I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech     1    (title)—“A Real Test in My Life”—before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how     2    (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed     3     me. I had no choice but     4    (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 the hardest part lay in my oral     5    (present) from my memory—for reading from the paper     6    (forbid). The real moment began when I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my listeners were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found     7    (I) back, delivering my speech without difficulty. After     8     seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding—I made it. From then on,my fear of talking before     9     big audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence built up, I now turn out to 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     10    (achieve) our goals.

A reporter from Jiangsu Province went to Australia and some other countries with his father for a 3-month trip, which turned out to be a miracle(奇迹).

The reporter’s father spent most of his life    1     (work) on the farm. The son started these     2    (amaze) trips with his father because the father got cancer-a serious    3    (ill).

The reporter wanted    4    (take) his father to travel in the hope that his father can find his younger self in his last days.They    5    (travel) more than 13000 kilometers and took over 110000     6    (picture) on their trips to different countries. Well, a miracle happened during the “rebirth”trips.    7     their surprise, his father got    8    (good)and became more open-hearted.

He even taught himself to play    9     violin, and then he played it very well after practice. After that miracle trip, now he is expecting another trip to Africa. He is the most stylish dad ever. Time carves the old father’ s face     10     youth(青春) flows in his blood.This is the real style.

Marty suffers from a muscle disease,     1    makes him very weak.Though     2     (disable), he is very     3    (ambition) and hopes to     4    (employ) by a firm that develops computer software.He is outgoing and optimistic and has many hobbies.Marty has so many things     5    (do) that he leads a very busy life with no time to sit around     6    (feel) sorry for himself.He has learned to adapt     7    his disability and the disease won’t affect his life and dream.In many ways,Marty’s disability has helped him grow stronger     8     (psychological).He hopes he can set a good example to other disabled people and give them     9    (encourage) to live as rich and full a life       10     he does.

A few months ago I left my hometown for Canada to study. I felt nervous because I was going to     1     new place with new people. What worried my at first was that I couldn’t speak English     2     (fluent), and I also couldn’t understand     3     (they) customs. Everything was different     4     my own country. I had to deal with everything alone.It was a sad moment     5     I had to say goodbye to my family and friends at the airport. Suddenly, I felt unwilling     6     (leave) my hometown because I grew up there and had wonderful     7     (memory) of the familiar place. However, I know studying abroad was a     8     (decide) that I made myself. I had to accept the challenge. By now I     9     (get) used to the new life here already, though I’m looking forward to     10    (spend) the coming vacation with my old friends back home.

In ancient China lived an artist    1     paintings were almost lifelike. The artist’s reputation had made him proud. One day the emperor wanted to get his portrait (画像) done so he called all great artists to come and present their     2     (fine) work, so that he could choose the best. The artist was sure he would    3    (choose), but when he presented his masterpiece to the emperor’s chief minister, the old man laughed. The wise old man told him to travel to the Li River～perhaps he could learn a little from the greatest artist in the world.

Filled with     4     (curious), the artist packed his bags and left.     5     he asked the villagers on the banks of the river where he could find the legendary (传奇的) artist, they smiled and     6     (point) down the river. The next morning he hired a boat and set out     7     (find) the well-known painter. As the small boat moved,     8     (gentle) along the river he was left speechless by the mountains being silently reflected in the water. He passed milky white waterfalls and mountains in many shades of blue. And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds    9     (surround) the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears. The artist was finally humbled (谦卑) by the greatest artist     10     earth, Mother Nature.