五、阅读短文,在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Tom loves Chinese, but his ______ (pronounce) of Mandarin (普通话) was very poor. He pronounced so ______ (bad) that he made many mistakes when reading in class. His teacher encouraged him to join in a speech competition to make a change.
Tom practised every day, recording ______ (he) while speaking and finding mistakes in it. He prepared two short ______ (speech): one about friendship and the ______ about his dream to teach children in the future.
On the competition day, Tom felt nervous and froze during his first speech. To ______ (we) surprise, he didn't give up. In the ______ (two) round, he took a deep breath and spoke clearly. Finally, he came third in the competition. Hard work leads to ______ (succeed).
Tom was so happy but he knew he still needed ______ (far) practice.
Now, he ______ (improve) his own speaking and helps his classmates with it at the same time, proving that courage grows with efforts!
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pronunciation
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badly
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himself
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speeches
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other
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our
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second
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success
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further
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is improving
