However, when preparing for the English speech contest, I        and use language correctly.

He        the classroom        the teacher came in.

There is no denying that        resulted in my steady progress.

Now, it is still hanging on the wall of my bedroom.        I couldn't help thinking of my friend.

We turned around and        in the lake, crying for help.

She       , which makes them very happy.

    Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and could not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his mental ability.

    Beethoven's music teacher said about him, "As a composer (作曲家) he is hopeless." What if this young boy had believed it?

    When Thomas Edison was a young boy, his teachers said he was so stupid that he could never learn anything. He once said, "I remember I used to never be able to get along at school. I was always at the foot of my class ... My father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided that I was a stupid person." What if young Thomas had believed what they said about him?

    When the sculptor (雕刻家) Auguste Rodin was young, he had difficulty learning to read and write. Today, we may say he had a learning disability. His father said of him, "I have an idiot (白痴) for a son." His uncle agreed. "He's uneducable," he said. What if Rodin had doubted his ability?

    Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no "good ideas". Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, "You can't sing. You have no voice at all." And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that would have popular appeal.

    What if these people had listened and become discouraged? Where would our world be without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney? As Oscar Levant once said, "It's not what you are but what you don't become that hurts."

    You have great potential. When you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth.

    Do you remember those times when your mother told you to avoid talking to strangers? But now you're not a child anymore. In fact, there are advantages of talking to strangers.

    You can meet a really great person.

           You can meet a person who'll become your best friend in future. You can also meet someone who'll give you a chance to get your dream job or somehow help you in life.

    You have some opinion about different subjects and you know your friends' and relatives' points of view about them too. But there are millions of other people who think differently and can give you unpredictable yet smart ideas that'll broaden your horizons.

    You improve your social skills.

    Whatever social skills you have, you can make them better when talking to strangers.        You can better these skills when talking to a stranger.

    If you belong to that shy type of people, talking to a stranger may seem to be a real challenge for you. I'm also extremely shy but I realize it's not an issue at all. You can overcome your fear of being judged by others by talking to strangers and become more confident.

    You can cheer someone up.

    The thing you'll definitely like about talking to strangers is that you can make someone's day better. Smile and people will smile in return. Compliment people and they'll think something pleasant about you.       

    China's most famous wall may have been built to keep people away, but a new kind of wall is bringing people a lot        (close) together.

    On January 29, hooks and hangers appeared on the side of a Qingdao building under the words: "If you need it, take it." This "wall of        (kind)", the creation of local charity Chuangyi Workshop,        (invite) passers­by to leave their spare warm clothes and encourages those        are in need to take them.

    "It is just like what you do at home. You hang your clothes when you get home. You take them down        put them on when you go out," said Wang Lei, director of Chuangyi Workshop.        (inspire) by a similar plan in Iran, she put it into practice in China as the country experienced        (it) coldest winter in decades.

    Wang and her colleagues receive lots of clothes from people, especially in winter. She        (touch) by people's generosity. "Some of the clothing is almost new. I don't even have to wash my hands        sorting it."

    Many such walls have also appeared in several other Chinese        (city). This simple way of helping people is now making a big difference to society.