My best friend, Mei, has a problem.There is a really 1 English speech contest for our whole city next month.Our classmates want her to represent the class in the school 2 .Everyone is sure she will win.It’s probably true.Mei is very clever, and can speak English really well.In fact, she 3 comes top in the school exams.The 4 is that she is very shy.She doesn’t want to let her friends 5 , but she’s terrified of speaking in front of other people.
She is my best friend, so she can tell me that she’s shy. 6 she can’t tell everyone that.I don’t think they would believe her.I can’t think of any good advice to give her.But you always 7 up with good solutions to people’s problems.What do you think I should tell Mei?What do you think I should tell the rest of the students?
I’ve never been late for school, but yesterday I came very 1 .My alarm clock didn’t go 2 and by the time I woke up, my father had already gone into the bathroom and I had to wait for him to come out.I had to really rush.I took a quick shower, and had some breakfast, and then ran off to the 3 . 4 , by the time I got there, the bus had already left.I started walking, but I knew I couldn’t get to school 5 time.Luckily, my friend Tony and his dad came 6 his dad’s car and they gave me a 7 .When I got to school, the final bell was 8 .I only just made it to my class.