Howdoyoufeelwhenyouhavetomakeaspeechinfrontofclass?Whataboutwhenyougotoabirthdayparty?Doyougetreallyshy?

Shynessmeansfeelingnervousorfrightenedwhenyou’rearoundotherpeople.Expertshavefoundthatmorethan80percentofmiddleschoolstudentsfeelafraidtobethecenterofattention.Somekidsarebornshy.Somebecomeshylaterbecauseoftheirlifeexperiences.

It’sOKifittakesyouawhiletofeelyourselfagainwhenyougotoanewplaceormeetnewpeople.Infact,everybodygetsalittleshysometimes.It’sjustacaseofhowmuch.

Mostpeoplehaveredfacesandtalkinbrokensentenceswhentheygetshy.Butsomebecomesoshythattheywon’tgotoarestaurantbecausetheyaretoonervoustoorderandpayfortheirfood.Someareafraidofmeetingnewpeople,sotheyseldomgooutside.Thiskindofshynesscanbebadforaperson.

Ifshynessdoesn’tstopyoufromdoingsomethingyouwanttodo,beingshyisn’taverybigproblem.Someexpertssayshypeopleareclevererbecausetheythinkmoreandtalkless.Shypeoplearealsogoodatworkingwithothersbecausetheythinkmoreforotherpeople.Somegreatpeopleinhistorywereshy,too.

Yousee,beingshyisn’tallbad.Butremembernottoletgoodopportunities(机会)passbyjustbecauseofit!IfyouhavetosingasongatabirthdaypartyorpracticeyourspokenEnglishinfrontofothers,justdoit!There’snothingtobeafraidof.

26.Theunderlinedphrase“tofeelyourselfagain”inthethirdparagraphmeans“________”.

A.tofindoneselfB.tobeoneself

C.toenjoyoneselfD.tohelponeself

27.Whatkindofshynesscanbebadaccordingtothepassage?

A.Youfindithardtoenjoyyourselfataparty.

B.Youfeelalittlenervouswhenyougotoanewplace.

C.Youseldomgooutside,afraidofmeetingnewpeople.

D.Youhavearedfacewhenyou’reaskedtoansweraquestioninclass.

28.IfyouhavetopracticeyourspokenEnglishinclass,________.

A.justdoitB.justrefusetodoit

C.you’dbetterasksomeonetohelpyouD.tellyourteacheryou’retooshytodothat