题目内容：

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always  ________ my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.

Years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the election(选举), ________I would win. But the reality proved that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t pretty. Girls in the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it ________  to win a school election. I was  ________  .

As I cried in my room that evening, I suddenly took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decided that I would ________ for elections again in my final year at school—and I would ________the election.

I recognized that my ________ had a lot of things in their favor. What were in________favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest________was the faith I had. I would not allow my plain appearance to hold me________ from my heading forward. That evening, I ________ my election plans a whole year ahead of time.

I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to________ them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, ________I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to win. In order to learn how to give a great election ________, I also attended a course on effective public speaking.

The day after the election, when the headmaster announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students ________ . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was ________theirs.

Suddenly, I realized that I had ________ much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people along the way. I had won the________and love of my schoolmates and they________me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and ________their day.

1.A. admired        B. remembered       C. praised           D. believed

2.A. hoping         B. planning        C. pretending        D. judging

3.A. offered       B. provided        C. meant            D. took

4.A. concerned      B. upset            C. surprised         D. angry

5.A. pay             B. speak           C. enter            D. wait

6.A. beat            B. win             C. defeat          D. earn

7.A. competitors    B. classmates      C. enemies          D. schoolmates

8.A. their           B. your            C. our               D. my

9.A. problem         B. strength        C. worry            D. dream

10.A. in             B. up              C. out              D. back

11.A. began         B. discussed       C. announced         D. challenged

12.A. reconsider     B. accompany       C. represent         D. support

13.A. but           B. and             C. so               D. or

14.A. capsule        B. speech          C. meeting           D. promise

15.A. nodded        B. gathered         C. cheered           D. cried

16.A. only           B. still          C. almost            D. also

17.A. accomplished   B. collected       C. devoted         D. developed

18.A. announcement   B. recognition     C. conclusion        D. arrangement

19.A. consider       B. speak            C. tell              D. say

20.A. enlarge        B. wish           C. brighten         D. experience