第二节：完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21----40各题所给的4 个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A farewell party was going on. Sylvia Calver hated being the center of any pubic show where she didn’t know anyone. It made her  36  hot and she always felt she wanted to go away somewhere. But on an occasion like this when she knew  37 , there was no  38 to feel shy.  39she had made up her mind to  40  people’s attention for once in her life. Unlike others, Sylvia didn’t have any sad feelings herself at leaving Palmeira Court Hotel or saying goodbye to its 41  — she had left so many other  42 , and known too many people in her life to get upset by such things now.
Yet this  43 was a particular occasion, and she hadn’t had so many of those in her  44. She had put on her  45  black dress and her long earrings. She had wanted to enjoy being the center of  46 for one evening, but now they had  47  old Miss Hutton of all people to give the  48 speech, whom she disliked. Even so, she thought there was no sense in getting  49  about it, for it was the first rule her  50 had given her — avoid all anxiety, take things easy. So, surprising herself by enjoying her own well-rounded white arm as  51 showed through the sleeve of her  52  dress, she took a taste of her drink and then sat back comfortably with her cigarette. And her doctor’s orders worked! For 53  out slowly, she put Miss Hutton off the end of her  54  with a cloud of tobacco smoke, so that she smiled to herself at the old girl’s funny expression. She  55 herself quite well that night, even to her own surprise.
36.A.face       B.show       C.room         D.dress
37.A.nothing   B.nobody    C.everything    D.everybody
38.A.chance    B.time      C.reason          D.use
39.A.So        B.But      C.For              D.There
40.A.pay          B.give        C.enjoy          D.offer
41.A.guests       B.people    C.places         D.things
42.A.houses    B.friends    C.hotels     D.parties
43.A.morning   B.afternoon  C.evening    D.night
44.A.life    B.work          C.school     D.home
45.A.large        B.best            C.most     D.worst
46.A.service   B.exhibition  C.Group     D.attention
47.A.ordered  B.chosen    C.wished    D.helped
48.A.long              B.great      C.goodbye   D.welcome
49.A.excited   B.anxious         C.puzzled   D.pleased
50.A.teacher   B.friend     C.husband    D.doctor
51.A.they              B.he          C.it            D.she
52.A.black     B.white       C.red          D.green
53.A.getting   B.putting      C.breathing  D.speaking
54.A.action    B.speech    C.work     D.performance
55.A.made      B.enjoyed   C.understood D.thought