题目内容：

Since childhood I’d been accustomed to a life where I would be afraid of everything. I saw myself as an insecure and ______ individual. But then, all too suddenly, something ______, and over a period of 6 months I firmly managed to ______ one of my diets, and lost 30 pounds. This ____ me from overweight straight down to underweight. The ______ taught me that I could change myself.

I heard about a public speaking ______ going on at my university, and for the first time, I actually managed to ______ the courage to go there. It was ______. For the first time I shared my story in front of dozens of people ______ judging me, and suddenly all the ______ fears about speaking publicly started ______. This taught me I could get rid of my ______.

My road to change, from that point on, went from a（n）______ to a neat and orderly highway, and I started changing rapidly.

Using the fact that I could get rid of my fears, I started working on them one by one. My fear of ______ strangers, my fear of asking simple ______ I should “make ______ of by myself”, my fear of hanging out with people. All of them were gone. And I still continue to ______ to this day without ______.

At the end, my weakness of being socially incompetent for so long became my ______ as it taught me how to change, as I now fight to become far better than the ______, and the absolute best I can be.

1.A. unconfident    B. dissatisfied    C. surprised    D. thoughtful

2.A. missed    B. jumped    C. polished    D. struck

3.A. account for    B. apply for    C. stick to    D. see to

4.A. produced    B. brought    C. exposed    D. introduced

5.A. failure    B. adventure    C. experience    D. connection

6.A. organization    B. instruction    C. idea    D. event

7.A. gather    B. observe    C. attract    D. balance

8.A. offering    B. liberating    C. blinding    D. confusing

9.A. impatiently    B. hopefully    C. potentially    D. cheerfully

10.A. temporary    B. comfortable    C. limited    D. random

11.A. accelerating    B. disappearing    C. removing    D. convincing

12.A. fears    B. urges    C. appointment    D. anger

13.A. chance    B. order    C. moment    D. mess

14.A. treating    B. witnessing    C. greeting    D. remembering

15.A. occasions    B. questions    C. purposes    D. promises

16.A. sense    B. notes    C. fun    D. knowledge

17.A. progress    B. promote    C. complain    D. research

18.A. example    B. discovery    C. stop    D. information

19.A. feeling    B. height    C. contribution    D. strength

20.A. typical    B. average    C. extra    D. precious