四、词汇运用(本题共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式,使短文通顺、连贯。
When Emily handed Ms Miller her homework, she couldn't imagine how writing a short story would lead to more than a grade.
Emily, who was shy, had few close friends. In her art class, when other students discussed painting skills, she usually kept quiet. No one but Sofia seemed 46. (notice) her at all.
Emily wanted to invite Sofia to see the art show at the local museum. Every time she had an opportunity to bring it up, she would start by 47. ______ (talk) about her own painting. She wasn't sure where else to begin and she never got to the 48. ______ (invite) before the bell rang.
When Emily received an $\mathrm{A}^+$ on her story, she was excited. She knew that writing was fun and came 49. (easy) to her, but she didn't realize she was good at it. Ms Miller's opinion about her story made her 50. (think) she had a special talent, kind of like Sofia's for painting. Ms Miller 51. (encourage) her to enter an upcoming national writing competition.
In the 52. ______ (begin), Emily didn't want to enter the competition. She was worried that she wouldn't win the competition. But Ms Miller insisted that taking 53. ______ (risk) was part of knowing who you were and what you could do.
Emily finally agreed to enter the competition. When she won the 54. (two) place, she was still proud of 55. (she) to be brave enough to enter the competition. She felt so good when she took the risk of asking Sofia to the art show, and Sofia said yes.