VOA Learning English. Called: “Writing for the Internet”, the course explained how to write
While at the US Embassy, the teachers heard about other programs Department of State. One was the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program.
Mwangi, wrote a story about how students must deal with the terrible traffic in Nairobi. Then, he entered it in the writing contest. He was surprised to hear that his story was
When Mwangi saw the- article online, he noticed that there were
Mwangi was inspired by the course to keep writing in English, although he had started with little
In September 2015, Mwangi wrote his second story for VOA, on the teachers’ strike in Kenya.
2 . Around four years ago, I received a call from the principal of our school as to the “Parents View” talk the next morning. He asked me to speak to the group. After the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night, I could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come. Finally, I gathered some courage. I thought, “If I miss this opportunity, surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programs.”
I reached the school in time. Before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. When my turn came and I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to read the written speech properly. I was not aware of where I was standing and what I was reading. That was the day when I realized my biggest weakness, Public Speaking.
After my speech，I met with the principal and explained what happened to me. He told me that this happens to everyone. Even great speakers faced the same things when they started. He suggested that I come again next time.
Around one month later, I was invited to refer to a topic on Motivation. This time I was feeling comfortable. My speech was appreciated by the principal as well as the teachers, because I was able to get my idea across to them. They encouraged and praised my efforts.
After the successful delivering, I became more confident. I said to myself, “If I can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates others, I can now speak in front of others too.”
I started delivering lectures in my plant, on various topics like Self-Motivation, Personality Development, Personal Excellence, Spoken English and Presentation Skills. This has become a passion for me. I learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?| A．Practice Makes a Man a Better Speaker. | B．Public Speaking Makes a Man Embarrassed. |
| C．Principal Provides the Best Chances. | D．Spoken English Develops in Speeches. |
| A．he disliked the principal | B．he had got a high fever before that |
| C．he regretted turning down another invitation | D．he feared he couldn’t perform it properly |
| A．Unlucky opportunities. | B．Negative ideas. | C．Curious colleagues. | D．Happy comments. |
| A．Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. |
| B．Knowledge makes one humble, while ignorance makes one proud. |
| C．A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. |
| D．Necessity is the mother of invention. |
3 . III. 阅读理解
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“As sure as you’re alive now, Peter Rabbit, some day I will catch you,” shouted Reddy Fox, as he put his black nose in the hole between the roots of the Big Hickory-tree which grows close to the Smiling Pool. “It is lucky for you that you were not one jump farther away from this hole.”
Peter, safe inside that hole, didn’t have a word to say, or, if he did, he didn’t have breath enough to say it. It was quite true that if he had been one jump farther from that hole, Reddy Fox would have caught him. As it was, the hairs on Peter’s funny white tail actually had tickled Reddy’s back as Peter ran wildly through the root-bound entrance to that hole. It had been the narrowest escape Peter had had for a long, long time. You see, Reddy Fox had surprised Peter eating sweet clover (苜蓿) on the bank of the Smiling Pond, and it had been a lucky thing for Peter to have that hole, dug long ago by Johnny Chuck’s grandfather, had been right where it was. Also, it was a lucky thing that old Mr. Chuck had been wise enough to make the entrance between the roots of that tree in such a way that it could not be dug any larger.
Reddy Fox was too shrewd (机灵的) to waste any time trying to dig it larger. He knew there wasn’t room enough for him to get between those roots. So, after trying to make Peter as uncomfortable as possible by telling him what he, Reddy, would do to him when he did catch him, Reddy walked across the Green Meadows. Peter remained where he was for a long time. When he was quite sure that it was safe to do so, he crawled out and hurried to the Old Orchard. He felt that that would be the safest place for him, because there were ever so many hiding places in the old stone wall along the edge of it.
1. Where is Peter Rabbit hiding?| A．On the bank of a pond | B．In a hole |
| C．In a tall tree | D．Behind a room |
| A．Reddy Fox might find rabbit hairs on him. |
| B．Old Mr. Chuck took advantage of the roots to dig the hole. |
| C．The hole could be made larger. |
| D．Reddy almost caught Peter this time. |
| A．Because Reddy was trying to get him. |
| B．Because it was cold outside. |
| C．Because his grandfather would help him dig a large hole. |
| D．Because the Old Orchard was not so safe as this hole. |
4 . The world always makes way for the dreamer.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others.
I made my
Having made that decision, I was immediately
| A．rise | B．blow | C．put | D．raise |
| A．left | B．came | C．arrived | D．slipped |
| A．get | B．hope | C．make | D．cheer |
| A．that | B．what | C．which | D．if |
| A．dream | B．idea | C．girl | D．speaker |
| A．After | B．Before | C．Because | D．While |
| A．beginning | B．working | C．acting | D．regarding |
| A．life | B．love | C．income | D．career |
| A．disappointed | B．moved | C．surprised | D．delighted |
| A．when | B．why | C．if | D．how |
| A．plan | B．promise | C．decision | D．mind |
| A．attending | B．joining | C．entering | D．holding |
| A．newspaper | B．book | C．report | D．speech |
| A．day | B．second | C．week | D．moment |
| A．help | B．job | C．god | D．company |
| A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
| A．alive | B．dead | C．missing | D．born |
| A．examined | B．searched | C．checked | D．tested |
| A．help | B．harm | C．income | D．money |
| A．selling | B．speaking | C．writing | D．listening |
