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.
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A．follows B．connects C．mixes D．goes
A．daily B．necessary C．chief D．cheap
A．still B．cruel C．mental D．important
A．social B．nervous C．terrible D．simple
A．events B．affairs C．conferences D．games
A．guests B．customers C．guards D．guides
A．so that B．in order that C．as if D．because
A．found B．noticed C．heard D．wrote
A．since B．though C．when D．whether
A．common B．strict C．public D．special
A．including B．comparing with C．according to D．depending on
A．invitation B．envelope C．instrument D．acceptance
A．refuse B．allow C．agree D．warn
A．are given B．give C．are supplied D．supply
A．easily forget B．hardly remember C．easily impress D．are easily impressed
A．hear from B．write to C．come from D．call out
A．over B．below C．between D．across
A．money B．equal C．freedom D．discussion
A．strange B．famous C．poor D．stupid
A．are using B．are being used C．are obeying D．are being obeyed
Well, I remember my first teacher, and she told us such _______ (amuse) stories. I remember a math teacher. She was always
______ (dress) very well. I couldn’t stop
_______(look) at her. I wanted to be like her. Our chemistry teacher was so strict
_______ we were afraid of him. I don’t think he liked us. The literature teacher was so
_______(bore). He could make us fall asleep very quickly. One year we had a
_______(real) good Chinese teacher. He told very
_______(interest) jokes. I also had a PE teacher who never gave us any
______ (encourage). I am not interested in sports because of him. Our biology teacher was very intelligent and
_______(organize). All of us had a lot of respect
_______ her.
In 1970, five women scientists __ __ the sea for two weeks. They wanted to ___ that women could do the same work __ __ men.
Their underwater house was made of steel, and was in two parts. Each part had two rooms . One room was the wet chamber( 会议厅). Another was the “ control center”. The third room was _ _ food and equipment. The fourth was the living room. There they could eat, sleep, listen to __ __radio and watch television.
The scientist explored the sea four or five times a day. Sometimes they even worked during the night. They __ different kinds of fish. Plants and other things were gathered from the seabed. When necessary, they _ _ photographs with special cameras.
When they left their underwater home, they felt quite__ __. Later, newspapermen asked them, “Would you like to have _ _under the sea?”
“Oh, yes, we’d love to. If men can__ __ oceans on the moon, we’ll go and explore them too.” They answered.
A．went to B．stayed on C．traveled on D．lived in
A．prove B．announce C．suggest D．know
A．with B．of C．as D．from
A．used for B．put with C． prepared for D．stored in
A．/ B．a C．an D．the
A．looked at B．watched C．caught D．ate
A．got B．printed C．made D．took
A．sick B．sad C．satisfactory D．valuable
A．another adventure B．the second trip C．once more stay D．next work
A．search B．come to C．find D．look for
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After getting married I moved to a flat. I felt pretty comfortable living there something strange happened. I had a doll on the windowsill (窗台) facing the living room. One day, I came back home from work and found it was facing the window . I thought it was my husband who played a on me, but he did not admit. I the doll to face the living room again.
The next day, the thing happened. But this time, my husband was so that I believed he had not done that. There was no of anyone breaking into the house while we were away. And there was no reason to that someone stole into the house just to turn the doll and left. What happened not only us but also frightened us.
The doll kept turning every day Saturdays and Sundays when I was at home. I began to wonder if there was a ghost.
Then a school holiday, and I didn’t go to work. While exercising in the living room, I the doll was turning by itself! It was very frightening but I knew why it was turning. There was a construction site right next to the building where I . The construction was at the stage of pile driving (打桩) and our building shook with each pounding (重击). I lived on the top floor, the shaking was quite strong. , the doll moved little by little with the shaking. This also why the doll never turned on Saturdays and Sundays, there was no construction work at weekends. If I had not been home on a weekday, I would never have the truth.
A．after B．as C．once D．until
A．already B．indeed C．instead D．though
A．trick B．part C．danger D．role
A．changed B．forced C．pushed D．turned
A．other B．same C．whole D．opposite
A．serious B．curious C．anxious D．nervous
A．chance B．need C．sign D．way
A．admit B．think C．expect D．worry
A．confused B．excited C．warned D．interested
A．including B．besides C．without D．except
A．appeared B．came C．existed D．passed
A．decided B．remembered C．noticed D．hoped
A．immediately B．particularly C．originally D．secretly
A．worked B．exercised C．moved D．lived
A．quickly B．strongly C．slowly D．slightly
A．When B．Since C．Though D．Unless
A．By chance B．Above all C．As a result D．In the end
A．explained B．discussed C．described D．suggested
A．or B．if C．for D．so
A．looked into B．found out C．picked up D．searched for
More and more young women want to look beautiful. Young women’s desire to achieve the figure of a fashion model has an form of expression in the problem of anorexia nervosa(神经性厌食症). Anorexia nervosa is a(n) disorder which occurs largely among young girls; , it is also found among of the young women, and in some cases, among boys.
Anorexia nervosa is starvation attitudes toward food, and distorted(扭曲的) body image. they are often extremely thin, anorexic girls believe that they are fat and are on dieting. Their perceptions(理解) of their own bodies are very much distorted. They do not see themselves as thin but as fat. Most of anorexia lose 25 percent or more of their body fat. Anorexia also causes them to become . From five to six percent of anorexics actually die from starvation.
Anorexia, which means “without food”, seems to be quite among young girls, although it was __ a problem twenty years ago. The of Anorexia is not known. Researchers are trying to find out its but it is related to a psychological(心理的) need. One theory is that they want to becoming an adult, since starvation can down physical growth and the beginning of puberty(青春期). Another theory is that anorexia is related to refusal of the mother figure or to the daughter of an overly protective and controlling mother. By being anorexic, the girl shows her ability to at least one aspect of her own life.
In addition, researchers that the problem may result in a wrong body image---the ideal of female beauty of being very .
A．ordinary B．extreme C．interesting D．last
A．acting B．sleeping C．studying D．eating
A．however B．generally C．anyhow D．regularly
A．few B．all C．some D．none
A．brought by B．found in C．regarded as D．characterized by
A．Because B．When C．Although D．If
A．put B．held C．checked D．fixed
A．rather B．still C．further D．even
A．lovers B．victims C．women D．patients
A．anxious B．worried C．weak D．disappointed
A．ordinary B．common C．great D．often
A．hardly B．certainly C．hopefully D．exactly
A．medicine B．truth C．result D．cause
A．possibility B．opportunity C．necessity D．importance
A．enjoy B．imagine C．avoid D．risk
A．slow B．cut C．break D．turn
A．doing B．becoming C．turning D．being
A．control B．improve C．build D．instruct
A．advise B．note C．announce D．doubt
A．fat B．thin C．healthy D．weak
Two years ago, a restaurant had fallen upon hard times. Only five were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant there lived a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, when he was asked for advice, the businessman for a while and then said, “I have no advice to give. The thing I can tell you is that the saver(救星) is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought carefully of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” they asked themselves. As they about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with respect. And thinking that each of themselves be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
As time went by, people coming to the restaurant that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two years later, the small restaurant had once again a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s . They understood that it was they themselves that were the savers.
A．members B．waiters C．cooks D．customers
A．hoped B．decided C．allowed D．began
A．build B．change C．sell D．save
A．but B．and C．until D．so
A．rested B．laughed C．stopped D．wasted
A．least B．most C．simple D．only
A．hopefully B．angrily C．lively D．nervously
A．heard B．guessed C．worried D．thought
A．similar B．strange C．special D．strong
A．need B．might C．have to D．dare
A．recognized B．advised C．felt D．wished
A．what B．how C．when D．why
A．order B．bring C．help D．make
A．become B．controlled C．organized D．increased
A．advice B．methods C．words D．success
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