Our team lost! They ______ by the champions.

1. A.
   noticed
2. B.
   were defeated
3. C.
   won
4. D.
   were encouraged

------ Did you win the volleyball game ? 
------ Bad luck. Our team ________ in the final one.

Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow． Her only son  16  to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there．Soon after that, her husband lost his job． The old man was always   17  food and clothes．And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep． The next morning he was   18  dead in a cold lake． And his worn-out coat was   19  in a tree not far away． Sarya was so   20  that she nearly took her own life．
Things got worse and worse after that． She always lived in hunger and cold． She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she    21 ．
It was a cold windy night． The old woman couldn't   22  asleep at all． She had to get up． She decided to write a letter to God（神）, asking for  23 ． She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself． When she  24  writing it, she found she had no  25 ． She had to put the  26  at a crossing．   27  the next morning a policeman found the letter． He read it to his comrades．They were all so   28  that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman．
At first Granny Sarya was happy． But after she   29  the money, she became   30  and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!”