Mike and Jack are in the same school．  1   they're in different classes．Their  2  subject is Chinese．They say Chinese is very  3  ．They go to school  4  school days．They go to school at 7︰00 in the morning．Today is Wednesday．They are in their classrooms．

Mike is having  5  English class．Listen! He  6 his teacher in English．Jack is having a Chinese class．His teacher is  7 Beijing Olympics with him．The students are looking  8 their teacher．They're listening carefully．But one of Mike's classmates  9 a storybook． 10  ，he isn't good at English，he often does other things in the English class．

1．A．a(chǎn)nd                       B．but                      C．so                         D．or

2．A．like                       B．better                   C．best                       D．favorite

3．A．easy                      B．boring                  C．interesting              D．difficult

4．A．on                         B．in                        C．a(chǎn)t                          D．for

5．A．a(chǎn)                        B．a(chǎn)n                       C．the                        D．／

6．A．talks                      B．talks with              C．is talking                D．is talking to

7．A．think about        B．talk about              C．thinking about         D．talking about

8．A．a(chǎn)t                       B．for                      C．like                        D．a(chǎn)fter

9．A．is watching             B．a(chǎn)re watching           C．is reading               D．a(chǎn)re reading

10．A．because               B．so                       C．a(chǎn)nd                        D．but

How do you feel when you have to make a speech in front of class? What about when you go to a birthday party? Do you get really shy?
Shyness means feeling nervous or afraid when you’re around other people. Experts have found that more than 80% of middle school students feel afraid to be the center of attention. Some kids are born shy. Some become shy later because of their life experiences(經(jīng)歷).
It’s OK if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or meet new people. In fact, everybody gets a little shy sometimes. It’s just a case of how much.
Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentences when they get shy. But some become so shy that they won’t go to a restaurant because they are too nervous to order and pay for their food. Some are afraid of meeting new people, so they seldom go outside. This kind of shyness can be bad for a person.
If shyness doesn’t stop you from doing something you want to do, being shy isn’t a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are cleverer because they think more and talk less. Shy people are also good at working with others because they think more for other people. Some great people in history were shy, too.
You see, being shy isn’t all bad. But remember not to let good opportunities(機(jī)會(huì)) pass by just because of it! If you have to sing a song at a birthday party or practice your spoken English in front of others, just do it! There’s nothing to be afraid of.
【小題1】The underlined phrase “to feel yourself again” in the third paragraph means “________”.

A．感受生活

B．恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)

C．玩得開(kāi)心

D．尋求幫助

【小題2】What kind of shyness can be bad according to the passage?

A．You find it hard to enjoy yourself at a party.

B．You feel a little nervous when you go to a new place.

C．You seldom go outside, afraid of meeting new people.

D．You have a red face when you’re asked to answer a question in class.

【小題3】If you have to practice your spoken English in class, ________.

A．just do it

B．just refuse to do it

C．you’d better ask someone to help you

D．tell your teacher you’re too shy to do that

【小題4】We can infer(推斷)from the passage that_________.

A．kids are all born shy

B．you can’t change yourself

C．shy people can also be successful

D．shy people are not good at working others

【小題5】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Are you too busy?	B．Think more for others!
C．Are you shy or not?	D．Once he was shy just like you!

Miss Wang is a young teacher of English in a middle school in Chongqing．She loves teaching very much．One day when she was giving an English lesson，she found Mr. Li，the headmaster，sitting at the back of the classroom．After class，Mr. Li told her that he came to her class to find out how much English and Chinese she was using in class．The result was about half English and half Chinese．She was using Chinese when she gave instructions（指示）and explained some grammar lilies to her students．Mr. Li suggested that she should use English as much as she could in class．

So Miss Wang made the following plans：

▲Join an English club and practice speaking English．

▲Learn more English teaching expressions by heart

▲Have a five-minute talk with students ill English before class．

She used body language to make herself understood if students could not follow．One year later，she found she could speak English fluently in class．

1．Miss Wang _________．

A．hates to teach English                               B．is a teacher of Chinese

C．love her job                                               D．is angry with the headmaster

2．Mr. Li came to Miss Wang’s class to _________．

A．practice speaking English

B．make Miss Wang understood

C．give instructions to the students

D．find out how much English and Chinese Miss Wang was using in class

3．After Mr. Li left，Miss Wang realized that she should _________ in her class．

A．use more Chinese                                    B．use more English

C．use half English and half Chinese                 D．use body language

4．The underlined word “fluently” means _________．

A．easily and well        B．completely           C．clearly                   D．recently

5．What's the main idea of this passage?

A．Joining an English club．

B．Talking with the students before class．

C．Speaking more English in English classes．

D．Learning more English teaching expressions．