题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
山东省青岛胶州市2020-2021学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷(含听力音频)
On a freezing January evening, Ashley Austrew sat in her car in an Omaha parking lot. She was working up the 1 to go into a comedy improv (即兴表演) class. For 20 minutes, the 33-year-old journalist and mom of two sat with thoughts of 2: "I can't do this. I'll be the worst one." Then she turned off the engine, took a few deep breaths, and went 3.
For Austrew, 4 improv was the first small step to improve her self-esteem. She lacked confidence and didn't have the courage to try anything 5. So she made a list of all the things she was afraid to 6 and then asked herself, “What if I didn't let my excuses win?” Improv was her biggest 7.
Her fear 8 as soon as she walked into the class. Her classmates were also 9, and she discovered that she was 10 capable of earning a few laughs and making new friends. Over the next two years, Austrew went on to deal with other what-ifs, including writing a book. "Self-esteem is like a muscle--you have to 11 it constantly," she says.
Some people are 12 with a seemingly unshakable positivity, but most of us need to learn how to 13 ourselves up by our own hands. Thankfully, like Austrew, we can learn to feel 14 about ourselves and 15 our feelings of hope.
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