공통영어1 천재 강상구 1과 변형문제

“The assignment is to write a speech about ____ who you admire.

It could be a ____ figure, a celebrity, or even someone you personally know in your life,” Ms. Harper told the class.

My classmates began brainstorming a list of people they might pick — mostly athletes, singers, and ____.

However, I knew right ____ who my speech was going to be about.

Grandma is the person I admire the most. Writing a ____ about her would be a piece of cake.

A few days ____, Ms. Harper talked about how to deliver a good speech.

This ____ me that it wasn’t just a writing assignment, but a speech I would have to give in front of my classmates!

The thought of ____ in front of the entire class made my palms sweat.

I’m too shy to ____ my hand in class even when I know the answer.

How on earth can I speak in front of everyone? I couldn’t sleep at all that ____.

The big day for the speech finally arrived, and I felt more anxious ____ ever.

I had spent the previous ____ imagining how my classmates would react to my speech.

I was still mostly ____ about what my classmates might think. I wasn’t putting much thought into what I was actually going to say.

I figured I could ____ speak off the top of my head.

After all, I was going to talk ____ my grandmother.

I was sweating as I walked up to the front of the ____.

My heart was racing so fast that I thought it might fly ____ of my chest.

I could feel my face turning red. I didn’t ____ where to look.

I blanked ____. I just stood there silently. Ms. Harper tried to help me out.

“____ by telling us a bit about your grandmother, Logan.”

I spoke ____ what kind of work my grandmother used to do, but I quickly ran out of words to say.

Then Ms. Harper said, “How about telling us a bit about ____ you admire her so much?”

I barely managed to ____ a short story about her.

After that, I just rushed to my seat and put my head in my ____.

I knew I had messed up. I hadn’t ____ all the things I wanted to say.

The next day, I met Ms. Harper ____ school to talk about the speech.

I said, “I’m ____ about the speech.

I must have looked like a fool. I know I could ____ done better.”

“It’s quite all right to fall short of your own expectations as long as you learn something from it,” she said in a ____ voice.

“What was bothering you the most ____ you prepared for the speech?”

“I was afraid the other students ____ laugh at me if my speech wasn’t good enough.”

She ____, “You certainly can’t control what others think about your speech.

That means you should be focusing on the ____ thing you can control — how you give your speech.”

That woke me up ____ the depths of despair. Of course, that was it!

I wouldn’t have been able to ____ my classmates like what I wanted to say.

I really ____ have focused on my performance.

A couple of weeks later, the class was given another ____ assignment.

I didn’t want to drop the ball like the first time. So this time, I practiced ____ the speech.

I stood in front of the mirror every day for a ____ and went over all the things I wanted to say.

I used cue ____ which contained key phrases about important facts.

I rehearsed how I would stand, how I would make eye ____ with the audience, and even when I would pause.

I felt nervous ____ when the big day finally arrived.

But when the teacher ____ my name, I noticed that my nerves had actually calmed down a bit.

I ____ way better than the last time, for sure!

I walked up to the ____ of the class and looked out into the audience.

My ____ began to race, and I took a deep breath to calm it down.

While my voice trembled from ____ to time, I managed to get my whole message across.

When I was done, I felt so proud of myself that I barely noticed how loudly everyone was ____ for me!