Have you ever felt the need to grab a pen and start writing your thoughts on paper? Words—beautiful and fascinating. But you know what is better than putting your imagination somewhere? In my case, to win the competition for the best novelist.
That was a small tournament organized by my school annually to
I finished a long story and e-mailed it. As I
I was not accepted. I
Thankfully, a film that night—Forrest Gump lifted my
A.advertise | B.demonstrate | C.defend | D.distinguish |
A.speaking | B.acting | C.dancing | D.writing |
A.beat | B.touch | C.contradict | D.dominate |
A.answered | B.sent | C.checked | D.shared |
A.notice | B.smell | C.taste | D.feel |
A.Moreover | B.Otherwise | C.However | D.Hence |
A.abused | B.overestimated | C.enhanced | D.proved |
A.moody | B.normal | C.natural | D.invisible |
A.encountered | B.shadowed | C.greeted | D.congratulated |
A.sponsor | B.organizer | C.reporter | D.winner |
A.clean | B.dark | C.soft | D.light |
A.spirits | B.eyes | C.boundary | D.restriction |
A.promote | B.decide | C.sustain | D.safeguard |
A.lower | B.position | C.straighten | D.shake |
A.never-ending | B.abstract | C.contradictory | D.hopeless |
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A.what | B.that | C.which | D.how |
A.stand up | B.stand on | C.stand for | D.stand by |
A.attitude | B.activity | C.action | D.behavior |
A.what | B.if | C.that | D.where |
A.honest | B.dishonest | C.modest | D.disappointed |
A.promise | B.permit | C.recognize | D.prove |
A.wandering | B.reflecting | C.understanding | D.wondering |
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