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（癌症） 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（货摊），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（不足）.

（1）A.set up	B.put up	C.taken up	D.made up
（2）A.magazines	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