先阅读短文，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使全文在逻辑上正确。

根据对话内容，从对话后方框的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使对话意思完整，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置。选项中有两项为多余选项。
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Ling ling: I’m going to England as an exchange student.
Mary: Great!
Ling ling: But I don’t know much of the customs and manners in England. __36____
Mary: Sure.
Ling ling: ________37__________
Mary: Well, they think it’s important to be on time when you’re invited to dinner. _____38___ .As it is usually planned to have the meal at the exact hour given in the invitation.
Ling ling: Then how long may I stay there?
Mary :___39_ .Or you seem to have come only for the meal .An evening dinner invitation usually implied (暗示)that ___40__. The hostess often plans some after—dinner entertainment .

“I can’t believe what I’m hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate (候选人)for president of Student Council. My best friend Tony came to me and said. “I’m sorry, Mike. I really thought you should be __36__.”

    Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a __37__ “Congratulations” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.

    “I’m, er—I’m just wondering if you would …consider coming to work on my team,” he said__38__. “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.”

    “I don’t think so,” I replied, feeling unsure.

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

    All that night, I thought about __39__ from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process(选举过程) would give __40__ a chance to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them.

    My first goal was to __41__ a catchy advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff’s pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway __42__ passing Jeff’s smiling face.

    My next step was to __43__ 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 __44__to add these activities to our school program.

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

    Hearing these words made my heart filled with __46__. 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 large part of his __47__. The fact that it has made a difference in other people’s lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!

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

2. A. polite            B. loud         C. warm             D. cheerful

3. A. proudly           B. quickly          C. nervously        D.regretfully

4. A. advice            B. chance           C. message          D. offer

5.A. them           B. him          C. me               D. us

6.A. print          B. invent           C. create               D. send

7. A. for               B. from         C. with             D. without

8.A. carry out      B. try out          C. work out         D. find out

9. A. agreed            B. wanted       C. expected         D. asked

10.A. allowed           B. received     C. introduced           D. required

11. A. pride            B. surprise     C. patience         D. hope

12. A. luck         B. spirit           C. life             D. success

—Will you come to the dinner party?

---I won’t come unless Jenny ___________。

A．will be invited      B．can be invited      C．invited            D．is invited

My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞台) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社区) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n)   1   from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.
The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many   2   were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this   3  , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.
I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to   4   the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I   5   my biggest weakness: public speaking.
After I finished, I met with the chairman and   6   what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very   7  . He suggested that I should come again the next week.
I   8   a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I   9   I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.
For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.    
I learned that everything is   10   if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.