When I was a sixteen-old girl, I was asked to deliver a speech titled “ A Red Test in My Life ,”To talk before the whole class !Just imagine how ________(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, ___
___. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer---something to pride myself in. But the hard part ___
__(lie) in my oral presentation: to read from__
___ paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech ___
___my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs __
_____(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found _
_____back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After__
_____seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding, I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the__
___(great) difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it,___
___we will be able to achieve our goals.
Last year, I was on a trip in Sanxiarenjia in Yichang,Hubei. I waited for the boat(take) me along the Yijiang River. Out of nowhere, a shirtless man ran up to me and asked to take a photo with me.
both smiled as he said I was the first foreigner he had ever seen. He said “thank you” and ran off again.
The experience was funny, and it wasn’t the first time this(happen) to me. In fact, almost all the foreigners I know in China have experienced the
thing. Girls with blonde hair seem to be the most
(photograph). Most of them were surprised at first, but they now enjoy having their photo taken with happy students.
Of course, many countries in the West are home to different ethnicities. So it is normal to see peoplelook different. But it’s different in many areas of China.
Personally, I think it’s fine to take photos with strangers. But try to ask first. Once I(wait) for my friend in an art district when a group of girls began giggling (咯咯地笑) at their phones. I noticed one of them was pointing the camera at me,
(secret) taking photos. When I spotted them, they smiled and asked if they
take a photo with me. Maybe it is shyness, but I prefer when people ask
they take a photo. Most foreigners will say yes.
Wang Peng felt very frustrated when he realized none of his regular customers would eat in his restaurant. In his opinion, could be better than his fried mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his sugary cola. Something terrible
(happen).
(curious) drove him into Yong Hui’s newly-opened slimming restaurant and he
(amaze) at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. It was obvious
Yong Hui was telling
(lie) when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers back, he went to the library to do some research.
he found out was that Yong Hui’s menu didn’t give the customers energy-giving food. So Wang Peng wrote his own sign, saying “Energy-giving food served”. In fact, there was a weakness in Wang Peng’s menus
. Food at his restaurant contains too much fat. So
only solution is to combine the two menus together so as to provide a
(balance) menu with food full of energy as well as fibre.
A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and stayed with his wife atbest hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet.
(sudden) he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man
walked past him quickly. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman found that his watch
(go). He thought that it
be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided
(follow) him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. of them understood the other's language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist (拳头) while
(point) at the Italian's watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that he had robbed the watch
mistake.
I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school _______ job is to hand out call slips(借书单)and prevent students from leaving campus __
____ permission. Before today I had never seen her smile. The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her__
___ (walk) around. When she came _
___ (close) to us I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is so under-appreciated and needs recognizing for all her hard work. So I __
____（write） a note telling her that the students appreciated everything she did and __
___her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. I signed it “some thankful students” and slipped it into _
____envelope. Then I realized I didn’t even know her name. I asked all of my professors but no one knew her name I finally went to ask the lady at student services and __
__ (tell) that her name was Kathy. I brought her a bunch of ___
___ (color) sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers to school and left ___
___in her office. She came into my third period class shortly afterwards to deliver a call slip, and there it was a smile on her face！
This year, I will spend Thanksgiving Day at my elder brother’s home. I will be offered wines, seafood, turkey and other delicious(dish). But the Thanksgiving I remember with the _____
________ (sweet) memories is the first one. It made me understand the meaning of “Thanksgiving”
That Thanksgiving, my family gathered on the floor and ate two turkeys ________(give) to us by a charity. The children fought over the food _____
_____ the adults talked about job matters. There was even talk of __
___ possible trip the following summer to the place I had been looking forward _________
____ seeing: Disneyland. Although I wore old clothes at that time, I was very happy. I had many friends. They tried their best to help me. Eric ____
______ (teach) me to play baseball; Jack protected me from naughty children, and Robert offered ____
________ (take) me on vacation with his family. And best of all was _____
____ English teacher: Mr. White. Whenever I missed the bus, he _______
_______ drive ne home after school.