21、从方框中所给的12个词中选出10个词，并用其适当形式填入空白处，使补充后的短文意思通顺、前后连贯、结构完整。

"Do you speak English?"  Many guys  1  this embarrassing situation. You could look forward to  2  with somebody in English, but you are always afraid to  3  your mouth. You don't have enough courage, to  4  your dream. That is an obstacle（障碍） to progressing in spoken English. So we have the same goal to  5  through the obstacle. My pronunciation is not exactly  6 , even fully wrong.  According to my disadvantage, I will take  7  to improve my pronunciation at first and in my spare time do exercises in pronouncing. On the other hand, I  8 organize the sentence fast enough in mind, just because of lacking of exercises in  9  in English.

    There is no better ways to learn English than practicing more. No  10 , no gains. Let's take steps to make progress in spoken English.

19、I once experienced an unforgettable trip to Gloucester to see some of the world's most beautiful and exciting animals in their own habitat（栖息地）, the North Atlantic Ocean.

    After a long trip by bus, we got on the ship. After a while, we stopped and everyone on the ship started to shout because we saw a humpback whale（座头鲸）. It was wonderful. Sometimes, whales came so close to the ship that you thought you could easily touch them.

    While we were watching the whales, a guide was giving us some information about them. She told us that we saw only two kinds of whales -- 50-foot humpback whales （singing whales） and 70-foot fin back whales （the second largest whales on earth）. She also said we could easily recognize a whale by its tail because every whale has a different kind of tail just like people have different fingerprints.

    They all have names, and on this trip, we saw "Salt" and "Pepper", two whales named by a biologist and a fisherman. They were swimming together all the time.

    I took twenty-seven photos, but it was very hard to take them because the whales were quick and stayed on the surface（表面） of the ocean just for a short time. It was really something. It was one of the chances that a person hardly ever experiences in life, but I had that chance.

1. This passage is mainly about ____.

    A. an unforgettable experience in the forest

    B. an unforgettable trip to see some strange animals in the mountains

    C. a long trip on the ship

    D. an unforgettable trip to watch whales

2. Everyone on the ship began to shout because ______.

    A. a whale came so close to the ship                  B. they saw a singing whale

C. they saw a fin back whale                             D. they could touch the whale

3. When they were watching the whales, ____.

A. some of them fed the whales

B. they found several kinds of whales

C. a guide told them something about the whales

D. some of them took many photos and touched the whales

4. How can we recognize a whale?

A. By its tail（认识）.                            B. By its head.

C. By its neck.                                      D. By its eyes.

18、Good news for all Chinese middle school students in the countryside. They don't have to pay for school education anymore.51-year-old Ren Yuqi is even happier than the students. It was Ren who suggested the idea to the government about this.

    Ren is not a government official but the boss of a big company in Hunan. He talks to the government as a deputy（代表） of the National People's Congress（NPC, 全国人民代表大会）. He is in Beijing for the NPC's yearly meeting.

"This year I have 20 suggestions for making farmers' lives and the environment better. They all come from studying country people's lives," said Ren.

Ren went to several provinces to find out how people lived in the countryside. He saw that many children dropped out of school because they were poor. So at the last NPC meeting he suggested the government spend more money helping kids get back to school. Most of the NPC deputies agreed to it. So the government adopted it and made it law.

Ren, just like the other 2,977 NPC members, was elected by the Chinese people. The upper-level（较高级别的） deputies were chosen by the lower-level ones.

    At NPC meetings, deputies also take part in making and changing laws. They help decide on the slate leaders and public policies（政策） as well.

1. What does the underlined word "adopted" mean in Chinese?

    A. 吸取                       B. 放弃                       C. 按照                D. 采纳

2. Many poor kids from the countryside can go back to school because _____.

    A. Ren Yuqi has paid the money for them

B. Ren Yuqi's idea has been adopted by the government

    C. the government is so rich that it can afford all the kids' tuition fees（学费）

    D. their parents have worked hard and made enough money

3. The underlined word "They"  refers to（指）

A. suggestions                     B. deputies                    C. farmers             D. people's lives

4. Who chooses the deputies of the NPC?

A. Students in the countryside                    B. The government.

    C. The Chinese people.                              D. The bosses of some big companies.

16、I'm sorry I'm busy now. If I had time, I ______ for a picnic with you.

A. would go             B. will go           C. am going             D. went

15、______ the table with a cloth, or the table will get dirty easily.

A. Clean              B. Set                   C. Cover          D. Wash

14、I can't send an e-mail. Would you please show me __?

A. what to do it       B. where to do         C. when to do       D. how to do it