Ⅶ.语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
I didn't get on well 1. ______ my parents. They liked to compare me with my elder sister. And that made me unhappy. I sometimes argue with them for that.
2. ______, I wanted to show them that I could do things as well as my sister. Then I began to spend most of my free time 3. ______ (paint) in my bedroom. 4. ______, my art teacher, offered to help me a lot. She taught me some painting 5. ______ (skill). She thought I was talented in painting.
One day, I told Miss Green about my problem. She 6. ______ (advise) me to take part in a painting competition. In her opinion, the 7. ______ (good) way to communicate with my parents was to show 8. ______ (my) to them. I took her advice.
After a few weeks' waiting, the result finally came out. I was very excited, because I got the first prize! When I took 9. ______ prize home, my parents were very 10. ______ (surprise)! And I could see that they were very happy.

with
; However
; painting
; Luckily
; skills
; advised
; best
; myself
; the
; surprised