八年级即将结束，你将代表本班参加学校的演讲比赛，谈谈自己在过去一年中的变化，请先根据表格内容完成一张流程图（流程图里只需填写短语不用写句子），再写一份 100 字左右的演讲稿，题目自拟。

We can get help from all sides to face the ________ around us.

A.joy B.happiness C.difficulty D.surprise

—Have you heard the popular food called Zhanji in Hefei?

—Sure, but I have ______ tasted it before.

A.often B.always C.never D.sometimes

Allen often teaches ________ math, sometimes, he asks his friend for help.

A.he B.himself C.him D.his

He wouldn't give up smoking ______ his doctor told him it was a matter of life and death.

A.except B.since C.until D.if

—Don't worry, madam. Your shopping bag _______ here until you come back.

—Thank you very much.

A.was kept B.has kept C.keeps D.will be kept

Amy is so lazy that you can’t ________ her to wash the dishes.

A.hope B.invite C.expect D.cause

__________ full use of time, because nobody can call it back when it passes by.

A.Make B.Making C.To make D.Made

—Can we get good grades in the exam?

—It ______ how hard we work.

A.decides on B.turns on C.depends on D.puts on

—Do you know ________ it will take us to finish the work?

—About an hour.

A.how long B.how soon C.how much D.how far