阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

In my opinion, we should try our best 【小题1】 （realize） our goals even though there 【小题2】 （be） little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, leading the way to hope and success.

I used to be 【小题3】 shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially my 【小题4】 （speak） English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher's questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school, something 【小题5】（change）. I started to read many interesting English stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lot. I studied hard in class and practiced by 【小题6】（watch） English films and listening to English songs in my free time. Little 【小题7】little, I found 【小题8】more and more interesting to learn English. I could even talk with my classmates 【小题9】 （fluent） in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grade in English and I had 【小题10】（confident） to do it better in the future.