Mr.Smith is well known in Washington because of his many social blunders (stupid mistakes).

Recently he received an invitation  1  a dinner party.Although he did not know the hostess,he  2  the invitation.

At dinner,he was  3   beside a woman full of dignity(尊严),The woman tried to be  4  even though she had never met Mr.Smith before.She spoke  5  ,whenever he spoke to her,Between the first and the second  6  of the meal,she turned to Mr.Smith and said,“Do you  7  that gray-haired man at the end of the table The one  8  glasses.”

“Ah,yes.Who is he”asked Smith.

“He's the Secretary of the Interior!”she replied.

Mr.Smith said,“So  9  is the Secretary of the Interior! I'm afraid that I find very little to  10   about him,although he is the Secretary.”

The woman sat still and did not reply.Smith continued in spite of her  11  .“I really can't see how he received his  12  ,unless he is perhaps a relative of the President.”

“It hardly  13  whether you like the Secretary or not,”She said.“He was  14  because the President thought he was the man for the  15  .If he does the job well,you should have no complaint(抱怨).”

“That's just it,”said Smith.”No one  16  the things he does,unless he is a complete  17  !”

“Sir!”said the woman in all her  18  ,“Do you know who I am? ”

“No,”replied Smith.

“I am the Secretary's wife,”she said coldly.

Mr.Smith was  19  ,but he went on in spite of his embarrassment(困窘).”Madam,do you know who I am ”

“No,I don't,”the woman replied.

  20  !”cried Mr.Smith,as he quickly left the table.

1.A.by             B.of               C.to               D.for

2.A.got            B.preferred          C.took             D.accepted

3.A.seated          B.placed            C.arranged           D.kept

4.A.lively               B.careful            C.friendly           D.patient

5.A.calmly          B.politely               C.plainly            D.perfectly

6.A.course           B.choice            C.pause             D.turn

7.A.recognize        B.see               C.remember          D.know

8.A.on             B.putting            C.with              D.cleaning

9.A.there            B.this              C.here              D.that

10.A.honour         B.respect            C.admire            D.look

11.A.appearance       B.coldness           C.sadness            D.action

12.A.position         B.invitation          C.possession         D.instruction

13.A.minds          B.expects            C.happens           D.matters

14.A.picked out       B.selected           C.made out          D.chosen

15.A.business         B.job              C.service           ce

16.A.wishes          B.does              C.needs             D.cares

17.A.joker           B.dreamer           C.fool              D.stranger

18.A.manner         B.dignity            C.wealth            D.quality

19.A.moved          B.interested          C.frightened         D.shocked

20.A.Thank goodness   B.Great fun          C.Thank you         D.Big mistake

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