They__________on an early start.?

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

The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else. They ___36___games, books, music, toys, good food and good times. But sometimes ___37___seemed, especially to Mrs. Catherine who ___38___the house, that they had too much stuff in the closets, in the drawers, in the basement, and almost ___39___. It made Mrs. Catherine a little ___40___.

One day, at breakfast, Mrs. Catherine made a（n） ___41___. “This family,”she said firmly, “has too much stuff. It's time to get ___42___of some of them. ”The three children all ___43___with this idea and helped pile used things and unused things they were never going to use into the car.

Their first ___44___was Home for the Aged where the older went to live. Nurses and doctors looked after them, but sometimes the older got a little lonely and ___45___. They liked visitors and things to do. When the family arrived at Home for the Aged, they ___46___out their games and puzzles to the older and then sat down to play games and do puzzles with them. They had a ___47___time and they were sorry when it was time to leave.

Their next stop was the Young Cubs Hospital. The Catherine family dropped ___48___their load of used toys which were very welcome. The hospital workers said the toys would be given out at the hospital ___49___party.

Their last stop was People Who Care store. This was a store that sold things to ___50___money for those who needed warm clothes and good food. The Catherine family lugged all their old clothes and furniture into the store.  

After that, the Catherine family ___51___home with warm feelings about what they had done. ___52___they drove along, they passed the lighted ___53___of supermarkets which were beautifully decorated for Christmas. There was window after window of the very latest things, but they were so filled with special thoughts about helping others that they ___54___noticed the wonderful things in the windows except maybe out of the ___55___of their eyes.

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（课外）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

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I came to study in the US last fall. My life had been quite  1  since I arrived at

Andover. Although I had quite a few extracurricular (课外的) activities, I hadn’t taken any official leadership position.

This  2 changed when I received an e-mail from Ms Griffith, my cluster dean (主

任),    3  that a few 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 the studies. The punishments given to such students are   7 by a DC Rep, a house counselor, two student representatives, the cluster dean. I was really interested in becoming a DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll, 8 so were five other students. We had to hold   9  and Ms Griffith 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 disciplines,” I wrote  13  .

I made three   14  that said “ Vote For Teresa” and put them on every exit (出口处) of my dorm 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 to   17  for very long. I actually  18 when my friends tried to comfort（安慰） me. “Teresa, I’m 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: the   19  is much more important than the result. I am 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. Sometimes

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 out      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