I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled A Real Test in My Life before the whole class at the age of 9 ! You can imagine how (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that--- with so many eyes
(fix) upon me. I had no
(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 the hardest part
(lie) in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began _
I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my
(listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding---I made
! From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience
(appear). Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way
success is our fear. Overcome it, _
we will be able to achieve our goals.
Male fans love to play football. Football is also a bonding experience for fathers and sons. When male football fans are younger, they probably spend hours_______ watching football games with their fathers. Male football fans also probably spend a lot of time playing football
_______ their friends.
Female fans do love the game, too, ________ most started watching football because a cute player caught their eyes. This is
________ I started watching football. I was
________ interested in football until I saw the movie Goal. While watching the movie, I spotted Kuno Becker and I quickly became interested in
________ game. Other female fans probably became interested after watching a game with a boyfriend
________ their husband. Whatever the reason why people start watching football
_______, it’s very addictive and hard to stop once you start.
I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting my car broke down near a remote village. Cursing my
(fortune), I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me
(argue) as to who should have the honour of receiving me
a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of
80-year-old peasant woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me settled into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse
my car to pull it to a small town some 20 kilometers away
there was a garage.
I had noticed three hens (run) free in my hostesscourtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. Other villagers brought me goats cheese and honey. We drank together and talked
(merry) till far into the night.
When the time came for me to say good
bye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman for the trouble I (cause) her. But she refused.
Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but I was attracted by a young woman behind, who was speaking ________ her cell phone.
She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn't where he was supposed to be, why he had _________(撒谎) to their mother again and if he knew that their mum had broken down in
t___________ that morning because of him.
She kept it quiet but she didn't have any mercy on him. She let him know exactly ___________she thought of him but I could tell there was
________ (爱) under all the disappointment. She tried so hard to get this boy to come to see his mother and make it all right, but I got the
_________ (印象) she was fighting a losing battle.
When she left the bus, I got_________ behind her. "Excuse me," I said. "Do me a favor, would you?
T__________ this money and buy your mum a box of chocolates
__________ a bunch of flowers. And tell her a stranger said that
b_________ a mother is the hardest but most important job in the world."
“At last, no more exams.” It’s a common feeling among high school graduates who have just completed the college entrance examination. What a relief! However, rather than fill the next three months with sleep, eating, and (watch) TV, some students have started working on finding a good choice of foreign college.
Different from those who begin their ___ (apply) for foreign colleges in Senior 2, Li made a late decision on a US education. She began to think about it in Senior 3, but decided not _
_ (give) up the college entrance exam.
Li’s classmate Mao Bingxin_____ (consider) studying in Canada after the top exam. She began a TOEFL course on June 11.
He Wei, ____ 18-year-old who studies at Shenzhen Bao’an High School, isn’t allowing _
___much freedom this summer vacation either, devoting her time to looking for a language school_
__she can study French and some overseas study consulting agencies.
He Wei considers ____worthwhile spending the summer preparing for college rather than hanging out with friends. “__
___we don’t really know what the future holds for us, we are sure that the better preparations we make
__it, the more choices we will be given.” she said.
We may find ourselves in many situations, where we discover or learn something that matters for us. But somehow, it really makes no____(different). So what can be done？__
_(benefit) from each experience in a learning environment, you need to answer these 3 questions：
What have I learnt or discovered? Most of us___(easy) answer this question. We just list__
__learning points that matter to us. At this stage we are rarely sure of why，__
__we simply don't express it.So what does it mean to me? This question __
__(help) us to express how important the learning points are and why__
__are important.
And now what do I do with this? This last question is the____important because this is the one that helps us to use the learning. It turns the theory into practice.
____doing so, you'll surprise yourself how much these simple questions change the way you learn greatly. Over the coming weeks and months, you'll notice how much you immediately apply __
__you've learnt and also how much it opens up your perceptions(洞察力) of everyday life.