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.
| 小题1: | | A．taken | B．carried | C．brought | D．fetched |
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| 小题2: | | A．with which | B．from which | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题3: | | A．outside | B．overhead | C．downstairs | D．nearby |
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| 小题4: | | A．bad | B．tired | C．sick | D．hopeless |
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| 小题5: | | A．useless | B．necessary | C．possible | D．helpful |
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| 小题6: | | A．had | B．found | C．caught | D．felt |
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| 小题7: | | A．buried | B．rested | C．shook | D．turned |
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小题8:．
| A．till then | B．worse still | C．strange enough | D．even so |
小题9:．
| 小题11: | | A．sleep | B．strength | C．patience | D．anger |
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| 小题12: | | A．pulled on | B．dressed up | C．selected | D．wore |
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| 小题13: | | A．sadly | B．proudly | C．quietly | D．firmly |
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| 小题14: | | A．made fun of | B．stared at | C．was angry with | D．caught sight of |
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| 小题15: | | A．across | B．around | C．towards | D．by |
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| 小题16: | | A．as | B．before | C．though | D．until |
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| 小题17: | | A．meet as | B．sit here | C．join us | D．scold me |
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| 小题18: | | A．should bother | B．would bother | C．need bother | D．shall bother |
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小题19:．
| A．a notice | B．a message | C．an invitation | D．an apology |
| 小题20: | | A．washed | B．changed | C．dressed | D．prepared |
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