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You’re standing with your classmates. E 1 is talking except you.Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at what you say. Or maybe you just aren’t brave e 2 to speak.
Shyness is like a snake that crawls(爬进) into our mouths and stops us s 3 . But we shouldn’t let it stay there.
I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes v 4 me. But when I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best 5 . If a stranger asked me the way to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk.One summer, I got a j 6 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 c 7 . 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 their sandwich.
This job t 8 me how to speak with people.
You may not be old enough to find a part-time job. B 9 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 a 10 . It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into.
Then he crawled(爬) under the bed and 11 there in the dark. He thought and thought about the lie.
At last he decided 12 his mother all about it. He told her 13 and she forgave(原谅) him. He promised 14 _ to tell a lie again.
He went back to bed and was soon full asleep. He 15 that the moon smiled down upon him.
( )1. A. told B. asked C. speak D. read
( )2. A. relaxed B.interested C. unhappy D. unexcited
( )3. A. happily B. alone C. hardly D. proudly
( )4. A. up B. down C. after D. over
( )5.A.story B.night C.lie D.idea
( )6. A. get B. to get C. getting D. got
( )7. A. follow B. followed C, to follow D. following
( )8. A. watched TV B. sang a song C. went to bed D. did his homework
( )9. A. across B. through C. over D. cross
( )10. A. and B. so C. but D. or
( )ll.A.lie B.lied C.laid D.lay
( )12. A. to tell B. tells C. telling D. told
( )13. A. a story B. the truth C. the news D. a secret
( )14.A.always B.soinetimes C.often D.never
( )15. A. dreamed B. saw C. heard D. wrote
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O. Henry,a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862.O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy,hedid not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old,0. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first
worked on a newspaper,and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some
money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it,so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison,he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison,he went to New York and went on writing.
He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his s.tories,because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.
( )1. was the real name of the famous American writer.
A. O. Henry B. William Sydney Porter C. Carolina D. Texas
( )2. 0. Henry was sent to prison because .
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. people thought he had stolen money from the bank
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. he broke the law(法律) by not using his own name
( )3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. O. Henry was from a rich family. B. O. Henry was in school for a long time.
C. O. Henry learned everything he needed by himself.
D. O. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy.
( )4. 0. Henry got most materials for his stories from
A. his happy life as a boy B. New York and the poor of the city
C. the newspaper D. his life in prison
( )5. People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because
A. they had surprising endings B. they were easy to understand .
C. they showed love for the poor D. they were about New York
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Height is just one of the thousands of things your genes (基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too. If you have questions about how tall you’re going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.
But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential (潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.
No doubt（怀疑）you’re wondering how fast you should grow. It depends（看情况而定）. There’s no perfect（完美的）or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about two inches (six centimeters) a year between age three and the time when they start puberty（青春期）(Whey your body starts changing and becoming more grown-up ).
Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the year. Two centimeters here and two inches there are not nearly as important as the height you’re at now, how you’ve been growing up to this point, and what other changers your body may be going through.
Don’t be nervous if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt (高峰) during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later, between 7and 13 for girls and 9and 15 for boys.
You’ll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.
Do you want to know your height?
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