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【題目】 Shyness can be an unhappy feeling. But the good news is, you’re not alone. Scientists say that more than 40 percent of teenagers and adults consider _______ shy. Shyness is feeling a little nervous or as if you want to hide when you re around other people or in a new situation.

What _______ people shy?

Scientists say such things as genetics (遺傳基因), life experiences, and environment can influence whether a person is shy. For example, in some families, everybody seems _______ shy.

What happens _______ you are shy? Well, being shy _______ cause you to avoid or miss opportunities you would enjoy.

How do people overcome (克服) shyness? This is what Gilbert tells us. “When I started off trying to get over being shy, I decided to do little steps at a time, including practicing _______ and saying hi to people. And it worked for me.”

But shyness is not the kind of thing _______ most people can get over overnight. Overcoming shyness takes time and needs practice.

Here are some tips given _______ scientists.

Think of _______ to talk about before you leave home. Prepare things to talk about before you’re in a social situation. For example, if you know your classmates are ________ in an upcoming event, learn about it so you can join in the conversations.

Let people know you’re shy. If you’re shy, just show it Instead of letting people guess, ________ them the truth. Explain that you are shy and feel nervous ________ enjoy talking to people.

Make things easy for the other person. Remember, you’re not ________ only shy person around. Do what you think might help others feel good — for example, say hello or smile.

Pick one social skill to practice at a time Start simply. For example, smile or be ________ person to say hi. Choose skills you feel ________ with to practice for a day, a week, a month, or even a year.

【1】A. theyB. themC. theirD. themselves

【2】A. makeB. makesC. madeD. was making

【3】A. to beB. beingC. isD. be

【4】A. thatB. thoughC. ifD. because

【5】A. mustB. mayC. shouldD. need

【6】A. smileB. to smileC. smiledD. smiling

【7】A. whoB. whomC. thatD. whose

【8】A. byB. toC. forD. with

【9】A. whyB. howC. whatD. where

【10】A. interestB. interestsC. interestedD. interesting

【11】A. toldB. tellingC. to tellD. tell

【12】/span>A. andB. butC. soD. or

【13】A. aB. anC. theD. /

【14】A. firstB. the firstC. oneD. the one

【15】

A. comfortably enoughB. enough comfortably

C. enough comfortableD. comfortable enough

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】D

【7】C

【8】A

【9】C

【10】C

【11】D

【12】B

【13】C

【14】B

【15】D

【解析】

文章大意：短文講了害羞給人帶來不愉快的感覺，生活經(jīng)歷和環(huán)境可以影響一個(gè)人是否是害羞的，克服害羞，需要時(shí)間和練習(xí)，文章給出了一些克服害羞的建議。

【1】句意：科學(xué)家說，超過40%的青少年和成年人認(rèn)為自己害羞。

考查代詞及語境理解。A. they他（她、它）們，主格；B. them他（她、它）們， ；C. their他（她、它）們的，形容詞性的物主代詞；D. themselves他們自己，反身代詞。設(shè)空處在句中作賓語從句主語的同位語，所以應(yīng)用反身代詞，故答案選D。

【2】句意：是什么使人害羞？

考查動(dòng)詞及語境理解。A. make使、讓，動(dòng)詞原形；B. makes第三人稱單數(shù)形式；C. made過去式；D. was making過去進(jìn)行時(shí)。由句意可知句子陳述的是一般事實(shí)，時(shí)態(tài)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語是what，所以謂語動(dòng)詞用第三人稱單數(shù)形式；故答案選B。

【3】句意：例如，在一些家庭里，每個(gè)人似乎都很害羞。

考查動(dòng)詞不定式及語境理解。A. to be動(dòng)詞不定式；B. being動(dòng)名詞；C. is 是，單數(shù)；D. be動(dòng)詞原形。be shy害羞，seem+動(dòng)詞不定式，意為：似乎…，好像…；故答案選A。

【4】句意：如果你很害羞會(huì)發(fā)生什么?

考查連詞及語境理解。A. that由于、以至于；B. though雖然、盡管；C. if如果、假如；D. because因?yàn)�。根�?jù)下文cause you to avoid or miss opportunities you would enjoy.可知此處是問如果你很害羞會(huì)發(fā)生什么?結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知C選項(xiàng)符合題意，故答案選C。

【5】句意：嗯，害羞可能會(huì)讓你避開或錯(cuò)過你喜歡的機(jī)會(huì)。

考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞及語境理解。A. must必須；B. may可能；C. should應(yīng)該；D. need需要。根據(jù)上文是問：害羞會(huì)發(fā)生什么呢？可知此處句意應(yīng)是害羞可能會(huì)讓你避開或錯(cuò)過你喜歡的機(jī)會(huì)，所以may符合題意，故答案選B。

【6】句意：當(dāng)我開始試著克服害羞時(shí)，我決定一次做一小步，包括練習(xí)微笑和向別人問好。

考查動(dòng)詞及語境理解。A. smile微笑，動(dòng)詞原形；B. to smile動(dòng)詞不定式；C. smiled過去式；D. smiling動(dòng)名詞。practice doing sth.練習(xí)做某事，固定搭配；and連接兩個(gè)并列成分，這里的smiling和后面的saying是并列關(guān)系；故答案選D。

【7】句意：但是害羞并不是大多數(shù)人能在一夜之間克服的事情。

考查引導(dǎo)詞及語境理解。A. who指人；B. whom指人；C. that指物；D. whose后有名詞時(shí)用whose。本句中的先行詞thing是事物，所以用that，故答案選C。

【8】句意：這里是科學(xué)家給出的一些建議。

考查介詞及語境理解。A. by被；B. to到；C. for為了；D. with隨著、帶有。根據(jù)Here are some tips given __8__ scientists.可知，這些建議是被科學(xué)家給出的，所以應(yīng)用介詞by，故答案選A。

【9】句意：在你離開家之前，想一想該說些什么。

考查疑問詞及語境理解。A. why為什么；B. how怎樣、然后；C. what什么；D. where哪里。設(shè)空處作talk about的賓語，指談?wù)摰氖裁磧?nèi)容，所以應(yīng)用what，故答案選C。

【10】句意：。例如，如果你知道你的同學(xué)對(duì)即將到來的活動(dòng)感興趣。

考查形容詞及語境理解。A. interest興趣，名詞單數(shù)；B. interests興趣，名詞復(fù)數(shù)；C. interested感興趣的，形容詞；D. interesting有趣的，形容詞。根據(jù)句意可知這里考查固定詞組be interested in對(duì)…感興趣；故答案選C。

【11】句意：如果你害羞，就表現(xiàn)出來，而不是讓人們猜測(cè)，告訴他們真相。

考查動(dòng)詞及語境理解。A. told過去式；B. telling動(dòng)名詞；C. to tell動(dòng)詞不定式；D. tell告訴，動(dòng)詞原形。由句意可知本句陳述的是一般事實(shí)，句子時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)；結(jié)合語境可知主語是you，即“你就告訴他們真相”，所以此處用動(dòng)詞原形；故答案選D。

【12】句意：解釋你是害羞的，感到緊張，但喜歡與人交談。

考查連詞及語境理解。A. and和，表示并列關(guān)系；B. but但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系；C. so因此、所以，表示因果關(guān)系，引出結(jié)果；D. or或者，表示選擇。根據(jù)Explain that you are shy and feel nervous，以及enjoy talking to people可知前后句之間句意是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以用but，故答案選B。

【13】句意：記住，你不是周圍唯一害羞的人。

考查冠詞及語境理解。A. a一個(gè)，表示泛指，用于輔音音素開頭的單詞前面；B. an一個(gè)，表示泛指，用于元音音素開頭的單詞前面；C. the表示特指；D. /不填。根據(jù)Remember, you’re not __13__ only shy person around.可知句意為“記住，你不是周圍唯一害羞的人。”這里表示的是特指，所以應(yīng)用定冠詞the，故答案選C。

【14】句意：例如，微笑或成為第一個(gè)打招呼的人。

考查序數(shù)詞及語境理解。A. first第一，序數(shù)詞；B. the first第一，序數(shù)詞；C. one一個(gè)，基數(shù)詞；D. the one那個(gè)、唯一。根據(jù)句意可知此處應(yīng)填入序數(shù)詞修飾后面的名詞person，序數(shù)詞前面需要加定冠詞the，故答案選B。

【15】句意：選擇你覺得足夠舒服的技能來練習(xí)一天，一周，一個(gè)月，甚至一年。

考查形容詞、enough作后置定語及語境理解。comfortably舒服地，副詞；comfortable舒服的，形容詞；feel為感官動(dòng)詞，后接形容詞作表語，所以排除A、B選項(xiàng)；enough修飾形容詞或副詞應(yīng)置于形容詞或副詞之后，排除C選項(xiàng)；故答案選D。