What can you do in two minutes? Cyrus Siu, 12, made a great speech in English and         the hearts of everyone.
Siu studies at Singapore International School in Hong Kong. He      the Junior high category (初中組) of the 11th “21st Century Cup” National High School and Primary School English Speaking Competition in Xiamen, Fujian       March 22.
His speaking skills and good English won him the top       .
Siu said his first secret to success was         many English books. He has read all the seven Harry Potter books, each four to five       . Now he is reading Steve Jobs: A Biography(《喬布斯傳》)
“These books may be    for my age, but reading helps        to learn new words,” he said.
Siu likes    movies. Super hero movies,      Iron Man(《鋼鐵俠》) and The Avengers(《復(fù)仇者聯(lián)盟》), are his favorite.
“Every boy has the dream of becoming a super       one day. Sometimes I imagine         to be one of the heroes and shout out the English lines(臺詞). It’s good to combine(結(jié)合) your       with learning English.
It’s also important to      an English-speaking environment for yourself. Siu talks to his classmates and teachers in English all day long at school.     his parents talk to him in Cantonese(粵語) at home, he still tries to answer in English.
“There is no shortcut(捷徑) to studying English. Just practice, practice and practice!” Siu said.
小題1:
A．wonB．lostC．brokeD．made
小題2:
A．dropped out ofB．worried aboutC．gave upD．took part in
小題3:
A．inB．a(chǎn)tC．onD．for
小題4:
A．shapeB．priceC．prizeD．work
小題5:
A．sellingB．makingC．losingD．reading
小題6:
A．copiesB．timesC．buttonsD．seconds
小題7:
A．interestingB．difficultC．helpfulD．easy
小題8:
A．meB．youC．himD．them
小題9:
A．Chinese-speakingB．French-speakingC．German-speakingD．English-speaking
小題10:
A．such asB．instead ofC．because ofD．a(chǎn)bove all
小題11:
A．teacherB．doctorC．heroD．inventor
小題12:
A．herselfB．myselfC．ourselvesD．itself
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)nswersB．questionsC．interestsD．problems
小題14:
A．buyB．buildC．inviteD．publish
小題15:
A．BeforeB．ThoughC．SinceD．Because

小題1:A
小題2:D
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小題4:C
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:B
小題8:A
小題9:D
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:C
小題14:B
小題15:B

試題分析：句意：你能在兩分鐘做什么？12歲的賽勒斯用英語做了一個偉大的演講并贏得了每個人的心。蕭在香港新加坡國際學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。三月二十二日他在福建廈門參加了第十一屆“二十一世紀(jì)杯”全國中小學(xué)生英語演講比賽初中組的比賽。他的演講技巧和良好的英語為他贏得了最高獎。蕭說，他第一次成功的秘訣是讀許多英語書。
小題1:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：12歲的賽勒斯用英語做了一個偉大的演講并贏得了每個人的心。won 獲勝；lost失去；broke 損壞；made制造。根據(jù)前半句Cyrus Siu, 12, made a great speech in English可推知選 A
小題2:考查動詞短語及語境理解。句意：他在廈門參加了第十一屆“二十一世紀(jì)杯”全國中小學(xué)生英語演講比賽初中組的比賽。dropped out of退出了；worried about擔(dān)憂；gave up放棄；took part in參加。根據(jù)下文His speaking skills and good English won him the top  即可知他參加了英語演講比賽，故選D。
小題3:考查介詞及語境理解。句意：在三月二十二日。in在……里；    at在；  on在……上；    for為。 在某一日習(xí)慣用介詞on，故選C。
小題4:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他的演講技巧和良好的英語為他贏得了最高獎。shape形狀； price價格；prize獎；work工作。Win the top prize獲得最高獎。故選 C。
小題5:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：他第一次成功的秘訣是讀許多英語書。Selling出售；making制造；losing丟失，失去；reading讀。根據(jù)下句He has read all the seven Harry Potter books,可知他讀了許多書，所以選 D。
小題6:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他已閱讀了所有七本哈利·波特的書，每本都讀了四到五次。Copies本； times次；buttons 按鈕；seconds秒。這里是在說讀的次數(shù)，故選 B。
小題7:考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：對我這個年齡的人來說，這些書可能有點難。interesting有趣的；difficult困難的；.helpful有幫助的；easy容易的。結(jié)合并列連詞but可知該選 B。
小題8:考查代詞及語境理解。句意：但是閱讀可以幫助我學(xué)習(xí)新單詞me我；  you你； him他；them他們。根據(jù)上句These books may be  for my age可知此句是說但它能幫我學(xué)單詞，所以選 A。
小題9:考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：蕭喜歡英語電影。Chinese-speaking說漢語的；French-speaking說法語的； German-speaking.說德語的； English-speaking 說英語的。結(jié)合上文知蕭在英語比賽中獲勝的秘訣是讀許多英語書，可見他應(yīng)該看的英語電影，所以選D。
小題10:考查介詞短語及語境理解。句意：例如超級英雄電影《鋼鐵俠》和《復(fù)仇者聯(lián)盟》，是他最喜歡的。such as例如；instead of反而，代替；because of因為，由于；above all 首先�！朵撹F俠》和《復(fù)仇者聯(lián)盟》都是有名的超級英雄電影，故選 A。
小題11:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：“每個孩子都有有一天成為一個超級英雄的夢想。Teacher教師； doctor醫(yī)生；hero英雄；inventor發(fā)明家。根據(jù)上文孩子們喜歡看Super hero movies, 可知他們有成為超級英雄的夢想，故選C。
小題12:考查反身代詞及語境理解。句意：有時我想我自己是一個英雄。Herself她自己；myself我自己；ourselves我們自己；itself 它自己。故選B。
小題13:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：你的興趣和學(xué)習(xí)英語相結(jié)合是有好處的。answers 答案；questions問題；interests興趣；problems問題。故選 C。
小題14:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：創(chuàng)設(shè)你自己的說英語環(huán)境也很重要。Buy買； build建造；invite邀請； publish出版。 故選B。
小題15:考查連詞及語境理解。句意：盡管他的父母在家里對他說粵語，但他還詩努力用英語回答。Before在……之前；Though盡管；Since自從； Because因為。比較前后兩句話就可知該用連詞though，故選 B。
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