2 . When it came time to vote for the speaker at graduation in the class meeting, Ms. Lenihan asked who would like to be our class speaker. Being a (an) ________ girl, I tried not to make eye contact. Seeing several classmates go up to the front to state why they should be the speakers, I felt a sense of ________. But at last Ms. Lenihan ________ in front of us and said, “We will have another meeting this week, and I expect to see more participation. I am ________ that some of you are just sitting there when you should be up here!” When she said those words, I looked up to see she was glaring right at me. I felt so nervous, but knowing she had so much ________ in me, I should not let her down.

After spending the whole week practicing a speech, I stood up in front of my classmates. There were eight to ten other participants, and I didn’t ________ much for myself. When the votes came in the next day, Ms. Lenihan announced that the class chose me! I would have to stand up in front of our entire school to make a speech. My ________ level went through the roof, but Ms. Lenihan told me she was glad that I had stepped up to the ________.

Over the next month I worked on my graduation speech. When I stood up in front of the whole school, I was still nervous, ________ when I looked at Ms. Lenihan, I remembered the whole reason I was up there was that she believed in me. I believe I ________ that day, and will always remember the encouragement that Ms. Lenihan gave me.

3 . Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. She ________ attending primary school till 4th grade at her village. For the 5th grade onwards, she would have to get an admission (入学) in a school at a city nearby. She got very ________ knowing that she was accepted in a famous school in the city. Today was the first day of her school and she was waiting for her school bus. Once the bus came, she got in it ________. She was very excited.

________ the bus reached her school, all students started going to their classes. Anna also made it to her classroom. Upon seeing her ________ clothing and knowing she was from a small village, other students started making fun of her. The teacher soon arrived. She ________ Anna to the class and told them that she would be ________ with them from today.

During the class the teacher told the students to be ready for the surprise ________ now! She told everyone to write down the Seven Wonders of the world. Everyone started writing the answer quickly. But Anna started to write the answer ________.

When everyone except Anna had presented their answer paper, the teacher asked Anna, “What happened, dear? Don’t ________. Just write what you know as other students have learned about it just a few days ________. ”

Anna replied, “There are many things. Which seven can I pick to write?” And then she handed her answer paper to the teacher. The teacher started reading everyone’s answers and the majority had answered them ________ such as The Great Wall of China, Colosseum, Stonehenge, Great Pyramid of Giza, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Taj Mahal, Hanging Gardens of Babylon etc.

The teacher was happy as students had ________ what she had taught them. At last the teacher picked up Anna’s answer paper and started reading. “The Seven Wonders are—To be able to See, To be able to Hear, To be able to Feel, To Laugh, To Think, To be Kind, To Love!”

The teacher stood ________ and the whole class was speechless. Today, a girl from a small village reminded us about the gifts we have, which are truly a _________. So value what we have and use what we have.

4 . I'm Robin Woods. I'm always the first to make a good joke and _______   my work away at the end of the day. But somehow, I'm _______   the first to be picked for teams and plays. I have always been the outcast,_______ and alone.

“This year our play will be the story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men,” our teacher, Miss Goody,   ___________   the whole class. “Who would like to be Robin Hood?” I   ___________   my hand up into the air. Of course, everybody wanted the biggest and best part, especially bossy Bradley.

“_________   for a part and I’ll test you on Monday and decide who will be best for each part,” said Miss Goody, handing out pages of the script. “… And of course, we’ll need lots of trees to be the forest.”

“You’ll be a little baby bush…,” Bradley_______ me. “Or a teeny-tiny leaf.”

I_______ him and took a copy of the Robin Hood words and began my practicing on the way home.

On Monday I did some brilliant acting and I remembered all my _________. I got the part. Bradley got the part of Little John. Becky was one of the ladies-in-waiting. Jordan was the minstrel(吟游艺人), who told the________ in song with a little strum of the guitar every now and then.

We had three weeks to learn our parts. Becky offered to________ with me. She played Little John's part and gave me ________   on fighting. Bradley, who still really wanted to be Robin Hood, often came over to watch. He seemed to be waiting for me to make mistakes. I felt________, with knocking knees and cold feet. But I was determined to be the best Robin Hood ever. I had got the part of a hero and a hero I shall be.

At home, Granddad came to help me. He could play the guitar and even made up a minstrel dance. He was really getting into the minstrel’s________, which cheered me up and made learning my part much easier and funny.

In the final dress rehearsal that afternoon, Bradley was really getting carried away in that fighting-to-get-across-the-river________. He was shouting louder and louder and pushing harder and harder until he lost his ________   and fell off the bridge. He had hurt his ankle! Worse still, Jordan had got a flu. Probably we had to ________ that night’s performance for it was just impossible to find two new actors who could learn the parts before________ and, most importantly, could play the guitar. Girls wailed and sobbed. Boys sighed and shuffled their feet.

It was I that put forward a________：Granddad could play the part of the minstrel; Becky did the part of Little John and Carly could have her part as lady-in-waiting. Miss Goody sighed with relief. Everybody burst into tears of joy.

The performance that night was a great success. I felt like a________.

How is it going?

Thank you for your interest in joining the school ________ team. As you know, our ________ has a great reputation, but we are always ________ new talent to sharpen the team for the future. It is not usual for a freshman student to be selected, ________ it is wonderful to hear that you are finding strength in teamwork and that basketball is giving you a ________ in life. If you are ________ for the school team, this is what our talent scouts are always looking for.

Firstly, you need to show us that you can ________ intense, focused and effective basketball. This means that you are always concentrating on the play, moving on the court, running for loose balls, and strong in both defense and attacking ________. We need to see that you can take charge of the ball, control your opponents, take shots and ________ goals for our team. So, you will need to work on your skills in these areas. Trust me, this hard work will really ________off when we are searching for new players.

Secondly, the tallest players are not always the ones that get ________. We are looking for strength, speed and skills, but we also want people who have good ________ , who are humble (谦逊的)and who can act as team players. No individual can win a basketball match; it’s the team who gets to the winning podium, and our coaches are always emphasizing ________ and cooperation both on and off the court. These are the ________ that make for an outstanding basketball player.

I hope these ________ can help you become a qualified basketball player and hope to see you when we start to recruit new members. Welcome to our school basketball team!

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Jack

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.”

7 . The Change of Bossy (好指挥人的) Lily

I am a helpful person. However, my classmates used to call me “Bossy Lily”.

One day, the class shouted again, “Bossy Lily, bossy Lily!” My teacher, Ms. Flora sent me to sit in the _______ for a while to quiet the class. I didn’t understand why the class got _______ when I tried to show Mike how to handle the record player. I was only trying to _______. I also couldn’t understand why the teacher had sent me to the corner. I was taught to always help my _______ if they didn’t know something. I thought the class was _______ in their judgment of me. I thought the teacher was wrong in _______ with them.

When everyone was excused for break, Ms. Flora kept me in. I _______ I was in serious trouble, but I still didn’t understand how my _______ could have caused the teacher to react like this.

“Why am I here and not at break?” I asked Ms. Flora. The teacher didn’t say a word. _______, she placed a word puzzle in front of me. Surprised as I was, I got out my pencil and ________ to solve it. It was ________, with many words I didn’t understand. I raised my hand for help, but Ms. Flora ________ me. I ________ with the word puzzle until I was about to give up. But I was not a quitter, so I stayed with the challenge. Soon I had solved the problem ________my own. I was so proud I did the puzzle by myself that I raised my hand high to get Ms. Flora’s ________. Ms. Flora picked up the finished puzzle and ________.

“I’m glad that you learned this important ________ from me.” I was ________. She hadn’t done anything. Now she was taking the credit for my hard work!

“Now perhaps you have learned to let other students make discoveries ________. After all, that is the fun of ________.”

In that moment, I decided that I would never do anything that would cause them to call me “Bossy Lily” ever again.