ThemostimportantlessonIlearnedinhighschoolhadnothingtodowithmathsorAmericanhistory.ItcameatgraduationseveralminutesbeforeIleftMiramonteHighSchool.

Iwasrathershybackthencontentto 1 aroundwithmyfewfriendsandtofocusonmy 2 IwasdoingsowellthatbytheendofsenioryearIhadperfectscoresandenough 3 togotocollege.

Butmygoodrecordsoonbecamea 4 tomywell-being（幸福）.InearlyJuneofsenioryeartheheadmastercalledmeintohisoffice.Heaskedmetogivealeave-takingspeechatgraduation.Ilookedathimmyheart 5 fast.Thiswasthe 6 formyhardwork?Isaidsomethingbutnotveryclearlyandhurriedawayfromtheoffice.

Iwas 7 aboutthedecisionfinallyagreeingtocompromise（妥协；让步）.Iwasn'ttheonlyspeaker—Iwould 8 thehonorwithfiveotherstudents.Stillitwasdoubtfulwhetherthetaskwas 9 me.HowintheworldwouldIgiveaspeechtohundredsofpeople?

Graduationdaysoonarrivedandas 10Iwasnervous.I'dbeenpracticingmyspeechfordaysandIhadit11_.ButIhadneverbeenso 12 inmylife.Thefirsthalfhouroftheceremony（典礼）passedandthenmy 13 came.Mynamewasannounced.Imanagedtoreachtheplatformwithoutfallingdown.ButwithinminutesIwas__14headingbacktomyseat.

NowIstillhavethe 15 ofthatspeech.Myvoicetrembled（颤抖）alittlebut 16 itwasclearandstrong.I'mproudofthattape.IachievedsomethingI'dnever 17—Ispokeinfrontofhundredsofpeople. 18 Ididn'trealizeitatthetimethesuccessfulcompletionofthatspeechgavemethe 19 toparticipateinclassatcollegetogiveoralreportsandtoeventuallybreakfreeofmy 20.

Ineverwouldhavechosentogiveaspeechatgraduation.ButI'mgladIdid.Iknowitmaywellturnouttobeoneofmyshiningmoments.

1.A.hang B.look C.walk D.run

2.A.characters B.interests C.games D.subjects

3.A.money B.credits C.time D.standards

4.A.luck B.benefit C.fear D.solution

5.A.burningB.breaking C.aching D.beating

6.A.punishment B.reward C.arrangement D.sympathy

7.A.doubtful B.optimistic C.generous D.hesitant

8.A.share B.bring C.spareD.give