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Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2016·河南八市重点高中质检)Around four years ago，I received a call from the principal of our school as to the “Parents View” talk the next morning.He asked me to speak to the group.After the call，my whole body became feverish and panicky.The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years.The whole night，I could not sleep with many ominous_apprehensions in mind.One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come.Finally，I gathered some courage.I thought，“If I miss this opportunity，surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programs.”
I reached the school in time.Before my turn came，my whole body was trembling.When my turn came and I started speaking，my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry.I wasn’t even able to read the written speech
