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.
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
I remember ________ the job, but I forget the exact amount.
A. to be paid for B. being paid for
C. to be paid back D. being paid back
Fred seems very clear. His ideas led to _________ a pay raise.
A. his awarded B. his being awarded
C. him to award D. him to be awarded
--- How did you sleep last night?
--- Like a log. Never slept ________.
A. well B. worse C. badly D. better
Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ________ it comes to classroom tests.
A. before B. as C. since D. when
________ there, the southwest desert contains a remarkable variety of plants.
A. Rarely as it rains B. Sometimes it rains
C. It rarely rains D. Although rarely rains
