词语运用。

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一个词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个是多余的。

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything  1  , believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed  2  me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it  3  my life. It was an English speech contest(比赛). My mother asked me to take  4  in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak  5  all the teachers and students of my school!

 “Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to 6  .” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I  7  the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100  8  . With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could   9 believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked   10 on me, now all said congratulations to me.

答案

1.happens 2.at  3.changed  4.part  5.before

6.win  7. chose  8.times  9.hardly 10.down