Perhapsyou’veattendedsomeparties.ButlikeNewYork，whereap...

问题详情：

Perhaps you’ve attended some parties. But like New York，where a party or dinner often __1__ business with pleasure, a Washington party is a __2__ part of the business of politics, the business of making __3_ connections.

Some Washington parties have a __4__ aura (气氛) about them, depending on who gives them and who is there, but most parties are open-house __5__ in fact, with the hosts not knowing most of the __6__ who are there.

I went to a few of these parties __7__ I wanted to see the inside of some of the Washington mansions (*) I had __8__ so much about. Almost every time during the evening some man would come close to talk with me __9__, we didn’t know each other at all. Such a __10__ exchange clearly proves “a gathering of friends” __11__ Washington party standards. You don’t even need an __12__ to attend many Washington parties. You just have to know about them. No Washington hostess would __13__ her servants to ask you who you were. Most of the bigger parties, those with 300 or 400 guests, _14__ to impress somebody, and Washingtonians  __15_.

Most members of the Congress ,for example, _16__ middle-class backgrounds in smaller communities _17__ the country. They are dazzled (眼花缭乱的) by _18__. They are dazzled by big names. They are ready to help Washington __19__ hostesses. They go along with them because they are good friends or they don’t notice that they __20__ or they don’t care if they are.

1. A. follows         B. connects           C. mixes            D. goes

2. A. daily           B. necessary          C. chief             D. cheap

3. A. still            B. cruel              C. mental           D. important

4. A. social          B. nervous            C. terrible           D. simple

5. A. events          B. affairs             C. conferences       D. games

6. A. guests          B. customers          C. guards           D. guides

7. A. so that          B. in order that        C. as if            D. because

8. A. found           B. noticed           C. heard           D. wrote

9. A. since           B. though            C. when           D. whether

10. A. common        B. strict              C. public          D. special

11. A. including       B. comparing with      C. according to     D. depending on

12. A. invitation       B. envelope      C. instrument       D. acceptance

13. A. refuse          B. allow         C. agree           D. warn

14. A. are given        B. give          C. are supplied      D. supply

15. A. easily forget     B. hardly remember   

C. easily impress    D. are easily impressed

16. A. hear from       B. write to            C. come from      D. call out

17. A. over           B. below             C. between        D. across

18. A. money         B. equal              C. freedom        D. discussion

19. A. strange         B. famous            C. poor           D. stupid

20. A. are using       B. are being used

C. are obeying     D. are being obeyed

【回答】

CBDAB  ADCBD  CABAD  CDABB

知识点：日常生活类

题型：完型填空