I can well remember that I     1     (ask) to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how     2    (awful) shy I was with so many eyes     3    (fix) upon me. I had no     4     (choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But     5     hardest part lay in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began     6     I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my listeners were waiting patiently    7     any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found     8    ( I ) back, delivering my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience     9    (applaud) — I made it ! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out     10     (be) a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear. Overcome it and we will be able to achieve our goals.

Last Monday morning, I was     1     (cycle) along a street in the rush hour on my way to an interview     2     an important job. A yellow car passed by me and     3     (sudden) stopped. I had to brake my bike hard and of course, I     4     (fall). I was so angry. I stopped the driver and kept on     5     (shout) at him rudely.

    6     (unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. By chance, one of my     7     (interview), the manager of the company, was right the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry     8     me for my rudeness. Instead, both he and his workmates     9     (be) satisfied with me and offered me the job. So I said to everyone jokingly that I could tell my manager     10     I thought of him.

It's a touching Christmas story, but not in the     1     (tradition) way. It’s about a seriously ill 5-year-old boy     2       died in Santa’s arms in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States.

Eric Schmitt-Matzen, 60, a part-time Santa, received a call     3     a nurse at a hospital several weeks ago, saying a dying 5-year-old boy wanted to see Santa Claus. Schmitt-Matzen dressed and rushed to the hospital. Walking into the boy’s room, he asked people       4       (leave)   if they couldn’t hold back their       5     (tear). He picked up the boy and held him in his arms.

“They say I’m going to die,” the boy told him       6     (sad). “What can I tell them when I get to where I’m going?”

Schmitt-Matzen said. “When you get there, you tell them you’re Santa’s Number One elf (小精灵), and they will let you in.”

The boy asked, “They will?” Then he     7    (sit) up and gave Schmitt-Matzen a big hug and asked one more question: “Santa, can you help me?” Schmitt-Matzen wrapped his arms around the boy. Before Schmitl-Matzen could say anything, the boy died right there. Santa let the boy stay, hugging and       8     (hold) onto him.

Schmitt-Matzen was       9       sad that he wanted to cry.

The story was printed, and people were       10     (move) when they read it.

5 . Robert, a great golf player, once won a tournament. After     1    (receive) the check, he walked a lot to his car in the parking lot and     2    (approach) by a young woman.

She congratulated him    3    his victory and then told him that her child was    4    (serious) ill and near death. She did not know how she could pay the doctor’s bills. Touched by     5    (she) story, Robert gave the check to the woman.

The next week he     6    (have) lunch in a restaurant when a Professional Golf Association official came to his table. “The guard in the parking lot told me you met a young woman there after you won that tournament.” Robert nodded. “Well,” said the official, “I have     7     piece of bad news for you. She’s a     8    (lie). She has no sick baby and she’s not even     9    (marry). She cheated you, my friend.”

“You mean there is no baby    10    is dying?” said Robert.

“That’s right,” said the official.

“That’s the best news I’ve heard all this week.” Robert said.