练习题02-2022-2023学年高二英语【新课程寒假作业】

积 累 · 整 合 应 用 · 拓 展 创 新 · 实 践 高二英语 第 周 年 月 日 语篇填空 阅读下面材料 ， 在空白处填入适当的内容 （ 一个单词 ） 或括号内单词的正确形式 。 Passage 1 When Jack was a small boy, he was once asked to give a speech about “ A Big Challenge in My Life ” . He was 1. （ terrible ） shy to talk before the whole class once he thought of so many eyes 2. （ notice ） him. He had no other 3. （ choose ） , though. First Jack was to draft （ 草拟 ） the speech, which was just a piece of cake for him because he was a good writer. But the hard part 4. （ lie ） in his oral （ 口头的 ） presentation, for it was not allowed 5. （ read ） from the paper. He had to give the speech from his memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial （ 考验 ） began when Jack stood on the platform with his legs shaking and his mind blank. How much time had passed by, he didn蒺t know. 6. listeners were still waiting patiently and without any signs of laughing. Gradually he 7. （ find ） himself back, giving out his speech without much difficulty. After 8. seemed to be a hundred years, he heard the audience applauding （ 鼓掌 ） . He made it! From then on, his fear of talking before the audience disappeared. Actually with his confidence built up, Jack now turns out to be a great speaker. As we know, the greater difficulty we meet on our way 9. success, the 10. （ much ） likely we will be to reach our goals. Passage 2 Now many singers and bands know little about １. good music means. What is the cause? Most of these singers so far 2. （ see ） music as a “ job ” to make money. And if you have a good 3. （ appear ） and also original or expensive clothes to show off at your concerts then your voice is not 4. important as it should be. The public will prefer to admire more the most interesting parts of your body and even forget that you are there 5. （ show ） your music skills, not your dancing, which is important too, but not at such a high level. Therefore, many young girls on TV choose to wear the most provocative （ 挑 逗 性 的 ） clothes to catch attention, but when it comes