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   In my first year at university,-I joined Orchestra Council(管弦乐队) .One day,we had the 41 to run for Council. “If you decide to run,” our conductor Ms. Mauro 42 , “You must give a 43 in front of the entire orchestra. There are 44 open seats — President,Vice President and Secretary." I was interested in the position of President but when I expressed my 45 to my friend Shannon,she responded,“No,I'm running for President. Why don't you 46 for Vice President?” Clearly,it left me ambivalent(有矛盾情感的) .

   Finally,I 47 to run for President,even against Shannon's 48 . Together,my friend Karen and I wrote our speeches. I 49 my experiences in the New Jersey Regional and All State orchestras,50 some of the leadership positions I had in middle school in my 51 . By the time I memorized my speech,I had lost my 52 because I had been practising so much. When 53 day rolled around,I felt nervous and 54 . However,when I delivered my speech,I remained calm and performed 55 . After everyone was done,Ms. Mauro declared that 56 would be posted after school. Hours later,I got a piece of pleasant information on my phone 一 an 57 from the Orchestra Council. 58 I reached the end of the email I read: President — Michelle Liu. I had made it.

   In the end,I felt 59 that I had taken the opportunity to run for Council. From this 60 ,I not only learned how to write an exciting speech,but more importantly,to have confidence in myself.

41. A. attempt   B. opportunity   C. plan   D. desire

42. A. advised   B. warned   C. predicted   D. announced

43. A. performance   B. speech   C. description   D. position

44. A. many   B. enough   C. three   D. four

45. A. interest   B. worry   C. happiness   D. surprise

46. A. work out   B. try out   C. speak out   D. look out

47. A. decided   B. hoped   C. managed   D. continued

48. A. order   B. goal   C. rule   D. will

49. A. missed   B. remembered   C. included   D. accepted

50. A. instead of   B. as well as   C. due to   D. in spite of

51. A. competition   B. advertisement   C. presentation   D. interview

52. A. voice   B. mind   C. balance   D. confidence

53. A. training   B. school   C. celebration   D. election

54. A. excited   B. pleased   C. anxious   D. stupid

55. A. automatically   B. satisfactorily   C. effectively   D. correctly

56. A. rules   B. results   C. purposes   D. functions

57. A. email   B. introduction   C. excuse   D. invitation

58. A. Because   B. Unless   C. Though   D. When

59. A. comfortable   B. shocked   C. strange   D. glad

60. A. experiment   B. year   C. experience   D. text

41. B 42. D 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. B 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. B 51. C 52. A 53. D 54. C 56. B 57. A 58. D 59. D 60. C

话题：个人情况

本文是记叙文。作者讲述了自己竞选管弦乐队主席的经历。

41. B.粮据最后一段:申_的 I had taken the opportunity 可知，这里指作者得到一个竞选病“机会 (opportunity )”。

42. D. 

43. B.乐队指挥“宣布(announced) ”，如果 决定竞选的话，需要在乐队全体成员面前做“演 讲(speech) ”。下文中多处出现的speech(es) 揭示了本题答案。

44. C。根据本空后的 President,Vice President and Secretary可知，一共有主席、副主席和秘书“三 个(three) ”戚位。

45. A.根据本句中的I was interested in可知，作者 告诉Shannon自己感“，兴趣(interest) ”的戚位。

46. B.根据上一句 No,m running for President 可 推测，由于Shannon也想竞选主席，所以她建议 作者参与副主席的“选拔(try out) ”。

47. A. 

48. D.根据下文内容可知，最终作者“决定 (decided) ”竞选主席，这显然有违Shannon让作 者竞选副主席的“意愿(will) ”。

49. C. 50. B. 51. C?为了増加说服力，作者在她的演讲“陈述(presentation) ”中“包括了 (included) ”自己在新泽西地方管弦乐队和全美 竹弦乐队的一些经历“以及(as well as) ”在中学 时扔任的领导职位。

52. A.根据本空后的 because I had been practising so much可知，由于练习太多，作者失“声 (voice) ” 了。

53. D.根据本文中多处出现的run for可知，要想当主席需要竞选，故此处指“选举(election) ”.日到来。

54. C.根据本空前的nervous可推测，作者感到既 紧张又“担忧(anxious) ”。

55. 根据本空前的 However ... I remained calm 吋推测，由于作者很镇静，所以她表现得不错，

“令人满意(satisfactorily) ”。

56. B.根德下句中的Hours later,I got a ...可推测， 这里指竞选“结果(results) ”放学后公布。

57. A.下句中的the email提示了本题答案。

58. D.“当(When) ”作者看到邮件最后时，她看到 自己成功当选主席。

59. D. 

60. C.作者不仅成功当选还从这次竞选 “经历(experience) ”中有所悟，所以作者应该是 为抓住这&竞选机会而感到“高兴(glad) ”。

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