【推荐2】“A public-speaking competition will be held next Monday. Each student will give a two-minute speech,” Mr. Taylor said.

The idea of _____ in front of the class made me _____. On the bus home, I asked Tanya, “What will I give a speech about?”

“I don’t know. What can you ______ for two minutes?” she said.

“______!” I said. “All I’ll be able to _____ is my shaky legs and voice!”

I tried thinking and thinking. Maybe ...

“Yes!” I said. “I’ll talk about how scared I am of public speaking.”

For the whole ____, I felt nervous and worried. I wished for road-closing snow and I even ____ flying to South America.

The day came. It hadn’t ______, and I hadn’t gone on vacation. Fifty students went into the hall.

“Andrew Addison.” My name was called.

I stood up. I begged my legs to stop shaking but they didn’t _____.

“He-ll-o,” I said. Someone laughed quietly.

I _____ again, “Hello.”

Better — _____ I still sounded like a scared dog.

I looked at my notes but they were unclear in my hands. No _____ there. What was my first line? I closed my eyes.

Yes! That was it. “I _____ public speaking,” I said. Some laughed.

“My hands shake.” Another _____. I showed the _____ my shaking legs. Everyone laughed. I looked at Tanya and she gave me a big smile. My speech flooded back to me. My knees settled and my hands _____.

“Many people feel like ____ when they have to give a speech,” I stopped for a second. “But I guess I’m the only one who _____ bought a ticket to Brazil.” I was on a roll and my two minutes _____.

Laughter and clapping floated around me _____ I finished my speech. I had given my audience an excellent speech.

【推荐3】Western people always give us an impression（印象）of being independent. My experience told me that they are ________ at teamwork，too！

During my visit to Valleyview Secondary School，what I heard most often was words like these: "Please do in pairs！" "Four students a group." Or "Change and ________ a new group." In Canada，classes are full of ________.Students act in groups both inside and outside the classroom. Their stress on team spirit really ________ me. Here is what I saw

Students were ________ to take an exam in this class. They used PowerPoint to make presentations（展示）. I was quite interested in such a high-tech ________ of examinations. And the students were once again _________ into groups and once again took me by surprise.

Each group had three students. One was to control the computer，the second to ________ a reporter to ask questions，and the third the spokesman to give the ________.Students chose the roles themselves. "I'm _________ in the computer，my friend Darcy is talkative（爱多说话的）and Alan appears handsome，_________ we make a great group！"a boy said to me _________ after the exam.

How was the students' performance _________？"According to the whole group's work，of course." I got the answer from the teacher. Each student has his strong points and _________.I thought about the question for a long time after the class: is it fair to _________ every student with the same paper？Canadian schools introduce cooperation（合作）into their exams. A student _________ to take the job that he thinks he is good at，and he works with his _________ to try to be the best in class. Isn't it a good way to judge students？We all know that cooperation is _________，but how to develop this ability？I do think we can _________ something from schools in Canada. Maybe it's a good idea to _________ group activities！

【推荐2】Erik, an athletic child, lost his vision in his early teen. At first he _____to use a walking stick or learn Braille (盲文),_____ he could do as well as any teenage. He finally came to_____his disability, though. He couldn’t play the same _____as he used to. But then he discovered wrestling, a sport where ____ wasn’t as important as touch and ____. Then, at 16, he discovered rock climbing was like wrestling in some ways. A wrestler and a rock climber _____information through touch. From rock climbing _____mountain climbing, the greatest challenge of his life.

Erik’s teammates say he isn’t different from a______mountaineer. The major difference is that he isn’t as thin as most climbers. ____, his strong upper body, flexibility and mental toughness make him a(n)______climber. The only help for Erik’s blindness is to place ____ on his teammates’ jackets so that he can follow them _____

Climbing Mount Everest was_____ for every climber on every team. The _____to the mountain air for Erik was the same as it was for his teammates:______of oxygen causes the heart to beat slower, and the brain doesn’t _____as clearly as normal. In some ways, Erik had an advantage_____ his teammates：as they got near the top, the vision of all climbers was ____. So at a certain altitude, all his teammates were like Erik--nearly______

To climb Mount Everest is an achievement for any athlete. Erik showed his disability wasn’t as important as his ability.

【推荐3】Paen Long has had a dream ever since he saw a plane for the first time at the age of six. His dream was to _________ a plane. Last year, the 30-year-old man started building his plane _________. “I was afraid that people would _________ me, so sometimes I worked at night,” he said. It was a long time _________ he put his dream into practice. Paen Long tried to build his own plane, using the money he had _________ from running his own garage. He has spent three years watching YouTube videos in order to _________ how to make a plane.

It took him a year to build his plane, using mostly recycled materials.The plane’s first _________ came at 3 pm on 8th, March. Local villagers gathered excitedly to watch the plane fly. _________, the plane only got 50m in the air before crashing (撞击) to the ground. “When all people were looking at me, I felt very _________,” he said.

Although the first try __________, Paen Long remains __________. His next project is to build a seaplane. Paen Long thinks the plane will cost over $10,000. “I never feel __________ for spending all my money building a plane,” he said.

His wife, Hing Muoyheng, worries about her husband, especially as they have two young sons. However, she has no __________. “I don’t know how planes work and he doesn’t have any __________ to help him. He can only search for information himself,” she said. “I tried to ask him to stop a few times because I was afraid, but he said he wouldn’t __________, so I have to support his dream.”