One day, I was appointed to be a volunteer to welcome Alex Haley, the author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I was
“I’d like to become a writer, but I don’t know if I have the
He explained that when he entered the Coast Guard in 1939, he was
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A.brave | B.kind | C.anxious | D.confident |
A.honest | B.approachable | C.generous | D.humorous |
A.power | B.courage | C.source | D.talent |
A.discover | B.announce | C.check | D.remember |
A.responding | B.agreeing | C.wondering | D.excusing |
A.Typing | B.Writing | C.Reading | D.Painting |
A.awarded | B.taught | C.introduced | D.given |
A.turn to | B.attend to | C.contact with | D.argue with |
A.actually | B.eventually | C.possibly | D.exactly |
A.continued | B.volunteered | C.promised | D.refused |
A.hit | B.go | C.make | D.get |
A.avoided | B.reported | C.designed | D.expected |
A.conversation | B.battle | C.exploration | D.debate |
A.Sometimes | B.Somehow | C.Besides | D.Instead |
A.requests | B.beliefs | C.rewards | D.purposes |
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