Lifeart is a student-run organization which was __1__ by one of my best friends at my school in Boston, US. It sells __2__ by our friends and classmates and raises money for cancer research. To collect more money, we set out onto the streets of Boston to sell our paintings to the public last spring.
We came to the subway station in order that we could get more __3__. Things didn't go well at first. It was __4__ that day, so our paintings kept being blown away. All of us were quite __5__ and were slow to ask people if they would consider buying our paintings. We were also worried about being driven away.
One of our girls, Luna, tried to talk to our first customer. Although he did not buy anything, it gave some __6__ to the rest of us. With every new customer Luna brought to our little stand, we had more courage. I also stepped forward and talked to a Korean woman __7__. I felt a bit embarrassed when she said that she didn't have time. But thanks to this short conversation with the stranger, my courage __8__. I kept talking to more people, including some Chinese people. At the __9__ of the day, we sold about 20 pieces of paintings. It might not be as much as we had expected, __10__ the courage that we got made up for the day's shortcomings.
( ) 1. A. set up B. put up C. taken up D. made up
( ) 2. A. magazine B. newspapers C. books D. paintings
( ) 3. A. artists B. customers C. passengers D. strangers
( ) 4. A. sunny B. rainy C. windy D. cloudy
( ) 5. A. brave B. excited C. shy D. active
( ) 6. A. knowledge B. courage C. way D. method
( ) 7. A. passing on B. passing down C. passing away D. passing by
( ) 8. A. grew B. dropped C. disappeared D. appeared
( ) 9. A. beginning B. morning C. end D. middle
( ) 10. A. and B. but C. though D. or