Question

Just recently I was invited to attend a ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a business owned by a very good friend of mine.

The day of the  1 arrived. However, because of a business appointment  2 time, I knew that I was going to be late,  3  I phoned to let my friend know. I arrived 20 minutes  4  and my friend came out to welcome and  5  me. He said he was  6  to see me and had put off the  7  part of the celebration, knowing that I was on my  8 .

As I joined the other guests, I could  9  a wonderful sense of friendship, warmth and happiness in the room.  10 , I had very little time to speak to more than a couple of people  11  the official part of the celebration  12.

In his  13 , my friend welcomed all the guests on behalf of his family and team members, and then  14  the majority of the people who were gathered in the room for their support and friendship over the  15  25 years. In his thank-you speech, he used a quote: Always  16  with the person you took to the dance.

He then went on to talk about the importance of  17  loyal to those people who had supported him. He also  18  that during that time many people had offered their services and even sometimes provided a  19  arrangement for his business.

What a great  20  it was for me to continue to go to the dance with such a good friend!

1.                A．meeting        B．discussion       C．celebration    D．activity

2.                A．running over    B．taking on        C．making up D．standing for

3.                A．but            B．so             C．and  D．or

4.                A．behind         B．ahead          C．late  D．afterwards

5.                A．help           B．praise          C．respect   D．greet

6.                A．surprised       B．pleased         C．interested D．disappointed

7.                A．official         B．normal         C．usual     D．ordinary

8.                A．holiday         B．mind           C．way  D．duty

9.                A．learn          B．find            C．feel  D．touch

10.               A．Luckily         B．Happily         C．Angrily    D．Sadly

11.               A．before         B．after           C．when D．why

12.               A．ended         B．started         C．continued D．paused

13.               A．self introduction  B．explanation     C．speech    D．comment

14.               A．thanked        B．blamed         C．encouraged    D．criticized

15.               A．first           B．next           C．other D．last

16.               A．work          B．live            C．dance     D．sing

17.               A．remaining       B．falling          C．growing   D．turning

18.               A．guessed        B．mentioned      C．thought   D．supposed

19.               A．bigger         B．harder         C．worse     D．better

20.               A．pride          B．idea           C．honor     D．comfort

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是作者参加他的朋友公司的第二十五周年庆典，他的朋友在庆典题词上表达了对所有来宾的感谢。

1.A. meeting  会议       B. discussion讨论  C. celebration庆典      D. activity活动  根据前文：庆典的日子到了。故选C

2.A. running over超过  B. taking on承担   C. making up      装配       D. standing for代表 根据句意：一个商业会议超过了时间。故选A

3.前后句子表因果，所以填so 故选B

4.A. behind落后于              B. ahead提前    C. late迟的    D. afterwards后来 根据句意：作者迟到了20分钟。故选C

5.A. help帮助         B. praise赞美   C. respect尊敬     D. greet欢迎 根据句意：作者的朋友出来欢迎他。故选D

6.A. surprised感到惊讶的    B. pleased高兴的     C. interested感兴趣的          D. disappointed失望的  根据句意：他说看到我很高兴。故选B

7.A. official正式的    B. normal      正常的   C. usual 通常的     D. ordinary普通的 根据句意：他已经推迟了庆典的正式的部分。故选A

8.根据句意：当他知道作者正在来的路上的时候。On one’s way在路上 故选C

9.A. learn      学习    B. find找到     C. feel感到       D. touch触摸 根据句意：当作者融入了其他客人的时候，他在房间里感到了一种奇妙的友谊，温暖和幸福。故选C

10.A. Luckily幸运地是  B. Happily幸福滴       C. Angrily 生气地  D. Sadly悲伤地 根据句意：不过，悲伤地是，作者几乎没有时间和几个人讲话。故选D

11.A. before在之前      B. after在之后       C. when当…的时候    D. why为什么  根据句意：在庆典开始之前。故选A

12.A. ended结束    B. started开始   C. continued继续 D. paused停顿 根据句意：正式的庆典开始之前。故选B

13.A. self introduction自我介绍 B. explanation说明C. speech演讲     D. comment评论 根据句意：在他的演讲中，作者的朋友代表他的家人和团队感谢所有的来宾。故选C

14.A. thanked 感谢         B. blamed谴责 C. encouraged鼓励  D. criticized批评 根据句意：然后感谢在座的大多数人们对他们的支持。故选A

15.A. first第一      B. next 下一个    C. other其他的  D. last持续 根据句意：对他们持续了25多年的支持和友谊。故选D

16.A. work工作      B. live生活      C. dance跳舞       D. sing唱歌 根据句意：总是与你的舞伴跳舞。故选C

17.A. remaining剩下的  B. falling 下降的       C. growing 成长的   D. turning转向 根据句意：他接下来谈论了剩下的忠诚于他的人的重要性。故选A

18.A. guessed 猜想       B. mentioned      提及   C. thought 思想       D. supposed假定  根据句意：他也提到了在那段时间许多人对他提供的服务。故选B

19.A. bigger 更大  B. harder更难的    C. worse更坏的 D. better更好的 根据句意：甚至有时候对他的商业提供更好的安排。故选D

20.A. pride自豪       B. idea想法       C. honor荣幸    D. comfort安慰 根据句意：对他来说继续和这样一个好朋友跳舞是多么的荣幸啊！故选C

考点：日常生活类记叙文