I was painfully shy as a child.In high school I would（1）

A

A

discussing in class.I was too afraid to talk to（2）

B

B

but my closest friends.I would think about being less shy，wanting the （3）

D

D

not only to ask a girl out，but to speak up in class and say what I was thinking.Yet it never（4）

A

A

.Fears embodied（包含） themselves in such questions （5）

C

C

，" What will other people think？"" What if she says no？I felt a dark presence in my mind holding me back.
   This shyness continued into college.One day the question came to me：Is life（6）

B

B

？
   The thought surprised me！There's nothing shy about it.Life is everywhere and attention-grabbing.So，if my creator isn't shy about all the life that needs expressing don't need to be（7）

D

D

，I realized that if I wanted to（8）

A

A

fear and shyness，I would have to put this law of life into（9）

C

C

.I had to refuse to let fear and shyness control me.Instead，I decided to live（10）

A

A

life saw me.
   One example：I wrote a note to a girl，asking her out （11）

B

B

a date.Even as I was writing it，the fears of unworthiness came to me.This time however，instead of shrinking back and（12）

B

B

from the fear，I put the note in the campus mail in spite of myself.I thought，whether she says yes or no，it's still（13）

C

C

for me not to be shy.I can live with the（14）

B

B

sent from the source of my life.The girl saw me in class the next day and told me that she would love to go out with me.I shouldn't have been so surprised！
   Bit by bit，I was proving that a limited view of myself（15）

C

C

had control over me.After college，I worked as a newspaper reporter，met a special woman whom I married，and even got a job teaching at a major university.

（1）	A．a(chǎn)void	B．refuse	C．a(chǎn)ccept	D．enjoy
（2）	A．someone	B．a(chǎn)nyone	C．no one	D．everyone
（3）	A．chance	B．energy	C．effort	D．courage
（4）	A．happened	B．disappeared	C．doubted	D．ended
（5）	A．like	B．so	C．a(chǎn)s	D．in
（6）	A．long	B．shy	C．colorful	D．interesting
（7）	A．too	B．a(chǎn)lso	C．even	D．either
（8）	A．overcome	B．have	C．get	D．drop
（9）	A．a(chǎn)ct	B．work	C．practice	D．public
（10）	A．how	B．what	C．when	D．where
（11）	A．a(chǎn)t	B．on	C．in	D．for
（12）	A．running	B．hiding	C．relaxing	D．coming
（13）	A．lively	B．lifelong	C．right	D．thirsty
（14）	A．pride	B．confidence	C．value	D．method
（15）	A．instead of	B．in that case	C．no longer	D．by accident