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