“I can't believe what I'm hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate （候选人） for president of Students’ Union. My best friend Tony came to me and said, “I'm   1 , Mike. I really thought you should be   2 .”

Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a polite “  3 ” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.

“I'm, er-I'm just wondering  4 you would…consider coming to work on my team,” he said  5 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.”

“I don't think so,” I replied, feeling  6 .

“Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to  7 table.

All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process （选举过程）would give me a chance to make important changes at our school. I  8 to join them.

My first goal was to 9 an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a

 10 with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway without passing Jeff's smiling face.

My next step was to  11  which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team. With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster  12 to add these activities to our school program.

With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well received at school.

An eighth grader said, “It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.”

Hearing these words made my heart filled with  13 . I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his 14 . The fact that it has made a（n）  15 in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!

1.                A．lucky          B．happy          C．sorry D．angry

2.                A．heard          B．chosen         C．invited   D．followed

3.                A．Good luck       B．congratulations   C．see you   D．help yourself

4.                A．how           B．if              C．when D．that

5.                A．proudly        B．quickly         C．nervously D．shyly

6.                A．unhappy        B．uncertain       C．unnecessary   D．unfair

7.                A．other          B．the other       C．another  D．others

8.                A．tried           B．refused         C．failed D．decided

9.                A．print           B．invent          C．create    D．copy

10.               A．poster         B．project         C．programme D．perfomance

11.               A．make sure      B．look up         C．work on   D．find out

12.               A．agreed         B．offered         C．expected  D．managed

13.               A．pride          B．courage        C．kindness   D．hope

14.               A．dream         B．future          C．life   D．success

15.               A．difference      B．progress        C．mistake   D．effort

Did you watch NBA All-Star Game（全明星赛）this summer? If you watched it．you should

__1__Shaquille O’Neal’s（沙奎尔·舆尼尔）wonderful play．Shaquille O'Neal is in Cleveland now．

He Was born on March 6th，1972．He is 2.16 meters tall．When he was young。he Was very strong（强壮的）．His strong hands__2__him a good start of life．Shaquille liked playing __3__．But when he Was a high school student in Grade Two，he wasn't good at basketball Just at that time．he__4__his good coach（教练），Dale Brown．Then he began his hard practice．In 1992．he _5__NBA，playing for Magic Team，then Lakers，and later Miami Heat in 2004．He had a great  __6__．He has joined All-Star Game ten times，won NBA Finals MVP（最有价值的球员）three times，_7__got the gold medals（金牌）for the USA in the Olympic Games．They named him one of the fifty__8__players in NBA history．

    Shaquille O’Neal is strong and tall．People call him” Large Shark（鲨鱼）”．But he is good at __9__too．He has six CDs，It's really one of历e happiest things in the world to listen to his CDs and__10__ him play basketball at the same time．

（   ）1．A．remember          B．forget         C．meet          D．say

（   ）2．A．put               B．showed       C．gave           D．took

（   ）3．A．football            B．volleyball       C．tennis          D．basketball

（   ）4．A．missed            B．met           C．left            D．had

（   ）5．A．joined              B．had            C．took            D．became

（   ）6．A．idea               B．success      C．party        D．times

（   ）7．A．and                B．but          C．although       D．so

（   ）8．A．worst                    B．slowest        C．biggest         D．greatest

（   ）9．A．music             B．history        C．math          D．English

（   ）10．A．make           B．help          C．watch        D．look at

　　Did you watch NBA 55'h All-Star Game（全明星赛）? If you watched it, you wouldn't (1) Shaquille O'Neal's（沙奎尔·奥尼尔）wonderful play.

　　Shaquille O'Neal is in Miami Heat（迈阿密热队）now. He was born on March 6th, 1972. He is 2.16 meters tall. When he was young, he was very (2) . His strong hands gave him a good start of life. Shaquille liked playing (3) . But when he was a high school student in Grade Two, he wasn't good at basketball yet. Just at that time, he (4) his good coach（教练）, Dale Brown. Then he began his hard practice. In 1992, he joined NBA, (5) for Magic Team, then Lakers, and later Miami Heat in 2004. He had a great (6) . He has joined All-Star Game ten times, won NBA Finals MVP（最有价值的球员）three times, (7) got the gold medals for the USA in the Olympic Games. He was named one of the fifty (8) players in NBA history.

　　Shaquille O'Neal is strong and tall. People call him“Large Shark”（大鲨鱼）. But he is good at (9) , too. He has already had six CDs. It's really one of the happiest things in the world to listen to his CDs while (10) him play basketball.