题目内容：

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）

阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.

I came to study in the US last fall. My life was quite simple when I arrived at Andover. Although I had quite a few after-class activities, I didn’t take any official leadership position.

This          changed when I received an email from Ms Griffith, my cluster dean (宿舍楼主任),          that a new female DC Rep was needed. DC Rep      Discipline Committee Representative.          students living in school break serious rules, like taking drugs, getting drunk or cheating in their studies. Such students must be punished（惩罚）. The punishments are       by a DC Rep, two student representatives（代表） and the cluster dean. I was really interested in becoming DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll,     so were five other students. We had to hold an election and Ms Griffith asked us to write       to be sent to everyone in Pine Knoll.

I thought hard about what to       . I didn’t want to make any promises, 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       I wanted to become DC Rep. “I want to serve Pine Knoll.” I wrote      .

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

Although I tried hard, I didn’t win the election（选举）. I was disappointed, but my positive nature did not allow me to      for very long. I actually    when my friends tried to comfort me. “Teresa, I am sorry that you didn’t win the election,” they would say.

“No, don’t be sorry for me. I am very happy to have taken part in the election,” I said.

It is true that the process is much more important than the       . I am surprised and happy to discover my hidden       .

1.A．school         B．situation     C．time            D．life

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

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

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

5.A．carried       B．given           C．made              D．decided

6.A．or            B．though         C．but              D．and

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

8.A．write         B．prepare        C．answer            D．give

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

10.A．carefully    B．easily          C．rudely            D．honestly

11.A．recognize     B．remember       C．forget            D．mind

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

13.A．smiled      B．cried           C．laughed        D．shouted

14.A．result        B．aim             C．reason           D．study

15.A．strength     B．courage        C．way               D．skill