A．reminding   B．Unless   C．never   D．Although   E．speech F．embarrassed

Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents in American history．When he was about to make a（26）　　for the presidential election （总统选举） in a hall，a man tried to make him（27）　　 by saying that his father was a poor shoemaker．Everyone in the hall laughed out loudly．

"Thank you for（28）　　 me of my father，"said Lincoln．"（29）　　he has been gone for a a long time，for me，he was always an excellent shoemaker．I can（30）　　do better in politics than my father did in shoemaking．"