Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations in our life. Here and there, now and then, everyone needs courage to do something well. Courage may make you confident of your success. If you have courage, you will not show fear in face of anything difficult or dangerous. With courage, you may look at someone in the eye who you have wronged (冤枉) and say “I am sorry”, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill and know you are at the end of your life.

How can we build up our courage?

Believe you will be successful.

Take chances and know that you have your own talents. Besides, your family and friends are always there for you.

Exercise your courage.

It can be compared to a muscle (肌肉). The more we use courage, the greater it gets.

Know that giving up is not a choice.

It’s much easier to give up. But it takes courage to say or do what you think is right, even when other people think you are wrong.

Read inspiring stories of brave people.

Abraham Lincoln is one of the people who you may think of.

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Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations. It is important to everyone. With courage, you will feel confident of your success; with courage, you won’t be 1. of anything difficult or dangerous; with courage, you may look at someone you have wronged in the eye and say sorry to him or her; with courage, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill.

Here are some useful 2. to build up our courage.

First, believe that you’ll 3.. Take chances and know that you have your own talents.

Second, exercise your courage. It’s just like the muscle. The more we use courage, the 4.

we will get.

Third, don’t 5. to give up although it’s much easier to do so, and you need courage to say or do what you think is right, even when others think you are wrong.

Finally, read inspiring stories of brave people. Abraham Lincoln is such a kind of person.

I used to be the shyest person in the world. I hid ______ my elder sister whenever I had to speak to a stranger. When asked to speak in class, I could hardly ______, much less speak. Even among the few friends I had, my high, timid (怯怯的) voice earned me jokes —about being a girl.

Then in the seventh grade, my sister suggested I ______ voice lessons. After considering it for a short time, I did. I began a series of vocal exercises.

After exercising a lot, I finally gained ______ in my voice.

A few months later, I was asked to sing for some retired people, I thought I would do better than before ______ the voice lessons. I opened my mouth and —nothing. I couldn’t remember the ______! My face turned hot. The kind pianist whispered a prompt (提示), and I remembered just enough to keep singing.

Then the thought struck me: I’ve already embarrassed (尴尬) myself enough. There’s really nothing else to ____. So in my second song, I just relaxed and felt the energy of the song lift me. And I did much better.

After that, I started singing to myself as ______ as I could in my own room. That’s something I would never have done before. One classmate even said that I ______ be in the school’s talent show.

I am not a shy person ______. Singing has made me more outgoing. Today, I can also stand in front of the whole class and give a big speech. I am proud of myself.

1.A. over B. under C. behind D. below

2.A. sit B. breathe C. smile D. say

3.A. pick B. accept C. attend D. receive

4.A. confidence B. courage C. pleasure D. fear

5.A. out of B. because of C. instead of D. in need of

6.A. music B. title C. words D. style

7.A. forget B. miss C. drop D. lose

8.A. highly B. loudly C. safely D. excitedly

9.A. should B. must C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t

10.A. at last B. at all C. any further D. any more

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