What can you do in two minutes? Cyrus Siu, 12, made a great speech in English and the hearts of everyone.
Siu studies at Singapore International School in Hong Kong. He the Junior high category (初中组) of the 11th “21st Century Cup” National High School and Primary School English Speaking Competition in Xiamen, Fujian on March 22.
His speaking skills and good English won him the top .
Siu said his first secret to success was many English books. He has read all the seven Harry Potter books, each four to five times. Now he is reading Steve Jobs: A Biography(《乔布斯传》)
“These books may be for my age, but reading helps me to learn new words,” he said.
Siu likes English-speaking movies. Super hero movies, Iron Man(《钢铁侠》) and The Avengers(《复仇者联盟》), are his favorite.
“Every boy has the dream of becoming a super hero one day. Sometimes I imagine
to be one of the heroes and shout out the English lines(台词). It’s good to combine(结合) your with learning English.
It’s also important to an English-speaking environment for yourself. Siu talks to his classmates and teachers in English all day long at school. his parents talk to him in Cantonese(粤语) at home, he still tries to answer in English.
“There is no shortcut(捷径) to studying English. Just practice, practice and practice!”Siu said.
A．won B．lost C．broke D．made
A．dropped out of B．worried about C．gave up D．took part in
A．shape B．price C．prize D．work
A．selling B．making C．losing D．reading
A．interesting B．difficult C．helpful D．easy
A．such as B．instead of C．because of D．above all
A．herself B．myself C．ourselves D．itself
A．answers B．questions C．interests D．problems
A．buy B．build C．invite D．publish
A．Before B．Though C．Since D．Because
It was the last day of the examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building , a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin soon. This was their exam---then on to graduation and jobs. On their faces was . With four years’ hard study in the college, they felt and able to take it. The coming exam, they knew, would be an one, as the professor(教授) had said they could bring books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not from each other during the exam.
they walked into the classroom. The professor gave the papers. And the students found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed, the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. The professor looked at the faces before him, and then asked: “How many all five questions?” ,No hand was . “How many answered four?” Still no hand. “Three? Two?” Still no one. “One, then?” But the class silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ”, he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are still many things you don’t know.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all this course, but remember----even though you are now college graduates, your education has just . ”
A．first B．next C．final D．main
A．pleasure B．confidence C．surprise D．interest
A．glad B．ready C．sorry D．nervous
A．interesting B．important C．easy D．unusual
A．both B．either C．neither D．all
A．listen B．look C．talk D．copy
A．Normally B．Peacefully C．Quickly D．Carefully
A．up B．away C．down D．out
A．worried B．scared C．moved D．tired
A．regarded B．considered C．completed D．replied
A．put up B．lift C．risen D．set up
A．refused B．reported C．remained D．reminded
A．learned B．enjoyed C．hated D．expected
A．pass B．fail C．take D．start
A．achieved B．finished C．started D．succeeded
Mr. and Mrs. Hill were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They ____ their car outside and went in. Mr. Hill had never got drunk(醉) before, so he was ____ not to drink too much, though his friends asked him ____ more all along.
During the party, Mrs. Hill found that she had _4__ to bring her bag, she asked her husband to go out to the car and get it for her. He ____ so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought ____ might be in need of help and he went over to the car with the noise. He found a bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.
When Mr. Hill ____ the party, he told people about the bear but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to show that his story was ____, he found that the car with the ____ in it had gone. There were so many ____ about Mr. Hill’s bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement(广告) in the newspaper,“If anyone saw a bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel ____ the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”
Two days later Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet(宠物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that ____ he had blown the born.
Mrs. Richards did not ____ to think there was anything ____ about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don’t ____ when we are not driving the car.”
A．pulled B．stayed C．parked D．hid
A．polite B．careful C．glad D．afraid
A．to drink B．drink C．drank D．drinking
A．learned B．known C．remembered D．forgotten
A．said B．went C．did D．thought
A．one B．someone C．his wife D．the bear
A．was sent to B．was seated at C．got red of D．got back to
A．interesting B．correct C．true D．exciting
A．horn B．bear C．bad D．driving-seat
A．laughs B．shouts C．smiles D．calls
A．for B．at C．in D．on
A．quickly B．completely C．maybe D．almost
A．mean B．have C．know D．seem
A．useful B．strange C．common D．bad
A．agree B．like C．mind D．worry
Many people of the early times believed that by eating an animal they could get some of the good qualities of that animal for themselves. They thought, ,that eating deer would make them run like a deer. Some people believed eating enemies who had bravery in the battle would make them brave. The practice of eating human flesh might have started because people were to become as strong and brave as their enemies.
Many people once thought that ginger roots(姜根）by some magical power could the memory .Eggs were thought to voice pretty. Tomatoes were believed to have magical powers. They were called love apples and were believed to make people who ate them fall in .
Later, another wrong idea about tomatoes . The idea was that they were poisonous(有毒的）.How The people who thought tomatoes were poisonous would be if they could know that millions of tomatoes were given to the soldiers abroad the Second World War.
Even today there are still a great many ideas about food. Some of them are found in many places. One idea is that fish is the best brain food. But no one has been able to that fish is better for the brain than many other kinds of food. such idea is that people should not drink water with meals. Washing food down with water instead of chewing it is not a good idea,but some water with meals has been found to be .It helps to digest(消化）the food.
A．for example B．in fact C．in general D．later on
A．seen B．shown C．found D．realized
A．excited B．pleased C．worried D．anxious
A．improved B．help C．use D．make
A．leave B．let C．get D．make
A．also B．too C．either D．neither
A．likeness B．enjoyment C．love D．friendship
A．used up B．thought of C．thought about D．grew up
A．bored B．terrified C．surprised D．interested
A．through B．of C．before D．during
A．right B．wrong C．good D．true
A．so B．such C．what D．how
A．say B．show C．find D．think
A．Other B．Others C．Another D．The other
A．wonderful B．useless C．helpful D．thankful
完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Some young people are worrying about acnes(青春痘) on their faces, and some are worrying about their figures(身材). Do you know on earth（到底，究竟） the secret of beauty is? Think of smile and health, and then you may find the .
Maybe you are not with your big nose, your small _ or your weight(体重). Don’t waste energy and feelings on the way you look . In fact, when you become an and look at pictures of your past time, you’ll find how cute you are.
is the best way to make you beautiful. When people are happy, they look nice. When people smile or laugh from the of their hearts(心脏), they look very beautiful.
Don’t worry about your weight too much. Don’t food for it. No one lives health. So you need to eat healthy food and do enough exercise.
When you accept（接受） what you have and enjoy them, you will really become pretty “inside and out”.
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A．question B．problem C．reason D．answer
A．satisfied B．strict C．popular D．angry
A．skirt B．dress C．book D．eyes
A．Adult B．parent C．doctor D．engineer
A．Beauty B．Health C．Wealth D．Happiness
A．Bottom B．top C．foot D．head
A．receive B．accept C．Refuse D．get
A．on B．for C．without D．with
A．used B．got C．done D．Owned
完形填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。(10分)
What are the British like when they learn languages?
______ is said that the British are the worst language learners in Europe(欧洲) —62 percent of them can’t speak _____ other language except(除了) their own! ______38 percent of them speak at least one foreign language, only18 percent speak two.
Learning a foreign language is not ________ at school in Britain; children start studying a foreign language at 11 and many ________ completely at 14. So why don’t young people_________ studying languages at school?
The government is now looking at different ways to _______ language learning. One idea is to start much ______and introduce foreign languages when kids are five. ______idea is to give school children more choice—they can choose to study their favorite language.
It may be difficult to_______ people’s attitude(态度) to learning languages but the government has decided to have a try!A. That B. It C. This
A. any B. no C. some
A. As B. When C. While
A. popular B. good C. interesting
A. wake up B. turn up C. give up
A. look for B. go on C. set up
A. stop B. improve C. find
A. younger B. sooner C. slower
A. Other B. One C. Another
A. choose B. take C. change
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