“three, two, one, start”, with the light on, the final test in the shanghai area of the english contest in east china began.

　　    i＇m the contestant“f”. fortunately, during the first three items, my scores were lower only than the first one. but in the last item----quick response, things changed. i knew that if only i could answer one question correctly, i would have the chance to go to nanjing for the final contest. so no sooner had miss zhang, the hostess, given the question “name three of the novels written by charles dickens”, than i pressed the button. though i know many of the novels written by him very well, such as hard times, oliver twist, a tale of two cities, old curiosity shop, david copperfield, i was so nervous at that time that i could only remember two of them. so ten points were taken away.at last i only got the third prize. but from taking part in the contest, i have learned a lot.