7、I came to study in the US last Autumn. My life had been quite ___1___ since I arrived at Andover. Although I had quite a few extracurricular（課外）activities, I hadn’t taken any official leadership position.

  This _2__changed when I received an e-mail from Ms Smith, my cluster（a group of dormitories）dean（主任）, __3____ that a new female DC Rep was needed. DC Rep  4   Discipline Committee Representative.  5   boarding school students break serious rules, like using 6  , getting drunk or cheating in their studies. The punishments given to such students are __7__ by a DC Rep, the cluster president and the cluster dean. I was really interested in becoming DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll,  8__  so were five other students. We had to hold _9__ and Ms Smith asked us to write ____10___ to be sent to everyone in Pine Knoll.

  I thought hard about what to write. I didn’t want to make any  11_, because they are difficult to keep. I didn’t want to say I was experienced, because I was not. So I started my speech by explaining  12  I wanted to become a DC Rep. “ I want to serve Pine Knoll and also learn how American boarding schools carry out discipline,” I wrote ___13_.

I made three  14  that said “Vote For Teresa” and put them on every exit of my dormitory so that people would ___15_my name when they went to vote.

  Although I tried hard, I didn’t win the election. I was ___16_, but my positive nature didn’t allow me __17  for very long. I actually  18  when my friends tried to comfort me. “Teresa, we are sorry that you didn’t win the election,” They said.

  It’s true, the ___19__ is much more important than the result. I’m surprised and happy to discover my hidden _20____.

1. A. hard                      B. terrible           C. happy             D. simple

2. A. condition           B. situation         C. time             D. life

3. A. explaining          B. writing          C. saying           D. talking

4. A. stands for         B. asks for          C. calls for         D. looks for

5. A. Usually             B. Sometimes      C. Often           D. Seldom

6. A. computers         B. drugs           C.  cars           D. mobiles  

7. A. carried out         B. given            C. determined      D. made

8. A. or                     B. although        C. but               D. therefore

9. A. a discussion       B. a meeting      C. an election       D. a selection

10. A. articles             B. speeches        C. compositions   D.  introductions

11. A. mistakes          B. movements    C. promises         D. requests

12. A. how                B. whether          C. when                   D. why

13. A. seriously         B. easily             C. fluently          D. honestly

14. A. posters            B. advertisements C. speeches        D. promises

15. A. recognize         B. remember     C. forget           D. know

16. A. satisfied                  B.  surprised      C. disappointed     D. helpless

17. A. put down        B. look down            C. feel down       D. lie down

18. A. smiled              B. cried              C. laughed         D. sorrowed

19. A. reason             B. attitude          C. process          D. aim

20. A. strength         B. courage         C. ability            D. skill