Creating the proper atmosphere for a party is a difficult andexcited job. Gone are the days when one could simply call__1__up one's friends and invite them on a Saturday eveningfor__2__ a game of bridge. A hostess must make certain thather party is perfect, if she is to aid her career or those of herhusband.__3__ The first element that must be considered is theguest list.Since there are certain guests that must beinvited,there are__4__ just as many guests whom one must avoid. The wise hostess makes a listof five parts: those who must be invited, such as __5__ an employer or persons whose hospitalitymust be returned: those who should be invited, but are not necessary to make the party torun smoothly, such as one's neighbors or personal__6__ friends: those who must never beinvited, such as the present__7__ spouse of any guest or a business adversary; and those whowould not be appropriate guests at that particular type of party, such as immigrants at aDaughters of the American Revolution(DAR)party. The secondary element critical to the success ofa party is__8_its theme. Each party might have a definite reason for being, a __9__ certain idea ormood running throughout the evening. While many persons consider such "gimmicky" ascostume parties or Mexican fiestas passe, there are many alternative themes to choosebetween.__10__
參考答案及解析:
1. excited—exciting：兩者都為形容詞，但意義上有區(qū)別：excited意為“興奮的，激動(dòng)的，活躍的”，常常表示一種狀態(tài)。exciting意為“令人鼓舞的，令人興奮的”，表示一種性質(zhì)。此處修飾job，表示job的性質(zhì)，故用exciting。
2. 在them和on之前加上over：根據(jù)上下文打的電話，然后邀請(qǐng)他們過來打牌
3. those—that：代詞，指代career
4. Since—While/Although/Though等，讓步關(guān)系
5. five—four： 根據(jù)上下文客人的名單應(yīng)為四個(gè)部分，而不是五個(gè)部分
6. 去掉run前面的to，因?yàn)榍拔牡膭?dòng)詞為make
7. present—former：根據(jù)上下文，應(yīng)為前夫/妻，而不是現(xiàn)任/現(xiàn)在的
8. secondary—second：前者和primary對(duì)應(yīng);后者和first對(duì)應(yīng)
9. might—should：might常表示可以做的事情或者可能發(fā)生的事情，should表示應(yīng)當(dāng)做的或發(fā)生的事
10. between—among： 根據(jù)上下文，為從許多主題中選擇，而不是兩個(gè)