Question

   (2014 •海口高一檢測) You’re standing with your classmates. Everyone is talking—except you. Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at what you say. Or maybe you just aren’t brave enough to speak.

   I've been there,and so have many other people all over the world. Shyness is like a snake that crawls (爬) into our mouths and stops us speaking. But we shouldn’t let it stay there.

    I am 29 years old. Even today,that snake still sometimes visits me. But when I was in high school,I was so shy that I wouldn't talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the way to a local shop,it was as if Yd forgotten how to talk.

One summer,I got a job in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers. I had to tell them how much their meal cost. I had to ask them if they wanted to drink Coke or Sprite. I had to tell the people in the kitchen if someone wanted pickle (泡菜 ) on his sandwich.

  This job taught me how to speak with people.

    You may not be old enough to find a part-time job. But you can look for other chances to speak with people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. Or you can go to get a newspaper for your family.

    If you do these things for a while,the “ shyness ” snake will soon begin to leave you alone. It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into.

46. The example in the first paragraph is used to.

   A. show that everyone has the right to speak in class

   B. tell readers that it is not right to laugh at others

   C. introduce the fact that many people have a shyness problem

   D. argue that it is alright to keep silent in public

47. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably means “ ”.

   A. he's been in many situations that make other people feel shy

   B. he is confident that he can find a way to get over shyness

   C. he is sad because he knows he will always be shy

   D. like many other people,he once was troubled by shyness

48. The author's duties in the restaurant included

   A. cooking the meals for customers

   B. taking the customers’ orders

   C. discussing the menu with the manager

   D. helping people in the kitchen

49. Who was the article written for?

   A. Shy teenagers.

   B. College students.

   C. People who work at a restaurant.

   D. People who need a part-time job.

50. What would be the best title of the passage?

   A. I Am Shy

   B. How to Overcome Shyness

   C. What Is Shyness

   D. Everybody Is Shy

Answer 1

46. C 47. D 48. B 50. B

46. C解析：推理判斷題。文章的第一段舉 例的目的在于引出話題:你可能害怕被嘲 笑,或者不夠勇敢，不敢與人說話。也就是 說，很多人都有害羞的毛病。故選C.

47. D解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第一段以及畫 線句子的下一句“Shyness is like a snake that crawls into our mouths and stops us speaking. ”可知該iwj線句子告訴我們，作者 也和其他人一樣曾經(jīng)有害羞的毛病。故選D.

48. B解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章的第四段陳 述作者在飯店工作時需要做的事:與顧客 交流(告訴他們賬單花費、問他們喝可樂還 是雪碧) 、告訴廚師客人的要求�？梢夿 項符合語境。

的.A解析：推理判斷題。從文章的倒數(shù)第 二段可知是寫給那些害羞的青少年的。故 選A.

50. B解析：主旨大意題。從文章的最后一 段可以明顯地看到文章的主旨就是告訴那 些害羞的青少年克服羞澀的辦法。故 選B.