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