选词填空。根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。（每小题1分，共10分）

at, ask, what, winner, prize, be, difference, good, hardly, many

Life is not easy, so I'd like to say “When anything happens,(发生) believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I _____ too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed_____ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech（演讲）competition. My mother _____ me to take part in（参加）it. _____ a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to _____.” Then mother and I talked about many ______ topics.（话题）At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my _____ to remember all the speech and practiced it ______ than 100 times. With my mother's great love, I did well in the competition. I could ______ believe my ears when I heard that I had won the first _____ . I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. They all said congratulations （祝贺）to me.