Growing up for me was a challenge. I started out at primary school and was always asked by my teacher to sit at the 1of the class because I was a fool.
I kept 2things: I forgot nursery songs and spellings. I was the 3of class jokes and I was all alone and 4. I hated school, but my dad would hear none of it. He kept telling me I was a 5, if I believed it.
A 6around came one day when I remembered the 7of the word “Cognoscenti”; a word all the other “ 8students ” had forgotten how to spell 9they spent their free time making fun of me. I wasn’t asked to spell, 10I raised up my hand. So I stood up and went to the front of class, 1123 pairs of eyes staring at me. My teacher grabbed her stick, ready to hit me if I’d 12 . I wrote the letters, spelt the word and became an instant champion. Afterwards, I 13and won, for my school, five Spelling Bee championships.
Secondary school had its own share of challenges. I was a tall kid and wasn’t good at any 14, except looking. I loved basketball and tennis. 15I held a bat(球拍), I was laughed at by my opponent. He 16six straight sets(盤，局) without sweat and there I was, sweating like I’d run a marathon, whereas I hadn’t even 17 a single point. My dad’s 18kept playing in my ears “Stanley, you’re a champion if you believe it.”
Believe it I did, because I wasn’t only good at tennis and basketball, I was an all-round athlete and 19won both athletic and 20scholarships to university.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      front
      
   2. B.
      back
      
   3. C.
      side
      
   4. D.
      corner
2. 2.
   1. A.
      forgetting
      
   2. B.
      leaving
      
   3. C.
      repeating
      
   4. D.
      using
3. 3.
   1. A.
      cause
      
   2. B.
      inventor
      
   3. C.
      object
      
   4. D.
      course
4. 4.
   1. A.
      rootless
      
   2. B.
      homeless
      
   3. C.
      careless
      
   4. D.
      friendless
5. 5.
   1. A.
      champion
      
   2. B.
      fool
      
   3. C.
      character
      
   4. D.
      failure
6. 6.
   1. A.
      moment
      
   2. B.
      possibility
      
   3. C.
      turn
      
   4. D.
      change
7. 7.
   1. A.
      meaning
      
   2. B.
      spelling
      
   3. C.
      way
      
   4. D.
      form
8. 8.
   1. A.
      polite
      
   2. B.
      dishonest
      
   3. C.
      bright
      
   4. D.
      absent-minded
9. 9.
   1. A.
      once
      
   2. B.
      while
      
   3. C.
      when
      
   4. D.
      because
10. 10.
    1. A.
       even though
       
    2. B.
       as though
       
    3. C.
       in case
       
    4. D.
       only if
11. 11.
    1. A.
       for
       
    2. B.
       as
       
    3. C.
       with
       
    4. D.
       before
12. 12.
    1. A.
       hesitated
       
    2. B.
       succeeded
       
    3. C.
       lied
       
    4. D.
       failed
13. 13.
    1. A.
       presented
       
    2. B.
       represented
       
    3. C.
       requested
       
    4. D.
       proposed
14. 14.
    1. A.
       exercise
       
    2. B.
       mathematics
       
    3. C.
       sport
       
    4. D.
       spelling
15. 15.
    1. A.
       At first
       
    2. B.
       First of all
       
    3. C.
       The first time
       
    4. D.
       For the first time
16. 16.
    1. A.
       won
       
    2. B.
       owned
       
    3. C.
       missed
       
    4. D.
       gained
17. 17.
    1. A.
       reached
       
    2. B.
       seized
       
    3. C.
       caught
       
    4. D.
       scored
18. 18.
    1. A.
       message
       
    2. B.
       information
       
    3. C.
       sentences
       
    4. D.
       words
19. 19.
    1. A.
       even
       
    2. B.
       still
       
    3. C.
       almost
       
    4. D.
       nearly
20. 20.
    1. A.
       economic
       
    2. B.
       historic
       
    3. C.
       academic
       
    4. D.
       financial