It happened one spring morning. I woke up and went downstairs. My mum asked me if I wanted some orange juice.

“Yes, thanks,” I replied, but my voice had changed! It sounded very deep. I was quite ______, and so was the dog! But my mum just smiled and said, “Oh, that’s just your voice breaking.”

Breaking? That did not sound good! So at school that day, I asked my biology teacher what was happening.

“Don’t worry. It’s ______ common!” she said. “Sound is made by the mouth as the air is ______ out through the voice box, which is in the neck. As you grow older, the voice box grows larger and thicker. When you are a teenager, there can be a ______.”

“But my sister is older than me, and her voice is still the same,” I said, a little ______.

“The change is bigger in boys, so you notice it more. Girls’ voices only change a little, so it is hard to tell the ______.”

Now I like my new voice. But the dog still is not sure!

1.A. excited B. embarrassed C. surprised D. satisfied

2.A. especially B. probably C. hardly D. completely

3.A. pushed B. turned C. taken D. picked

4.A. common mistake B. sudden change C. similar experience D. slow process

5.A. angry B. confused C. calm D. frightened

6.A. truth B. reason C. secret D. difference

1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.D 【解析】本文介紹了作者發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的聲音變化了,去問生物老師原因。他的老師告訴他,在青春期的男生聲音會發(fā)生變化。 1.B 考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. excited 興奮的;B. embarrassed 尷尬的;C. surprised 驚訝的; D. satisfied滿意的;句意:我非常尷尬。根據(jù)It...
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