2013北京各城区英语五选四专项练习
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You have been thinking about it all week. It kept you awake last night. Now, as you walk to the front of the class, your throat is dry and your stomach feels funny. ___61__. However, by making a small preparations and rehearing(预演)carefully, you can be a public speaking star, too.
___62__. Being excited about your topic is necessary for all the good speeches, so it's important to choose carefully. If you enjoy your topic, your audience(观众) will, too. Even if you are given a topic, try to find something about it that it is exciting or funny.
Next do some research. Don't just research your topic. ___63__. If you can, study videos of a great speaker to see how they move, speak, and pause(停顿). Copying their style will help you to write a great speech.
After researching, it’s time to write your speech. During this stage, think of your audience all the time. Entertaining your audience is important. It helps you relax if you know that your audience is enjoying your speech.
Finally, rehearse. You really need to rehearse a lot. Measure your speech with a watch, and practice in front of a mirror. ___64__ . If you have followed all these steps, you should be ready for your audience. Good luck!
A. You are a very successful speaker B. Learn from some great speakers as well C. Start by choosing something that you are interested in D. Many students find it difficult to give a public speech E. You can check your hand movement and facial expression 通州区
When I was about 13, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. 51 . I tried to put up with (忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. 52 .
My father listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I returned to my room and I did as my father told me. To my surprise, I found that about half the things were true. 53 . He refused to take the list. “That’s just for you,” he said. “When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Listen to them all, but
hear the truth and do what you think is right.”
Many years have passed. 54 . In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure (珍惜) all your life!
A. I brought the list back to my father B. The situation often appears in my mind C. My mum didn’t like me D. I ran to my father E. Sometimes she said I talked too much 丰台区
Before the invention of the postage stamp, it was difficult to send a letter to another country. The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country. 60 If a letter crossed several countries, the problem was worse.
Rowland Hill, a British teacher, had the idea of postage stamp with glue on the back. The British post office made the first stamps in 1840. There were the Penny Black and the Two Pence Blue. A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter. 61 When people received letters, they didn’t have to pay anything. The postage was prepaid.
Postage stamps became popular in Great Britain immediately. Other countries started making their own postage stamps very quickly. But some countries didn’t want to accept letters with stamps from others. 62 Each country in the UPU agreed to accept letters with prepaid postage from other members. And now almost every country in the world is a member of this organization. 63
Today post offices in every country sell beautiful stamps. Collecting stamps is one of the most popular hobbies in the world, and every stamp collector knows about the Penny Black and the Two pence Blue.
A. The post office delivered the letter. B. It takes care of any international mail problem. C. The invention of the postage stamp was popular. D. Then the person in the other country paid for the rest of the trip. E. Finally, in 1874, a German organized the Universal Postal Union (UPU). 西城区
Planet Earth
Welcome to Planet Earth Museum, a museum where you can learn some interesting facts about the world we live in.
“ 60. Who knows, maybe you’ll see them all one day! Where shall we go first, children? “Forests!”
Forests are home to over half of the world’s animals and plants. Trees clean the air and produce oxygen (O2) for us to breathe. Every day we throw away hundreds of trees in paper and card and we destroy more than 36 football fields of forests. 61 . They transfer (传递) the sun’s heat into the air and move it around the world. A lot of the rubbish we produce on land pollutes the oceans. Turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and die when they eat them.
At opposite ends of the world, the Arctic and Antarctic are freezing cold lands. 62 . The fuel we use for energy makes the earth warmer. As it gets warmer, the ice melts (融化) and the sea rises. The land disappears.
Rivers collect rain water and carry it to the oceans. 63 , so it is safe for us to drink. Farms and factories pollute the rivers with pesticides (杀虫剂) and chemicals. Every day we flush (冲掉) 50L of dirty water down the toilet.
This is a green world, where people respect nature and live a long and healthy life. Wouldn’t you like to live here?
A. It is so cold that the sea it covered in ice B. There are many amazing places on Earth C. Thanks a lot for your visit to our museum D. Along the way, plants take in and clean the water E. The oceans are home to millions of sea animals 东城区
Once upon a time, there was a group of frogs. 60 . The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd (群) came to see the race and cheered on the players. The race began? Honestly, no one in the crowd really believed that the frogs would reach the top of the tower. “Oh, too difficult. 61 ,” one frog in the crowd shouted. “Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!” another one continued. The frogs began falling down, one by one, except for those who were climbing higher. The crowd continued to shout, “It is too difficult! No one will make it!” 62 . But one continued higher and higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up! In the end, everyone else had given up climbing the tower except for one. 63 . Then all of the other frogs wanted to know how he managed to do it. One frog asked him why he could reach the goal successfully. It turned out that the winner was DEAF! A. They planned to have a race B. More frogs got tired and gave up C. They will never make it to the top D. He was the only one that reached the top E. Some frogs were climbing faster and faster 朝阳区
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were hopeless to be alive. But the two frogs didn’t believe it. 60 . The other frogs kept telling them to stop and wait for their death. Finally, one of the two frogs gave up and fell down. Soon he died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him and told him to stop and just wait to die. 61 .
When he got out, the other frogs said: “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. 62 .
The story teaches us two lessons. 63 . An encouraging word to someone who is down can cheer him up and help him make it through difficulties. Secondly, a destructive (消极的) word to someone who is down can make him give up and die. So be careful of what you say.
Speak life to those who cross your path. It is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. It is great for a person to take the time to encourage another.
A. Then the two frogs began to stop jumping B. But he jumped even harder and finally he made it C. Firstly, there is power of life and death in the tongue
D. So he thought they were encouraging him at that time E. They tried to jump up out of the hole with their efforts
大兴区
What do Napoleon, Clinton and Wang Nan have in common? They are all left-handed. Today about 15% of the number of people is left-handed. 60 ________? The answer is the way the brain works. The brain has two halves----the left half and the right half. The right half controls the left side of the body, and the left controls the right side of the body. 61________ and left-handed people have a strong right brain.
The two halves of the brain are about the same size. 62 ________. The left side controls language, maths and logic. When you remember new words, or when put things in order, you use your left side. The right side of the brain controls your love of art, colour and music. It is also good at recognizing face.