完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Perhaps you’ve attended some parties. But like New York,where a party or dinner often __
36__ business with pleasure, a Washington party is a __
37__ part of the business of politics, the business of making __
38__ connections.
Some Washington parties have a __
39__ aura (气氛) about them, depending on who gives them and who is there, but most parties are open-house __
40__ in fact, with the hosts not knowing most of the __
41__ who are there.
I went to a few of these parties __
42__ I wanted to see the inside of some of the Washington mansions (公馆) I had __
43__ so much about. Almost every time during the evening some man would come close to talk with me __
44__, we didn’t know each other at all. Such a __
45__ exchange clearly proves “a gathering of friends” __
46__ Washington party standards. You don’t even need an __
47__ to attend many Washington parties. You just have to know about them. No Washington hostess would __
48__ her servants to ask you who you were. Most of the bigger parties, those with 300 or 400 guests, __
49__ to impress somebody, and Washingtonians __
50__.
Most members of the Congress ,for example, __
51__ middle-class backgrounds in smaller communities __
52__ the country. They are dazzled (眼花缭乱的) by __
53__. They are dazzled by big names. They are ready to help Washington __
54__ hostesses. They go along with them because they are good friends or they don’t notice that they __
55__ or they don’t care if they are.
小题1:.
A.follows | B.connects | C.mixes | D.goes |
小题2:.
A.daily | B.necessary | C.chief | D.cheap |
小题3:.
A.still | B.cruel | C.mental | D.important |
小题4: | A.social | B.nervous | C.terrible | D.simple |
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小题5: | A.events | B.affairs | C.conferences | D.games |
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小题6: | A.guests | B.customers | C.guards | D.guides |
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小题7: | A.so that | B.in order that | C.as if | D.because |
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小题8: | A.found | B.noticed | C.heard | D.wrote |
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小题9: | A.since | B.though | C.when | D.whether |
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小题10: | A.common | B.strict | C.public | D.special |
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小题11: | A.including | B.comparing with | C.according to | D.depending on |
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小题12: | A.invitation | B.envelope | C.instrument | D.acceptance |
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小题13: | A.refuse | B.allow | C.agree | D.warn |
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小题14: | A.are given | B.give | C.are supplied | D.supply |
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小题15: | A.easily forget | B.hardly remember | C.easily impress | D.are easily impressed |
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小题16: | A.hear from | B.write to | C.come from | D.call out |
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小题17: | A.over | B.below | C.between | D.across |
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小题18: | A.money | B.equal | C.freedom | D.discussion |
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小题19: | A.strange | B.famous | C.poor | D.stupid |
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小题20: | A.are using | B.are being used | C.are obeying | D.are being obeyed |
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