Areyounervouswhenyoustandinfrontofthepublic?Areyouafraidtomakea speech?
LiJunamiddleschoolboyfeltshywhenhewasmakingaspeechtheotherday.Lihadthoughtitwouldbequiteeasytospeakinfrontof16classmates.
"Iwaswrong.Itwasverydifferentandmuch17 thantalkingtomyclassmatesduringplay?time"Lisaid."Itriedbutitwasreallydifficulttospeak.IfeltlikeamuteC?E)andwantedtoleavetheclassroom 18 ."Liisnotalone.Manymiddleschoolstudentsnowhavethesame19 ：theycantalkabouttheirideasfreely20 theirbestfriendsafterclassbutcan'tspeakinpublic.AccordingtoZhouHongateacherfromauniversitythemainreasonisthatschoolsinChinapaymoreattentiontowritingin?steadof 21 .Zhouhopesschoolscangivestudentsmorechancestoopentheir22 suchasspeechcompe?titionsEnglishcornersandclassdiscussions.Studentscanjoininanyonetheywantto.23 healsogivessomeadvicetostudents."Duringyourfreetimeyoushould24 more.Whenyou'respeakinginpublictakeiteasy.Justimagineyou'retalkingtonobodyandspeakoutyourideasclearly"Zhousaid."That25 afinepublicspeechandyou'llfeelconfident.”
( )16.A.her B.my C.your D.his
( )17.A.harder B.easier
C.better D.later
( )18.A.slowly B.quickly
C.sadly D.happily
( )19.A.answer B.subject
C.problem D.question
( )20.A.except B.beside
C.from D.with
( )21.A.listening B.speaking
C.reading D.singing
( )22.A.mouths B.eyes
C.minds D.hearts
( )23.A.Or B.So
C.And D.But
( )24.A.play B.practise
C.write D.watch
( )25.A.reports B.keeps
C.hears D.makes