In many classrooms, it's not 16 to find students spinning (旋转) their pens 17 they listen to their teachers.
Pen-spinning is also popular 18 Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning 19 .
276 people took part in the competition. The came from different age groups. Some were students 20 some were office workers. First, they 21 the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer's website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo. 22 of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people, 23 reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him 24 the champion.
Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did 25 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don't do that.
小题1:A. difficult B. easy C. common
小题2:A. before B. when C. after
小题3:A. for B. between C. among
小题4:A. chairman B. captain C. champion
小题5:A. or B. and C. with
小题6:A. were sent B. sent C. was sent
小题7:A. each B. Both C. Every
小题8:A.includes B. included C. including
小题9:A. become B. became C. becomes
小题10:A. quite good B. quite well C. quite better
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
题目分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一项新的娱乐活动——转笔运动。
小题1:形容词辨析。A.困难的；B. 容易的；C.一般的，通常的。联系下文，可知此处指的是不难发现学生们旋转他们的钢笔。故选A。
小题2:联系上下文，可知此处指的是，当他们听老师讲课的时候，故选B当……时。
小题3:介词辨析。A. 为了，对于；B. 在两者之间；C.在多个中间。联系下文，可知此处指的是在学生中间，故选C。
小题4:联系下文描述，可知他成为了这次比赛的冠军，故选C，冠军。
小题5:连词辨析。A. 或者，否则；B.和，而且；C. 随着，对于；联系上下文，可知前后是并列关系，故选B，一些是学生，一些是办公室职员。
小题6:结合语境可知此处指的是，他们首先把他们的转笔技术的视频传到组织者的网站。结合语境可知send的动作时主语的主动动作，故用主动语态，选B。
小题7:代词辨析。A. 每一个；B. 两者都；C. 每个人。联系下文，可知此处指的是，他们每个人有三十秒中的时间在400人面前展示他们的技术。在表示每个人的含义时，each强调个体，every强调全体，结合语境可知选A。
小题8:词义辨析。A.动词，包括；B. 包括的；C. 介词，包含，包括。结合语境可知本句不缺少谓语动词，故选C。
小题9:make后接不带to的不定式做宾语补足语，结合语境可知选A，成为。
小题10:联系前文描述，可知此处指的是他在这场比赛中做得相当不错。故选B，副词做状语，修饰did。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。