It was Election (选举) Day at Sunshine Middle School. Erica was running for the ________ of students. “If you elect me president,” she shouted, “there will be no more ________! And no more school uniforms!” All the students cheered loudly. Erica was ________, because she had spent a lot of time finding out what the students disliked.

Now it was Michael’s turn. Unlike Erica, he began ________, “I cannot change everything students don’t like about the school, but I ________ to work hard for you.”

“Boring!” Erica thought. She knew she was going to get the ________. When Michael finished, the students clapped. After the students voted, all the votes were counted. At the end of the day, the head teacher ________, “The new president is Michael!”

Erica was really surprised. She could not understand ________ the students voted for him instead of her. She had made promises about all the ________ things. Her best friend, Jenny, came running up to her. “Erica, I’m so sorry,” she said.

“I just can’t believe it,” Erica began. “They must have counted the votes ________. I’ll ask them to count them again!” Jenny ________ her head. “I’m sorry, Erica, there was no mistake. I didn’t want to tell you, ________ all the students I know voted for Michael.”

“I don’t understand,” said Erica. “The kids were ________ at my speech. I told them everything they wanted to hear.” “That’s just it,” said Jenny. “You made popular promises, but everybody knew that ________ wouldn’t be able to keep those promises. They thought you’d say anything to get elected.”

Erica knew one thing ________: next time she wouldn’t make promises she couldn’t keep.