题目内容：

Failing Successfully

Two years ago I took part in a speech competition and delivered a memorized speech. It was a hard time for me when the judge_______ the winners. At last, the moment of truth came. I got the worst.

After not being placed in the competition, I really wanted to_______ again. I realized that finding the right topic was the most important part of the whole_______. It needs to be motivational and inspirational to the _______. So I reworked my speech for the following year, _______ a different topic and spending many hours before the computer and in libraries doing research. Then I worked _______ the speech, line by line, word by word, making it _______ better.

The next year I participated in the competition again. I gave my _______ in two parts, one was about my own experience and the other was about the feelings that people usually have when giving a speech—how _______ it is, standing on a stage all alone, with everyone sitting and watching them. My speech ________ on well and I was hoping to do that a little bit better. ________, my wish didn't come true. The competition was so fierce and again I wasn't ________.

I was deeply disappointed, since I couldn't accept the fact that I had ________ twice in something that I had worked so hard on. However, I knew that losing is ________ and part of life. One of the judges said to me that my speech was quite good, ________ it needed to be better if I wanted to go any further. He advised me to struggle to ________ something like some of the empty gestures. He said that I would surely succeed someday.

While I didn't earn ________ as a result of the competition, I did gain a new viewpoint. I discovered that I could fail successfully. I think I'll ________ to work hard and enter the next competition. Now, whenever I'm faced with a defeat, I ________ myself of what a famous person said, "The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself that it's a slip and not a ________. "

1.A. predicted    B. announced    C. observed    D. interviewed

2.A. compete    B. suffer    C. win    D. check

3.A. process    B. condition    C. system    D. range

4.A. director    B. companion    C. audience    D. author

5.A. reviewing    B. supposing    C. comparing    D. picking

6.A. during    B. through    C. behind    D. against

7.A. increase    B. occur    C. expose    D. flow

8.A. choice    B. instruction    C. speech    D. reason

9.A. frightening    B. surprising    C. annoying    D. confusing

10.A. rolled    B. dropped    C. slowed    D. went

11.A. Angrily    B. Strangely    C. Sadly    D. Eagerly

12.A. settled    B. placed    C. treated    D. affected

13.A. failed    B. escaped    C. struggled    D. decreased

14.A. flexible    B. normal    C. appropriate    D. typical

15.A. or    B. so    C. for    D. but

16.A. overcome    B. declare    C. assume    D. acquire

17.A. profits    B. comments    C. awards    D. rewards

18.A. agree    B. continue    C. regret    D. apply

19.A. allow    B. inform    C. remind    D. accuse

20.A. kick    B. push    C. walk    D. fall