2023年專升本中期選拔英語試題訓練七

專升本中期選拔英語試題訓練(七）PaｒtIＶocabulａｒyandＳtructure1.Ｉ’dliｋetｏ__＿_＿＿__hｉmtooyouｆoｒthejｏb.Hｅisveｒycleveranｄindustriousｂoｙ.A．rｅｆeｒB.ｐropｏseC．recｏmmendD.suggｅst2.PaulｉnviteｄｍetodｉnｎｅrthｅdaｙbeforｅyｅsterdaｙanｄI_＿______hiｓiｎvitationｗｉthpleａsuｒe.A.aｃceptｅｄB.promiｓedC．ｐｅｒmittedD.received3.Ｅvｅnthoughtｈeyseemtｏbeｒeal，aｌltｈeｃharactｅrsiｎthisboｏkareinｆaｃt_＿____＿＿.Ａ．iｍａgｉnaｔｉveＢ.imaginaｂlｅC.imaginaryD.imageabｌe4．ＢoｔhMaｒyaｎdEllｅn,___＿___Jane，arｅstｕdyingＣｈineseinourcｏlｌege．A.aｓwellasB.ａndaswellC.witｈＤ.ｂesｉde5.Ｓｈeissaｉdto＿_______fｉｖetrｉpstoChｉｎainthepasｔｔhreｅyｅars．Ａ．bｅmadeB.hａｖebeenmaｋiｎgC.mａｋeD.hａveｍaｄｅ6.A__＿_＿_＿_shiｐiｓａshipwhｉｃhcarrｉesgooｄs.Ａ.goodｓB.comｍodityC．ｃａrgoD.fright７.Therｅsｕltofｔhｅｅxpｅrｉmeｎtmａｄｅme____＿＿__.ItwａsnotsｏgoｏdasIhaｄｅxｐｅctｅd.Ａ.disaｐｐointB.disａppｏiｎteｄC.ｄiｓappointiｎｇＤ．ｂedisａppoｉnted８.Iｔisnｏｔalｗaysreｌiａbletoｍａkｅacoｎcｌusionｏnthe＿_＿_____＿ofthｅfiｒstiｍpressiｏｎ.A．ｂasicB.ｂaseC.baｓemenｔD.bａｓis9.Ｈeｒ_____＿＿__dutiesareanswｅriｎgphones,typingｌetteｒsaｎdmaｋingaｒｒaｎgｅｍents.A.convenｔionalB.ｒoｕtineC.traditionaｌD.reｇｕlaｒ１0．ＩｎｔheUnitｅdＳtａt(yī)es,feｗparｅnｔs＿_＿＿__＿_＿tｏｌetthｅｉrｃhildrenusｅtheｉrcars.A.ｒejectB.dｅｎyC．ｒeｆusｅD.forbid11.Inｆａｃt，shｅhaddonｅalｌ＿___＿____ｔohｅｌpｔhepｏor.Ａ.sｈｅcouldB.ｗhichｓhｅcouldＣ.whaｔsｈeｃｏuldＤ.ａsshecould12.__＿____＿_afterhｉsdｅaththathewａsrecｏgnｉzeｄasagrｅａｔsciｅntiｓtｓ.A.ＩtwasnｏtuntiｌＢ．ItisuｎtilC.IｔｗasｕｎｔiｌD.Notuntｉl13.Ｔhｅｐatieｎｔiｓstillwｅｔ._＿_＿_____!A.BesuretonottoｕcｈitB．ＢesureｎottoｔｏuchitC．BenｏｔsurｅtoｔouｃhｉｔＤ.Don’tｂesｕretｏｔoucｈiｔ1４.You_＿______ｍeaｂouthｉsillｎesｓyeｓｔｅｒｄay.A.musｔtelｌB．haｄtｏlｄC.oughttotelｌD．oughｔｔohavetｏld1５.Thedesｉｇｎwａsso_＿＿______thatyoｕcouldnｏtｆindanyfaｕlｔｉnit．Ａ.delicatｅB.elaboｒａt(yī)eC.fancyD.cｏmｐlicateｄ1６._________dｒivingtowork，Mr.Ｒobinsgoestohisoｆfｉcebytraineveryday.Ａ.ＷithoｕtB．Rａt(yī)heｒtｈａnC.IｎｓteａdofD.Inspiteof17.Moreｔhａnｔhirｔｙpｅopleａrｅ_____＿_＿ｉnthisｅｖent．A.hａppeｎedB.ｐaｒｔiciｐａｔｅｄC．involｖｅｄD.inｃｌuｄｅd１8.Ｙｏｕhaven’twａstｅdmｙtimｅ；ｏnthｅ_＿__＿___,you’veheｌｐedmesaｖesomｅｔime.A．ｃｏntraryB.ｒeveｒsｅC.opｐositeD.cｏｎtrast19.Alｌthevｉllagerspropoｓeｄto_＿__＿_＿__therｏaｄtｏthetoｗｎnearｂｙ.A.ｓtrｅtcｈB.extｅndC.ｅnlargｅD．expend２0.Dｏyouhａveａnｙiｄｅaofwhoｗiｌlbeinvitedtotheｐresｓ_＿＿_＿___ｔｈisevｅninｇ?A．cｏnferｅnｃeB.gatheｒiｎgsＣ.ｍｅetingD．talks2１．Thiskｉndｏfreａdｉnｇｌampcａｎbe_＿＿_____tothenｅedoftｈereａｄer.A.adopｔｅdＢ.aｄjusteｄC.adaptedD.used2２.Theyｈaｖｅｐlacedａlａrｇe＿＿__＿_＿_ｗiththeＢoeingCoｍpanｙｆor2０newairlineｒs.A.ＣｈargeB.cｏmｍandC．requestD.order23.Thetraveleｒｓ_＿__＿___300mileｓaｄaｙbycａrwｈenｔheywereinＡｆriｃa.A．pａssedB.tookC.coｖｅｒedＤ．went24．Ｂobhad__＿＿_____fｏrhiｓfaｔhertoｃomewhenｅverneedeｄ.A.arｒangedＢ.ｒｅｑuirｅdC.demａｎdedD．inviteｄ25．Partｏfｏｆｆiceis____＿____offfｏrｔheuseofthｅｍａnａgｅr.A.sｅｐaratedB．cutＣ.divideｄＤ．ｓpliｔ2６．Ｍyeaｒlｙ____＿＿__ａｔlｅarningｔｏdｒiｖewereunsucceｓsfｕl.Ａ.efｆｏrtsＢ．ｔeｍptＣ.testD．tｒiａｌ２7.Acｃoｒdｉngtｏ_＿＿_＿＿__＿ｔheyhavｅｔoldme，theyshouldreｔuｒnwithｉnaboutonｅweek.A.ｔhatB．itC.wｈatD.wｈich２8.Sheouｇhttｏ_＿＿__＿＿__myｌetteraweｅｋago.Buｔshewａｓbｕsywithherwork．A.ｈaｖeａnsweredB.ａnsweｒiｎgC.ａnsｗerD.beansｗeriｎg29.Tｈｅｌａwreｑｕｉrestｈateveryｏne_____＿__hiscaｒｃｈecｋedatｌeaｓtoncｅamonth.A.hａsB.haｄC.haveD.wｏulｄhave３0．If__＿＿___＿_sｕｃcessfuｌly,thｅplanｗillcompleｔeｌycｈａnｇｅthetrａfｆiｃconditionｓｉnourcity.A.carrｙｉngｏuｔB.ｃaｒriedoutC.tｏcarｒyoutD.ｃarryouｔPａrtIIＢlankfillｉｎg１.Heshoweda____＿__＿_(chｉld)lackofconｔroloｖerhistemper.2.A_＿___＿__＿（selｆ)peｒsｏnputsｈisoｗninｔerestsfirｓｔ.3.Thewholeｒoomwａsflｏodedwithwarm,__＿_＿____（gold)sunlｉght.4.Viｅwsnｏtbasedoｎｔhｏrｏｕgｈ_＿_____＿_（inｖestigatｅ）aｒenothingbｕtignorantnonsｅｎse.5.Ｔheystartedofｆatｏnｃeｉｎseａrchoｆtｈe_＿_＿_＿_＿＿(ｍisｓ)gｉrｌ.6.Thegoｖernmentputｆoｒｗarda________＿(prｏposｅ)toimｐｒovepublictraｎsportａt(yī)ion.7．Whatweareｗaitｉｎgforｉstｈe___＿＿__＿＿(coｎfirm)oftｈeneｗs.8．Itisconsiｄered_＿__＿＿__(ｐolite)foｒamantowearaｈatindoors.9．Childｒenshouldbeeｎcourａgedtobe_______＿(ｄependent)tｈinｋｅｒｓ．１0．Thepａt(yī)ientｗａs＿_______(cａｐable）ofｗalking,sohｅhaｄｔobecarrieｄ.PartIIIRｅａｄiｎgComprehension１.ＧeｔtｉngLostonＰｕｒpｏseIｄidｎ’tknowｔhecｉtyａt(yī)ａｌlaｎｄｗhatｉsｍｏｒｅ,Icouldn’ｔspeａkaworｄofｔｈelangｕage.Ａｆterｈavingspentmyｆirstdaysiｇｈt–ｓeｅingｉnｔhｅｔowｎ－ceｎｔre,Ｉdeciｄeｄtoloseｍyｗaｙdelｉbｅｒatelyonｍysecｏndday,siｎceIbelievｅdthatthiｓwastｈesuｒｅstwayoｆgｅttinｇｔokｎowmywaｙarｏｕnd．Iｇｏtoｎthｅfirstbｕｓtｈaｔpassesanddescｅndｅｄsoｍetｈirtｙminutｅsｌateｒｉnｗｈatmuｓtｈaｖebeｅnasuburｂ.?Tｈefｉrｓttｗohourspａssedpleasantｌｙenough．Idｉscovereｄmysteriｏｕｓlitｔlebｏok-shopsinbaｃkｓtreｅtsａndfinallｙarriｖｅdａt(yī)ａmarket-plaｃｅｗheｒeIstｏｐpedａndhａdcoffeeinanｏpeｎ-aｉｒcａｆé.TheｎIdecidｅdtoｇeｔbａcｋtomｙhoteｌｆorlunch.Aftｅｒwalｋｉnｇaboutaｉmlesslyfoｒｓoｍetｉme,Idetｅrminedｔｏasｋtheway.ThetrｏubｌewａsthaｔtheonlywoｒｄＩｋｎｏｗoｆthelanｇuagewasthｅnａｍｅofｔｈestｒeｅｔinwhiｃhIlｉveｄ---andeｖenthatＩｐronouncedbａdly.?Iｓtoｐpedtｏａskafrｉｅｎｄly-lookinｇｎewspaper-sｅｌler.Hesmiｌeｄａndｈａndｅｄｍeaｐapｅr.Iｓｈｏokmyheadandrｅpeａｔｅdtｈenamｅofthestreetａndhｅthruｓｔthepａperｉnｔｏmyhandｓ．Sｅeingthatitwouldｂeimposｓibletｏaｒgｕｅaboutｔhematｔer,Ｉgavehimｓomemoｎeｙaｎｄweｎtonmｙway.TｈeneｘｔperｓｏｎＩａskedwaｓaｎoldlaｄywhowａsbｕyiｎgvegetａbles.ShｅwａｓvｅｒyｈaｒｄoｆhearingaｎdIrepeateｄthｅwoｒdseveraltｉmｅs.Whenshefinａllyｈeardｍe，ｓhｅｓeemeｄtｏｔａkeofｆeｎｃeａndbeganshoutingａndshakiｎghｅｒwaｌkiｎg-stｉｃkatme．Ihurｒieｄawayqｕicklyａndwasrelievｅdtosｅeapｏliｃｅｍanonaｃｏｒner．Hecｅrtainlywouldbeａblｅｔ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ａ..goeｖｅｒｙwheｒeonfootb．a(chǎn)skpｅｏplethｅwａy?c.gｅｔlｏstｏnpurposed.ｇetonthefiｒstｐａssingbus?3．Tｈemａinｃauseoｆａｌlｔheｗriter’sｔroｕblｅswastｈat______＿_＿_＿___＿.

ａ.hefoｌlowedtｈepoliｃeｍan’sdireｃtｉoｎｂ.ｈecouldn’tsｐeaｋtheｌanguａｇe?ｃ.hｅleftthecitycenｔerd.hｅｗenｔaｒouｎｄwiｔｈoutａguｉｄeｂooｋ

4.Thenｅｗspaper-sｅllｅｒ＿＿____＿＿____．

a.understoodwhathesaidb.ｔｈｏｕghｔｈｅwouｌdbuyanｅwspapｅr

c.showｅdhimａrounｄｔhecityd.tolｄｈｉｍhｏwtogettothｅbusstop?５.Whydidｔhewｒiterleavetｈｅｏldwomａniｎｓuchahurrｙ?

a.Ｓｈｅdidｎｏtunｄerstaｎｄwhaｔhesaｉd.ｂ．Shewａsｇettｉngaｎgryｗiththewrｉter.?c.Shewａsveryhardofheａring.d．Shehaｄnｏideawherehｉsｈotelwａs.?6.Ｔhｅpolｉcemaｎonthecornｅｒ___＿_＿_＿_＿＿__whenthｅwriteraｓｋedthｅwａｙa．tｏokoffenｃeb.ｓｈookhishｅad

c.shｏｕtedloudlyd.gaｖeｈimsoｍeｉnformatｉon2.Ｃhurchiｌｌ’ｓＰortrａｉｔＷhenＳiｒWinstonChurchｉll,thegreatBrｉtisｈｐrｉmｅminisｔeｒ,reａｃhｅdhiseｉghtiethbiｒｔhｄayinNovember,1954,heｗasｐrｅsenteｄｗithhispｏrtraitbｙaweｌｌ-knｏwnmodernａrtisｔ,GraｈamSｕtherland．ＴhepａintｉnghaｄbeenordereｄａnｄpaidfｏrｂythemｅｍbersofParliａmｅnt,ｗhoｗanteｄｔｏhonortｈeGrａndOldMaｎofWorldWarⅡ.?ＳiｒWｉnsｔｏnaｎdLadyChuｒcｈillwerｅdｅepｌyｍoveｄbytｈｉｓmａrkofrespectandaffeｃｔion.Neitｈeroftｈem,ofcouｒｓｅ,ａllowedtｈedｏnｏrstoseehowｍｕcｈｔhｅyｂｏthｄislikｅdtｈeportrａiｔ.“Itmakesmｅｌookｓｔupid-－－whｉchIａmnot！”proteｓteｄＣhurchiｌlinpｒivａｔe.Pｕblｉcｌy,ｈeonｌｙremａrkedthatｉtwas“ａfｉneeｘamplｅoｆmodeｒnａrt.”Ｈiｓfｒieｎｄｓｓmｉled；itwasｗellｋnoｗnｔｈａt(yī)SirWｉｎstoｎdｉdn’tcareｆormodernａｒｔ．?Churchilｌwassoｕｎhａppyabｏuttｈeporｔraiｔthatfiｎａllyhｉswiｆehaditdeｓtroyed．ChurchilｌｄiedaｔnineｔyinJａnuａry,1965.LadyＣhurchillfolｌowｅdhｉmin19７7.Shortｌyafterｈerdeath,ｔheｐubliclｅarｎedwhathadhappｅｎedtoSutheｒlａnd’spaiｎting，aｎdahｅａｔｅｄarguｍeｎtbrokeouｔ.Ｔheｐainterwａsｕndｅrstａndablyｓａd.Theartｉｓtｉcｃommunity,shockedandａnｇrｙ,claimedtｈatthｅｄｅstｒuctionｏftheｐictuｒehadbeeｎacrime．Ｈiｓｔｏrｉanssaｉdthatｔhｅyｒｅgｒetteｄtheｄｉｓapｐearａnｃeofaｈｉｓｔｏｒｉｃaldｏcumｅｎｔ．Alｌaｇｒeedthａt(yī)theChurｃhillsdｉｄn’tｈａveｔｈerｉghtｔodｏwhaｔｔheyhａdｄｏnｅ.

Weｌl---diｄｔhey?Ａgｏodｐartofthｅpｕｂlicfeｌｔｔｈatｔｈｅsubject(aｎｄowｎeｒ）ofapｏrtrａithａｄｔｈerightｔogetｒidｏｆｉｔifitmaｄehｉｍsoｕｎhappy,Ｔheqｕeｓtion,howeveｒ，hasbｅenrａiｓedmａnytｉmｅsbｅforｅ:whｏhastherｉghtｔoaworkofaｒｔ---thesｉttｅr,ｔheｏwnｅｒ,thedonoｒ,orthearｔistｗhocreａｔedit?Ａndwhenthepaｉntingｉsｔheｐｏｒｔraitｏfａhiｓｔoｒiｃaｌfigure,ｓhoｕldtherｉghｔofｐosteriｔｙbｅconｓidｅred,astｈehｉｓtorｉａｎｓclaimed??Anoｔｈerquestioncomｅstｏminｄ:whｏisｑuaｌiｆiedｔojｕdgeaporｔrａｉt？ＧrahａｍＳuｔhｅrｌａndhadtoldSirＷｉｎｓｔｏｎｔhathewoulｄpainthiｍ“ａshesaｗhim.”Ｃhuｒchiｌlnｅverhａdaｃhaｎcｅｔoseｅtheworkiｎｐrogresssｉnceｔheｐaiｎｔerrefusedtoｓhowiｔtoｈiｍ.HeｆounｄoutoｎlywhｅnhｅrecｅｉｖｅdhｉspresｅntthatSuthｅrlandhadsｅenhimasａheavy，sick,tiredoldmａn.Sｉｎceheｈateｄoldagｅ，hewaｄnａt(yī)uralｌyｈurtandｏfｆended．Ｂutwaｓthｅpoｒtｒaitagoodone，asmany(ｉncludingthepaiｎｔer)saiｄ?Orwａsitbaｄａndofｆenｓivｅaｓoｔheｒs(aｎｄthesitter）tｈoｕgｈｔ？Wｈoｉstoｊｕｄge?Ｉtiｓwｅlｌknｏwnｔｈatweneverｓeeourｓelvesａｓotｈersseｅus;bｕtdｏweseeourselvesbｅtｔerthantheydo?Noneoftｈesｅqueｓtiｏnshavebeeｎansweredyettoeverybｏdy’sｓatｉsfａction.1.ToｈaveＣhｕrchｉll’sportraｉｔpaintedｗaｓtheiｄeａｏf__＿_________．?ａ.awell-knownｍodernartistb.Pａrliament

ｃ.afrienｄｏfChurcｈill’sｄ.LaｄyCｈurchill２.Ｗhichofthｅfolloｗinｇｉstｒｕe?

a.Churchｉlｌlｉｋedtｈepoｒｔｒａｉｔbutｈiswｉｆeｄｉdnoｔ．

ｂ.Ｃhuｒchｉlldidnｏｔｌｉｋetheｐorｔrａitbecausehedidnoｔｌｉkｅｔhepainter.

c.Ｃｈuｒcｈilllｉkedｔｈeｐortｒａiｔbecauｓｅitwａsａｆiｎeｅxaｍpleofmoｄerｎart.

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ａ.ｄishonest.b.Ｊokiｎgc.ｐraisｉngtheｐortraiｔd．ｂｅiｎgdiplomａｔic4.Whｅnwasｔhedｅstrｕctiｏnoｆtheporｔraitｋｎowntｏtｈepublic?

a．Assoｏnasithappeｎｅd.b．ＡfterChurchillｄiedｉn１９65.

ｃ．SｏonaｆtｅrLadyChurchｉlｌ’deathd.Notｕｎtilrecently.5．Hoｗdｉdpｅoｐlereacttotｈenｅws??ａ.Peopleoftheａｒｔisticｃｏmmunitywereallveryｓad.?b.Thehｉｓtorianｓfeltmｏｒestｒｏnglｙagaｉnｓtitthantheartistiｃcommunity.

ｃ.AllpeopleagｒeｅdthattｈeCｈurchｉｌlshadnorigｈｔｔｏｄesｔrｏytheｐiｃture.?d.WhｉｌｅsomｅｗeeｕｐsetqｕiteafｅwpｅoｐlebelievedｔheCｈurcｈillshadtherｉghttodeｓｔｒoyｉt.６.GrahaｍSuｔherlanｄｐaｉnteｄChurchｉll_＿＿___＿____.?a.asaｈeａvｙ，sick,tｉｒedolｄmaｎb.asａpersonｍuchｙoungerthaｎhｉsａｇｅ?c.aｃｃoｒdｉngtｏＣhurchill’sinｓtrｕctions.d.AcｃordｉngtoLadｙChurchill’sdｅscripｔｉｏns7.Ａccordingtoｔhewriter,whohastheｒｉghttoaｗorkofａｒt?a.Tｈｅｏｗner.b.Ｔhｅaｒtｉsｔwhｏcreatedit．ｃ.Ｔhｅpｕblic.d．Ｈｅｉsnotｓure.３.Mr．SmｉthＢluｎdｅｒｓMr.ＳmｉthiswｅlｌknｏwｎinWashingｔoｎbecaｕｓeofhisｍanyｓｏｃialblunders.Hｅalｗaysｌikｅｓtoatteｎdthevarioussocialfuncｔioｎｓbｅcauｓｅｈewantstoeｘpanｄｈiscirｃleｏfｆriends.ＷｈeneverHeiｓinvited,ｈegｏes,unｌessheisill．Recentlyhereceivedanｉnvitationtｏaｆashionablebanｑuet.Alｔhougｈｈedidｎoｔknoｗtｈｅhostess，heacceｐteｄtheｉｎviｔation.Hｅwａssｅcｒeｔlｙveｒyｐleasｅd，becausehefeｌｔthaｔhisrｅpｕtaｔionasaｄesiｒableguestｗasｇrowiｎg.Whenhearｒiｖedatthｅbaｎquethall,hｅfoundｔhａt(yī)ａboutonehｕndredpeoｐleｈadｂｅｅｎinviteｄ.Hebｅgａnｔｏmoｖeａｒoｕndthehaｌl.Ｈeｓｐoketｏothｅrguesｔｓｗhetherhekneｗｔｈｅmｏrnot.Ｈesoonreａｌizedthatｈeｈadneｖerｍetanyoftheｏtherpｅoplｅpｒesent,althｏｕｇhtheysｅemedtｏknｏweａcｈother.?Atdinner,hewａssｅatｅdｂｅsiｄeaveｒｙdignｉfieｄwｏmaｎ.TｈeｗｏmaｎtｒiedtobeｆｒienｄlyeventhｏｕgｈsｈｅhａdnevermetＭr．Smiｔhbefｏrｅ．Sｈeｓpoｋｅｐｏlitely,whｅnｅverhｅspoketohｅr.Betweeｎthefirstanｄthｅsｅｃoｎdｃourseofｔheｍeaｌ,sheｔurｎｅdtoMr.Smitｈandsaｉｄ,“Dｏｙｏuseeｔhａt(yī)gray-ｈairｅdmanａt(yī)thｅendoftheｔａｂｌe?Theonｅwitｈglaｓses.”“Ａｈ，yｅｓ.Ｗhoiｓhｅ?”asｋeｄSｍｉth.Ｈe’sthｅＳecreｔaryoftheInｔeriｏr!”sｈereｐｌiｅd．Mｒ．Smitｈsaid，”Sotｈat’sｔheSｅcreｔaryｏftheInteｒｉｏr!Ｉ’mafraｉdtｈatIfinｄveｒylittleｔoadmireaｂｏuthｉｍ,ａlｔhouｇhｈｅiｓtheSeｃｒetary．”?Thｅｗomanｓｔiｆfeneｄａndｄiｄnotrepｌy,Smithｃontinuedinspｉteofhｅrcｏｌｄness．“Iｒeallｙcan’tｓeｅｈowherecｅivｅdhｉsappointmｅnｔ,ｕnlessheisｐerhａpsarｅlativｅｏftheＰrｅsｉdent．”?“IthａrdlyｍaｔterｓwｈetｈeryｏｕliketheSｅｃretａｒyoｒｎot，”shesａid.“ＨｅwaschoｓenbecausetheＰresideｎtｔhｏuｇｈtｈeｗａｓtheｍanforthejob.Ifｈｅdoｅｓｔhejoｂwｅll,yousｈｏuldhａｖｅnoｃompｌaint.”

“Ｔhａt(yī)’ｓjustit,”ｐeｒsiｓtedSmｉth.“Noｏnedoeｓtｈethinｇsｔhedoes,ｕnlesshｅisａcoｍｐletｅfooｌ!”?“Ｓiｒ!”saidtheｗomanｉnaｌlherdｉgnｉty.“DoyouknowwhｏIａm?”“No,”replieｄSmitｈ．?“IamthｅSecreｔary’swｉfｅ,”ｓｈesaｉｄcolｄｌy.Mr．Ｓmｉthwaｓshocked，butheｗｅnｔｏniｎspiteofｈisｅmbarrassｍｅnt.?“Madaｍ,doyouｋnowwhoIam?”?“No,Idon’t，”theｗomanｒeｐｌｉeｄ.

“Thaｎｋgoodｎess!”ｅxclaiｍedMｒ.Ｓmｉｔｈ,ashｅquiｃklｙleftthetａbｌｅ.１.Mr.SmithisweｌlknowninＷashinｇtｏｎbｅcause＿_____＿______＿．

a.heistheSecretaｒyｏｆtheInterior?b．ｈｅhasｍｏｒefrienｄｓtｈａnｏtheｒpeople?c．heｌｉkeｓtogoｔoallkiｎdｓoｆparｔｉeｓ

d.ｈealwaｙsｍakesfooliｓhmisｔaｋeｓonsociａlocｃａsionｓ２.Whywaｓheverｙglａdwhenheｇotaninvitaｔｉoｎｔｏaｇraｎdpaｒｔyoｎday?

ａ．Ｈecouldｍeｅtｍｏreｐeoｐleaｔthepartｙ.

b.Hｅknｅｗthｅhosｔesｓqｕiteｗell.?c.Iｔｗasthefｉrｓtｔiｍehehadｂｅｅninｖｉtｅｄtoｓuｃhabaｎqueｔ.?d．Hefeｌtｔhａt(yī)ｈｉsrｅpuｔatｉｏnwasgrowiｎｇ.3.AtdｉnnｅｒＭr．Sｍitｈhappｅnｅdtositｂeｓｉｄｅa_____＿_＿_ｗoｍan.?a.beａutｉｆulｂ.serioｕsc.nobleｄ．ｆashiｏnabｌｅ４.Tｈewomaｎ＿＿＿___＿_____＿_.

a.keｐtsｐeaｋｉnｇtohimｐｏlｉtelｙ

ｂ.tuｒｎedawaywhenMｒ.Ｓｍiｔｈsｐｏkｅtohｅｒ?c．wｉsｈedtoｉntｒodｕｃehimtoherhusband?d.ａsｋedＭr.Ｓmithifｈeknｅｗｔｈｅgray-haｉredｍanattｈeendofｔheｔabｌｅ５．Mr.SmitｈsaｉdｓomethinｇagaiｎsttheSecretarｙoｆtheInterioｒbecaｕsｅ___＿＿___＿___.

a．ｔheyhaddifｆereｎtｐｏliticaｌvｉewｓ?b.ｈeknewfoｒsuｒｅtheSecrｅｔarｙｗaｓarｅlaｔiveoftheＰresident?c.Mr.SmｉtｈｄidnｏtｌikｅｔｈePrｅsｉｄｅnｔ

d.heｏnlywａntｅdtoｃarｒｙontｈecｏnversaｔｉon６.HｏwdidtｈeSecｒetａｒｙofthｅＩｎteriorgethisｐost?

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