The party began shortly after Mr. Wood, who lived in the flat below, signed to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had   1   some work home from the office,   2  he kept himself busy for a couple of hours, thus managing to pay no attention to the noise   3  . But by eleven o’clock he felt   4 and was ready to go to bed, though from his earlier  experience he knew it was   5   trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed, trying to read, but he   6   himself reading the same page over and over again. He then turned off the light and   7   his head in the pillow. But  8   he could not shut  9   the noise, finally, after  10  seemed hours, his  11  was gone.

He jumped out of bed,   12 some clothing, marched  13 up the stairs, and walked into his neighbor’s flat. The owner of the flat, who 14   him in his dressing gown, came  15  the room and, 16  Mr. Wood could say anything, cried, “My dear fellow, come and  17 . I know our parties  18  you. I meant to send you  19 .” Mr. Wood’s anger disappeared then and there. He said, “I’d better go and get  20 .” Minutes later, he returned, properly dressed, only to find that the party was nearly over.

A. taken           B. carried                 C. brought                 D. fetched

A. with which        B. from which                  C. where                  D. when

A. outside           B. overhead               C. downstairs             D. nearby

A. bad              B. tired                        C. sick                 D. hopeless

A. useless          B. necessary            C. possible                     D. helpful

A. had              B. found                 C. caught                D. felt

A. buried            B. rested                 C. shook                 D. turned

A. till then           B. worse still             C. strange enough        D. even so

A. away             B. off                         C. down                       D. up

A. it                  B. what                     C. that                       D. which

A. sleep               B. strength                C. patience                D. anger

A. pulled on                 B. dressed up                      C. selected                D. wore

A. sadly                     B. proudly                 C. quietly                         D. firmly

A. made fun of       B. stared at        C. was angry with        D. caught sight of

A. across                   B. around                 C. towards              D. by

A. as                      B. before                 C. though              D. until

A. meet as      B. sit here            C. join us                D. scold me

A. may trouble  B. would trouble        C. may bother             D. must bother

A. a notice    B. a message            C. an invitation          D. an apology

A. washed                   B. changed                     C. dressed                 D. prepared

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

The party began shortly after Mr. Wood, who lived in the flat below, sighed to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had  36  some work home from the office,   37   he kept himself busy for a couple of hours, thus managing to pay no attention to the noise  38. But by eleven o’clock he felt 39 and was ready to go to bed, though from his earlier experience he knew it was  40  trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed, trying to read, but he  41  himself reading the same page over and over again. He then turned off the light and  42  his head in the pillow. But 43  he could not shut  44  the noise, finally, after 45 seemed hours, his 46 was gone.

He jumped out of bed, 47 some clothing, marched 48 up the stairs, and walked into his neighbor’s flat. The owner of the flat, who 49 him in his dressing gown, came 50 the room and,51 Mr. Wood could say anything, cried, “My dear fellow, come and 52. I know our parties 53 you. I meant to send you 54” Mr. Wood’s anger disappeared then and there. He said, “I’d better go and get 55 . Minutes later, he returned, properly dressed, only to find that the party was nearly over.

A. taken           B. carried           C. brought           D. fetched

A. with which          B. from which        C. where             D. when

A. outside             B. overhead          C. downstairs        D. nearby

A. bad            B. tired             C. sick              D. hopeless

A. useless             B. necessary         C. possible            D. helpful

A. had            B. found             C. caught             D. felt

A. buried         B. rested            C. shook                 D. turned

．A. till then              B. worse still       C. strange enough        D. even so

．A. away               B. off            C. down                 D. up

A. it                  B. what         C. that              D. which

A. sleep               B. strength        C. patience                D. anger

A. pulled on           B. dressed up      C. selected                D. wore

A. sadly               B. proudly       C. quietly               D. firmly

A. made fun of         B. stared at         C. was angry with      D. caught sight of

A. across              B. around       C. towards            D. by

A. as                  B. before       C. though             D. until

A. meet as             B. sit here          C. join us               D. scold me

A. should bother       B. would bother      C. need bother      D. shall bother

．A. a notice          B. a message      C. an invitation        D. an apology

A. washed         B. changed           C. dressed               D. prepared

. The people there were friendly and the food was delicious.________，the party was pleasant.

A. After all　 　　 B. Above all

C. In all　　 　 D. All in all

. —___ I didn’t hear you clearly. It’s too noisy here. —I was saying that the party was great.

My ____ at the party was not very welcome.

engagement                 B. gathering                 C. meeting                  D. appearance