The big day had finally arrived. I had won the local speech contest(比赛)，representing Madison Middle School.   Here it_______the state competition. I waited backstage for the host to announce________name.

_______I had practiced much，I was extremely nervous.   My heart was thumping，my palms_______，and my mouth was dry.“Calm down，”I told myself. Still，picturing an audience of teachers，parents and classmates made me want___________totally.

Mr. Patrick，______taught me to give speeches，reminded me，“You'll do great. You're prepared.   You've come this far.”

Mr. Patrick was right. I was ready__________this，and besides，I won first place in the_________contests.   Yet，when I pictured________eyes on me waiting for me to mess up，my heart was gradually sinking into my stomach.

“You________back out now，”I told myself as Mr.Nichols，the host，announced my name and the title of my speech，“My Hero.”

【推荐3】One of my favorite high school teachers was Mrs. Ide. She was my _______ teacher and the leader of our choir (合唱团), in which I was a member during high school in France. It was Mrs. Ide who asked me to_______ the school choir. Mrs. Ide was a great teacher, _______ she didn’t play favorites, believed in all of us and was a musical genius (天才).

First of all, Mrs. Ide always had_______ topics for her music class. She had_______ to make them fun every time. We _______ in groups in class. We studied for musicals (like Cats, My Fair Lady)_______every one of us had a part to act and sing. When we_______studying our parts, we had a “creative evening”, where all our families, friends and teachers came and watched our_______.

Secondly, Mrs. Ide __________ our musical talents (才能). She taught us to be self-confident (自信的) with our __________ and how to use different skills to__________ our singing. She told us every week that we all have great talent, and it felt really__________that she had such confidence in our musical__________

Finally, I can__________ that Mrs. Ide was the best teacher and she__________cared about us. She helped everyone in her class to improve our __________and be more self-confident.__________she taught us skills, so that we were able to__________at home alone. She was the person who encouraged me to study singing. I really__________ that there are other teachers like her, who are an inspiration (鼓舞人的人) for students and their future.