2023年专升本中期选拔英语试题训练七

专升本中期选拔英语试题训练(七）PaｒtIＶocabulａｒyandＳtructure1.Ｉ’dliｋetｏ__＿_＿＿__hｉmtooyouｆoｒthejｏb.Hｅisveｒycleveranｄindustriousｂoｙ.A．rｅｆeｒB.ｐropｏseC．recｏmmendD.suggｅst2.PaulｉnviteｄｍetodｉnｎｅrthｅdaｙbeforｅyｅsterdaｙanｄI_＿______hiｓiｎvitationｗｉthpleａsuｒe.A.aｃceptｅｄB.promiｓedC．ｐｅｒmittedD.received3.Ｅvｅnthoughtｈeyseemtｏbeｒeal，aｌltｈeｃharactｅrsiｎthisboｏkareinｆaｃt_＿____＿＿.Ａ．iｍａgｉnaｔｉveＢ.imaginaｂlｅC.imaginaryD.imageabｌe4．ＢoｔhMaｒyaｎdEllｅn,___＿___Jane，arｅstｕdyingＣｈineseinourcｏlｌege．A.aｓwellasB.ａndaswellC.witｈＤ.ｂesｉde5.Ｓｈeissaｉdto＿_______fｉｖetrｉpstoChｉｎainthepasｔｔhreｅyｅars．Ａ．bｅmadeB.hａｖebeenmaｋiｎgC.mａｋeD.hａveｍaｄｅ6.A__＿_＿_＿_shiｐiｓａshipwhｉｃhcarrｉesgooｄs.Ａ.goodｓB.comｍodityC．ｃａrgoD.fright７.Therｅsｕltofｔhｅｅxpｅrｉmeｎtmａｄｅme____＿＿__.ItwａsnotsｏgoｏdasIhaｄｅxｐｅctｅd.Ａ.disaｐｐointB.disａppｏiｎteｄC.ｄiｓappointiｎｇＤ．ｂedisａppoｉnted８.Iｔisnｏｔalｗaysreｌiａbletoｍａkｅacoｎcｌusionｏnthe＿_＿_____＿ofthｅfiｒstiｍpressiｏｎ.A．ｂasicB.ｂaseC.baｓemenｔD.bａｓis9.Ｈeｒ_____＿＿__dutiesareanswｅriｎgphones,typingｌetteｒsaｎdmaｋingaｒｒaｎgｅｍents.A.convenｔionalB.ｒoｕtineC.traditionaｌD.reｇｕlaｒ１0．ＩｎｔheUnitｅdＳtａtes,feｗparｅnｔs＿_＿＿__＿_＿tｏｌetthｅｉrｃhildrenusｅtheｉrcars.A.ｒejectB.dｅｎyC．ｒeｆusｅD.forbid11.Inｆａｃt，shｅhaddonｅalｌ＿___＿____ｔohｅｌpｔhepｏor.Ａ.sｈｅcouldB.ｗhichｓhｅcouldＣ.whaｔsｈeｃｏuldＤ.ａsshecould12.__＿____＿_afterhｉsdｅaththathewａsrecｏgnｉzeｄasagrｅａｔsciｅntiｓtｓ.A.ＩtwasnｏtuntiｌＢ．ItisuｎtilC.IｔｗasｕｎｔiｌD.Notuntｉl13.Ｔhｅｐatieｎｔiｓstillwｅｔ._＿_＿_____!A.BesuretonottoｕcｈitB．ＢesureｎottoｔｏuchitC．BenｏｔsurｅtoｔouｃhｉｔＤ.Don’tｂesｕretｏｔoucｈiｔ1４.You_＿______ｍeaｂouthｉsillｎesｓyeｓｔｅｒｄay.A.musｔtelｌB．haｄtｏlｄC.oughttotelｌD．oughｔｔohavetｏld1５.Thedesｉｇｎwａsso_＿＿______thatyoｕcouldnｏtｆindanyfaｕlｔｉnit．Ａ.delicatｅB.elaboｒａteC.fancyD.cｏmｐlicateｄ1６._________dｒivingtowork，Mr.Ｒobinsgoestohisoｆfｉcebytraineveryday.Ａ.ＷithoｕtB．RａtheｒtｈａnC.IｎｓteａdofD.Inspiteof17.Moreｔhａnｔhirｔｙpｅopleａrｅ_____＿_＿ｉnthisｅｖent．A.hａppeｎedB.ｐaｒｔiciｐａｔｅｄC．involｖｅｄD.inｃｌuｄｅd１8.Ｙｏｕhaven’twａstｅdmｙtimｅ；ｏnthｅ_＿__＿___,you’veheｌｐedmesaｖesomｅｔime.A．ｃｏntraryB.ｒeveｒsｅC.opｐositeD.cｏｎtrast19.Alｌthevｉllagerspropoｓeｄto_＿__＿_＿__therｏaｄtｏthetoｗｎnearｂｙ.A.ｓtrｅtcｈB.extｅndC.ｅnlargｅD．expend２0.Dｏyouhａveａnｙiｄｅaofwhoｗiｌlbeinvitedtotheｐresｓ_＿＿_＿___ｔｈisevｅninｇ?A．cｏnferｅnｃeB.gatheｒiｎgsＣ.ｍｅetingD．talks2１．Thiskｉndｏfreａdｉnｇｌampcａｎbe_＿＿_____tothenｅedoftｈereａｄer.A.adopｔｅdＢ.aｄjusteｄC.adaptedD.used2２.Theyｈaｖｅｐlacedａlａrｇe＿＿__＿_＿_ｗiththeＢoeingCoｍpanｙｆor2０newairlineｒs.A.ＣｈargeB.cｏmｍandC．requestD.order23.Thetraveleｒｓ_＿__＿___300mileｓaｄaｙbycａrwｈenｔheywereinＡｆriｃa.A．pａssedB.tookC.coｖｅｒedＤ．went24．Ｂobhad__＿＿_____fｏrhiｓfaｔhertoｃomewhenｅverneedeｄ.A.arｒangedＢ.ｒｅｑuirｅdC.demａｎdedD．inviteｄ25．Partｏfｏｆｆiceis____＿____offfｏrｔheuseofthｅｍａnａgｅr.A.sｅｐaratedB．cutＣ.divideｄＤ．ｓpliｔ2６．Ｍyeaｒlｙ____＿＿__ａｔlｅarningｔｏdｒiｖewereunsucceｓsfｕl.Ａ.efｆｏrtsＢ．ｔeｍptＣ.testD．tｒiａｌ２7.Acｃoｒdｉngtｏ_＿＿_＿＿__＿ｔheyhavｅｔoldme，theyshouldreｔuｒnwithｉnaboutonｅweek.A.ｔhatB．itC.wｈatD.wｈich２8.Sheouｇhttｏ_＿＿__＿＿__myｌetteraweｅｋago.Buｔshewａｓbｕsywithherwork．A.ｈaｖeａnsweredB.ａnsweｒiｎgC.ａnsｗerD.beansｗeriｎg29.Tｈｅｌａwreｑｕｉrestｈateveryｏne_____＿__hiscaｒｃｈecｋedatｌeaｓtoncｅamonth.A.hａsB.haｄC.haveD.wｏulｄhave３0．If__＿＿___＿_sｕｃcessfuｌly,thｅplanｗillcompleｔeｌycｈａnｇｅthetrａfｆiｃconditionｓｉnourcity.A.carrｙｉngｏuｔB.ｃaｒriedoutC.tｏcarｒyoutD.ｃarryouｔPａrtIIＢlankfillｉｎg１.Heshoweda____＿__＿_(chｉld)lackofconｔroloｖerhistemper.2.A_＿___＿__＿（selｆ)peｒsｏnputsｈisoｗninｔerestsfirｓｔ.3.Thewholeｒoomwａsflｏodedwithwarm,__＿_＿____（gold)sunlｉght.4.Viｅwsnｏtbasedoｎｔhｏrｏｕgｈ_＿_____＿_（inｖestigatｅ）aｒenothingbｕtignorantnonsｅｎse.5.Ｔheystartedofｆatｏnｃeｉｎseａrchoｆtｈe_＿_＿_＿_＿＿(ｍisｓ)gｉrｌ.6.Thegoｖernmentputｆoｒｗarda________＿(prｏposｅ)toimｐｒovepublictraｎsportａtion.7．Whatweareｗaitｉｎgforｉstｈe___＿＿__＿＿(coｎfirm)oftｈeneｗs.8．Itisconsiｄered_＿__＿＿__(ｐolite)foｒamantowearaｈatindoors.9．Childｒenshouldbeeｎcourａgedtobe_______＿(ｄependent)tｈinｋｅｒｓ．１0．Thepａtientｗａs＿_______(cａｐable）ofｗalking,sohｅhaｄｔobecarrieｄ.PartIIIRｅａｄiｎgComprehension１.ＧeｔtｉngLostonＰｕｒpｏseIｄidｎ’tknowｔhecｉtyａtａｌlaｎｄｗhatｉsｍｏｒｅ,Icouldn’ｔspeａkaworｄofｔｈelangｕage.Ａｆterｈavingspentmyｆirstdaysiｇｈt–ｓeｅingｉnｔhｅｔowｎ－ceｎｔre,Ｉdeciｄeｄtoloseｍyｗaｙdelｉbｅｒatelyonｍysecｏndday,siｎceIbelievｅdthatthiｓwastｈesuｒｅstwayoｆgｅttinｇｔokｎowmywaｙarｏｕnd．Iｇｏtoｎthｅfirstbｕｓtｈaｔpassesanddescｅndｅｄsoｍetｈirtｙminutｅsｌateｒｉnｗｈatmuｓtｈaｖebeｅnasuburｂ.ﻫTｈefｉrｓttｗohourspａssedpleasantｌｙenough．Idｉscovereｄmysteriｏｕｓlitｔlebｏok-shopsinbaｃkｓtreｅtsａndfinallｙarriｖｅdａtａmarket-plaｃｅｗheｒeIstｏｐpedａndhａdcoffeeinanｏpeｎ-aｉｒcａｆé.TheｎIdecidｅdtoｇeｔbａcｋtomｙhoteｌｆorlunch.Aftｅｒwalｋｉnｇaboutaｉmlesslyfoｒｓoｍetｉme,Idetｅrminedｔｏasｋtheway.ThetrｏubｌewａsthaｔtheonlywoｒｄＩｋｎｏｗoｆthelanｇuagewasthｅnａｍｅofｔｈestｒeｅｔinwhiｃhIlｉveｄ---andeｖenthatＩｐronouncedbａdly.ﻫIｓtoｐpedtｏａskafrｉｅｎｄly-lookinｇｎewspaper-sｅｌler.Hesmiｌeｄａndｈａndｅｄｍeaｐapｅr.Iｓｈｏokmyheadandrｅpeａｔｅdtｈenamｅofthestreetａndhｅthruｓｔthepａperｉnｔｏmyhandｓ．Sｅeingthatitwouldｂeimposｓibletｏaｒgｕｅaboutｔhematｔer,Ｉgavehimｓomemoｎeｙaｎｄweｎtonmｙway.TｈeneｘｔperｓｏｎＩａskedwaｓaｎoldlaｄywhowａsbｕyiｎgvegetａbles.ShｅwａｓvｅｒyｈaｒｄoｆhearingaｎdIrepeateｄthｅwoｒdseveraltｉmｅs.Whenshefinａllyｈeardｍe，ｓhｅｓeemeｄtｏｔａkeofｆeｎｃeａndbeganshoutingａndshakiｎghｅｒwaｌkiｎg-stｉｃkatme．Ihurｒieｄawayqｕicklyａndwasrelievｅdtosｅeapｏliｃｅｍanonaｃｏｒner．Hecｅrtainlywouldbeａblｅｔｏｈｅlｐｍe.Theｐｏlicemanｌiｓtｅnｅd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ａ..goeｖｅｒｙwheｒeonfootb．askpｅｏplethｅwａyﻫc.gｅｔlｏstｏnpurposed.ｇetonthefiｒstｐａssingbusﻫ3．Tｈemａinｃauseoｆａｌlｔheｗriter’sｔroｕblｅswastｈat______＿_＿_＿___＿.

ａ.hefoｌlowedtｈepoliｃeｍan’sdireｃtｉoｎｂ.ｈecouldn’tsｐeaｋtheｌanguａｇeﻫｃ.hｅleftthecitycenｔerd.hｅｗenｔaｒouｎｄwiｔｈoutａguｉｄeｂooｋ

4.Thenｅｗspaper-sｅllｅｒ＿＿____＿＿____．

a.understoodwhathesaidb.ｔｈｏｕghｔｈｅwouｌdbuyanｅwspapｅr

c.showｅdhimａrounｄｔhecityd.tolｄｈｉｍhｏwtogettothｅbusstopﻫ５.Whydidｔhewｒiterleavetｈｅｏldwomａniｎｓuchahurrｙ?

a.Ｓｈｅdidｎｏtunｄerstaｎｄwhaｔhesaｉd.ｂ．Shewａsｇettｉngaｎgryｗiththewrｉter.ﻫc.Shewａsveryhardofheａring.d．Shehaｄnｏideawherehｉsｈotelwａs.ﻫ6.Ｔhｅpolｉcemaｎonthecornｅｒ___＿_＿_＿_＿＿__whenthｅwriteraｓｋedthｅwａｙa．tｏokoffenｃeb.ｓｈookhishｅad

c.shｏｕtedloudlyd.gaｖeｈimsoｍeｉnformatｉon2.Ｃhurchiｌｌ’ｓＰortrａｉｔＷhenＳiｒWinstonChurchｉll,thegreatBrｉtisｈｐrｉmｅminisｔeｒ,reａｃhｅdhiseｉghtiethbiｒｔhｄayinNovember,1954,heｗasｐrｅsenteｄｗithhispｏrtraitbｙaweｌｌ-knｏwnmodernａrtisｔ,GraｈamSｕtherland．ＴhepａintｉnghaｄbeenordereｄａnｄpaidfｏrｂythemｅｍbersofParliａmｅnt,ｗhoｗanteｄｔｏhonortｈeGrａndOldMaｎofWorldWarⅡ.ﻫＳiｒWｉnsｔｏnaｎdLadyChuｒcｈillwerｅdｅepｌyｍoveｄbytｈｉｓmａrkofrespectandaffeｃｔion.Neitｈeroftｈem,ofcouｒｓｅ,ａllowedtｈedｏnｏrstoseehowｍｕcｈｔhｅyｂｏthｄislikｅdtｈeportrａiｔ.“Itmakesmｅｌookｓｔupid-－－whｉchIａmnot！”proteｓteｄＣhurchiｌlinpｒivａｔe.Pｕblｉcｌy,ｈeonｌｙremａrkedthatｉtwas“ａfｉneeｘamplｅoｆmodeｒnａrt.”Ｈiｓfｒieｎｄｓｓmｉled；itwasｗellｋnoｗnｔｈａtSirWｉｎstoｎdｉdn’tcareｆormodernａｒｔ．ﻫChurchilｌwassoｕｎhａppyabｏuttｈeporｔraiｔthatfiｎａllyhｉswiｆehaditdeｓtroyed．ChurchilｌｄiedaｔnineｔyinJａnuａry,1965.LadyＣhurchillfolｌowｅdhｉmin19７7.Shortｌyafterｈerdeath,ｔheｐubliclｅarｎedwhathadhappｅｎedtoSutheｒlａnd’spaiｎting，aｎdahｅａｔｅｄarguｍeｎtbrokeouｔ.Ｔheｐainterwａsｕndｅrstａndablyｓａd.Theartｉｓtｉcｃommunity,shockedandａnｇrｙ,claimedtｈatthｅｄｅstｒuctionｏftheｐictuｒehadbeeｎacrime．Ｈiｓｔｏrｉanssaｉdthatｔhｅyｒｅgｒetteｄtheｄｉｓapｐearａnｃeofaｈｉｓｔｏｒｉｃaldｏcumｅｎｔ．AlｌaｇｒeedthａttheChurｃhillsdｉｄn’tｈａveｔｈerｉghtｔodｏwhaｔｔheyhａdｄｏnｅ.

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ｃ.afrienｄｏfChurcｈill’sｄ.LaｄyCｈurchill２.Ｗhichofthｅfolloｗinｇｉstｒｕe?

a.Churchｉlｌlｉｋedtｈepoｒｔｒａｉｔbutｈiswｉｆeｄｉdnoｔ．

ｂ.Ｃhuｒchｉlldidnｏｔｌｉｋetheｐorｔrａitbecausehedidnoｔｌｉkｅｔhepainter.

c.Ｃｈuｒcｈilllｉkedｔｈeｐortｒａiｔbecauｓｅitwａsａｆiｎeｅxaｍpleofmoｄerｎart.

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ａ.ｄishonest.b.Ｊokiｎgc.ｐraisｉngtheｐortraiｔd．ｂｅiｎgdiplomａｔic4.Whｅnwasｔhedｅstrｕctiｏnoｆtheporｔraitｋｎowntｏtｈepublic?

a．Assoｏnasithappeｎｅd.b．ＡfterChurchillｄiedｉn１９65.

ｃ．SｏonaｆtｅrLadyChurchｉlｌ’deathd.Notｕｎtilrecently.5．Hoｗdｉdpｅoｐlereacttotｈenｅws?ﻫａ.Peopleoftheａｒｔisticｃｏmmunitywereallveryｓad.ﻫb.Thehｉｓtorianｓfeltmｏｒestｒｏnglｙagaｉnｓtitthantheartistiｃcommunity.

ｃ.AllpeopleagｒeｅdthattｈeCｈurchｉｌlshadnorigｈｔｔｏｄesｔrｏytheｐiｃture.ﻫd.WhｉｌｅsomｅｗeeｕｐsetqｕiteafｅwpｅoｐlebelievedｔheCｈurcｈillshadtherｉghttodeｓｔｒoyｉt.６.GrahaｍSuｔherlanｄｐaｉnteｄChurchｉll_＿＿___＿____.ﻫa.asaｈeａvｙ，sick,tｉｒedolｄmaｎb.asａpersonｍuchｙoungerthaｎhｉsａｇｅﻫc.aｃｃoｒdｉngtｏＣhurchill’sinｓtrｕctions.d.AcｃordｉngtoLadｙChurchill’sdｅscripｔｉｏns7.Ａccordingtoｔhewriter,whohastheｒｉghttoaｗorkofａｒt?a.Tｈｅｏｗner.b.Ｔhｅaｒtｉsｔwhｏcreatedit．ｃ.Ｔhｅpｕblic.d．Ｈｅｉsnotｓure.３.Mr．SmｉthＢluｎdｅｒｓMr.ＳmｉthiswｅlｌknｏwｎinWashingｔoｎbecaｕｓeofhisｍanyｓｏｃialblunders.Hｅalｗaysｌikｅｓtoatteｎdthevarioussocialfuncｔioｎｓbｅcauｓｅｈewantstoeｘpanｄｈiscirｃleｏfｆriends.ＷｈeneverHeiｓinvited,ｈegｏes,unｌessheisill．Recentlyhereceivedanｉnvitationtｏaｆashionablebanｑuet.Alｔhougｈｈedidｎoｔknoｗtｈｅhostess，heacceｐteｄtheｉｎviｔation.Hｅwａssｅcｒeｔlｙveｒyｐleasｅd，becausehefeｌｔthaｔhisrｅpｕtaｔionasaｄesiｒableguestｗasｇrowiｎg.Whenhearｒiｖedatthｅbaｎquethall,hｅfoundｔhａtａboutonehｕndredpeoｐleｈadｂｅｅｎinviteｄ.Hebｅgａnｔｏmoｖeａｒoｕndthehaｌl.Ｈeｓｐoketｏothｅrguesｔｓｗhetherhekneｗｔｈｅmｏrnot.Ｈesoonreａｌizedthatｈeｈadneｖerｍetanyoftheｏtherpｅoplｅpｒesent,althｏｕｇhtheysｅemedtｏknｏweａcｈother.ﻫAtdinner,hewａssｅatｅdｂｅsiｄeaveｒｙdignｉfieｄwｏmaｎ.TｈeｗｏmaｎtｒiedtobeｆｒienｄlyeventhｏｕgｈsｈｅhａdnevermetＭr．Smiｔhbefｏrｅ．Sｈeｓpoｋｅｐｏlitely,whｅnｅverhｅspoketohｅr.Betweeｎthefirstanｄthｅsｅｃoｎdｃourseofｔheｍeaｌ,sheｔurｎｅdtoMr.Smitｈandsaｉｄ,“Dｏｙｏuseeｔhａtgray-ｈairｅdmanａtthｅendoftheｔａｂｌe?Theonｅwitｈglaｓses.”“Ａｈ，yｅｓ.Ｗhoiｓhｅ?”asｋeｄSｍｉth.Ｈe’sthｅＳecreｔaryoftheInｔeriｏr!”sｈereｐｌiｅd．Mｒ．Smitｈsaid，”Sotｈat’sｔheSｅcreｔaryｏftheInteｒｉｏr!Ｉ’mafraｉdtｈatIfinｄveｒylittleｔoadmireaｂｏuthｉｍ,ａlｔhouｇhｈｅiｓtheSeｃｒetary．”ﻫThｅｗomanｓｔiｆfeneｄａndｄiｄnotrepｌy,Smithｃontinuedinspｉteofhｅrcｏｌｄness．“Iｒeallｙcan’tｓeｅｈowherecｅivｅdhｉsappointmｅnｔ,ｕnlessheisｐerhａpsarｅlativｅｏftheＰrｅsｉdent．”ﻫ“IthａrdlyｍaｔterｓwｈetｈeryｏｕliketheSｅｃretａｒyoｒｎot，”shesａid.“ＨｅwaschoｓenbecausetheＰresideｎtｔhｏuｇｈtｈeｗａｓtheｍanforthejob.Ifｈｅdoｅｓｔhejoｂwｅll,yousｈｏuldhａｖｅnoｃompｌaint.”

“Ｔhａt’ｓjustit,”ｐeｒsiｓtedSmｉth.“Noｏnedoeｓtｈethinｇsｔhedoes,ｕnlesshｅisａcoｍｐletｅfooｌ!”ﻫ“Ｓiｒ!”saidtheｗomanｉnaｌlherdｉgnｉty.“DoyouknowwhｏIａm?”“No,”replieｄSmitｈ．ﻫ“IamthｅSecreｔary’swｉfｅ,”ｓｈesaｉｄcolｄｌy.Mr．Ｓmｉthwaｓshocked，butheｗｅnｔｏniｎspiteofｈisｅmbarrassｍｅnt.ﻫ“Madaｍ,doyouｋnowwhoIam?”ﻫ“No,Idon’t，”theｗomanｒeｐｌｉeｄ.

“Thaｎｋgoodｎess!”ｅxclaiｍedMｒ.Ｓmｉｔｈ,ashｅquiｃklｙleftthetａbｌｅ.１.Mr.SmithisweｌlknowninＷashinｇtｏｎbｅcause＿_____＿______＿．

a.heistheSecretaｒyｏｆtheInteriorﻫb．ｈｅhasｍｏｒefrienｄｓtｈａnｏtheｒpeopleﻫc．heｌｉkeｓtogoｔoallkiｎdｓoｆparｔｉeｓ

d.ｈealwaｙsｍakesfooliｓhmisｔaｋeｓonsociａlocｃａsionｓ２.Whywaｓheverｙglａdwhenheｇotaninvitaｔｉoｎｔｏaｇraｎdpaｒｔyoｎday?

ａ．Ｈecouldｍeｅtｍｏreｐeoｐleaｔthepartｙ.

b.Hｅknｅｗthｅhosｔesｓqｕiteｗell.ﻫc.Iｔｗasthefｉrｓtｔiｍehehadｂｅｅninｖｉtｅｄtoｓuｃhabaｎqueｔ.ﻫd．Hefeｌtｔhａtｈｉsrｅpuｔatｉｏnwasgrowiｎｇ.3.AtdｉnnｅｒＭr．Sｍitｈhappｅnｅdtositｂeｓｉｄｅa_____＿_＿_ｗoｍan.ﻫa.beａutｉｆulｂ.serioｕsc.nobleｄ．ｆashiｏnabｌｅ４.Tｈewomaｎ＿＿＿___＿_____＿_.

a.keｐtsｐeaｋｉnｇtohimｐｏlｉtelｙ

ｂ.tuｒｎedawaywhenMｒ.Ｓｍiｔｈsｐｏkｅtohｅｒﻫc．wｉsｈedtoｉntｒodｕｃehimtoherhusbandﻫd.ａsｋedＭr.Ｓmithifｈeknｅｗｔｈｅgray-haｉredｍanattｈeendofｔheｔabｌｅ５．Mr.SmitｈsaｉdｓomethinｇagaiｎsttheSecretarｙoｆtheInterioｒbecaｕsｅ___＿＿___＿___.

a．ｔheyhaddifｆereｎtｐｏliticaｌvｉewｓﻫb.ｈeknewfoｒsuｒｅtheSecrｅｔarｙｗaｓarｅlaｔiveoftheＰresidentﻫc.Mr.SmｉtｈｄidnｏtｌikｅｔｈePrｅsｉｄｅnｔ

d.heｏnlywａntｅdtoｃarｒｙontｈecｏnversaｔｉon６.HｏwdidtｈeSecｒetａｒｙofthｅＩｎteriorgethisｐost?

a.hewａｓａrelativeｏftｈePresident.b.ＴhePresｉｄｅntappｏｉｎｔｅdｈim．ﻫc.Ｈewaｓｅｌectedｂyamajｏrity．ｄ.Hewasrecommendeｄbyhiswife.PartIＶCｌosｅIsｈallｎeverｆorgetoｎeshowingwhichwaｓrｅａllyａｃhallenｇe.Iwａｓbuｓｙgettｉngrｅaｄyto1ｍywinterｆashiｏｎ.Thｅｎjuｓtthｉrteeｎ2beｆｏrｅthesｈowing,tｈeｓewiｎggirlｓｗeｒecalledoｕton3.Ｉfｏundmyselfｌeftwithoｎe４anｄtｈewomanwhowａsinchaｒgｅoftｈeseｗingrｏom!Iwasａs5aｓｍymoｄelsandsalesgiｒlｓ.“We’llneｖｅr6it.”oneoftｈemcｒｉed.Heｒe,Itｈｏugｈt,iｓｔhetesｔofaｌltestsfoｒＦathｅr’ｓ7.Whereisthｅway8thiｓtimｅ?Ｉwondｅredａndｗｏrriｅd．Iwascertainｗewouｌｄ9tocalｌｏfftｈｅshowiｎg--－－1０elｓeshowthｅcｌoｔhesuｎfｉｎiｓｈeｄ.Thｅniｔｄawnedoｎｍe.１1ｓｈｏwtｈｅcｌothesunfｉnｉshed?Weworｋedeｘtrｅmelyhard.Aｎd12thirtｅeｎdａyｓlatｅr,ｒigｈtｏｎtime,thｅｓhoｗingtooｋpｌacｅ.Ｗhata1３itwａｓ!Ｓomecｏaｔshadｎoslｅeves(袖子);othersｈadonlｙｏnｅ.Mａnyoｆoｕrclｏtheswere14ｉnanｅarlyｓｔagｅ,ｂｕｔintｈiswａｙweｗere15toｓhowｗｈatcolorｓandｔｅxtuｒesｔhe16wouldｈａvewhenｔhｅyweｒe17Ａllinaｌl,theshｏwingｗａｓ１８.Itwaｓsodiffeｒentthaｔitｗａsagｒeatsｕccｅss.Our19ｓhowiｎgcａughtｔ