中考英语完型填空练习题：一个普通的女孩

I had never noticed her. She was not the kind of girl who could draw attention. She was not tall and just looked 35 . In class, she liked sitting at the back, reading or taking notes. One day I asked her to read aloud the text. When I heard her standard American pronunciation, I looked at her with new eyes. And I　36 her name—Kelly. Later on, the National College Speech Competition would be held. One student in our　school was allowed to attend. I thought it over and filled in 37 name.　Kelly practiced hard for the competition. However, I was a little worried because she was always too　38 . Could she do well in the competition?　On the night of the competition, I sat in the front row of the hall very early. I told her to take it easy. Her　face turned red and she said nothing. It seemed she was really 39 . I felt upset, but I just patted her on　the shoulder and let her go to draw lots （抽签）. As a result, she drew No. 9 while No. 8 was a boy who was　very good at giving speeches. Sure enough, No. 8 was very 40 . The whole audience made a warm　applause （鼓掌）almost every 30 seconds and was still talking about his speech with 41 until Kelly　appeared on the stage. I sat there with no 42 to look at her. It was her first time to go up the stage, so I　couldn’t be angry with her for any small mistakes. But at that moment, I found I was so afraid of her43 .　The strong spotlight and large hall made her so small that nobody seemed to notice she had been　on the stage. I felt hopeless. But the moment that 44 me came. I clearly heard a voice, a very loud　voice, “Now, please focus on（聚焦于）me.” Three times in all, louder and louder. The whole audience fell　silent. I could 45 believe that loud voice came from the girl, who was usually soft-voiced and didn’t　46 attention at all. She gave a perfect speech. I think I will never forget this touchinglesson that my　student taught me— never underestimate （低估）the power of the silent people.
　　35. A. beautiful B. ordinaryC. popular D. strange
　　36. A. mentionedB. calledC. remembered D. wrote
　　37. A. herB. his C. myD. your
　　38. A. differentB. lazyC. slowD. quiet
　　39. A. strict B. nervousC. angryD. bored
　　40. A. careful B. thankful C. successfulD. cheerful
　　41. A. patienceB. confidence C. prideD. excitement
　　42. A. courageB. interestC. excuse D. effort
　　43. A. decisionB. expressionC. appearance D. failure
　　44. A. upsetB. savedC. surprised D. changed
　　45. A. simply B. hardly C. surelyD. deeply
　　46. A. catchB. needC. pay D. show
答案：BADCCADBACDB