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Mr. White was holding a party at home to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. To make him happy, one of his women friends __21__ to sing a song for him. Now she was singing. One guest turned to a __22__ by his side and criticized the singer.

“What a __23__ voice!" he said. "Do you know __24__ she is?"

“Yes," was the answer, " She is my wife. "

“Oh, I beg your pardon,” the man said. "Of course her voice isn't bad, __25__ the song is very bad. I wondered who wrote that awful song?”

“I did," was the answer.

21. A. dreamed   B. decided     C. forgot    D. remembered

22. A. woman     B. girl       C. man     D. boy

23. A. terrible    B. beautiful    C. exciting   D. sweet

24. A. what    B. who       C. where     D. which

25. A. and    B. or      C. so      D. but

【主旨大意】本文主要讲述了在家庆祝他的八十岁生日。一位女士朋友为了让他高兴为他唱了首歌。期中一位客人认为她唱得很糟糕，便询问一位男士，而碰巧了这位男士正好是唱歌女士的丈夫。

21. B  根据后面的句子“Now she was singing.她正在唱歌。”可推断这位女士朋友决定给他唱首歌，故选B。

22. C  根据后面的句子“Yes, was the answer, she is my wife..是的，回答说 她是我的妻子。”可推断是一位男士（man），故选C。

23. A  根据第一段的最后的句子“criticized the singer, 批评这位歌手”可推断这位客人认为女士朋友的歌唱得很糟糕（terrible），故选A。

24. B  根据后面的句子“she is my wife.她是我的妻子。”可推断那位客人在询问“你认识她是谁吗？”，故选B。

25. D  根据前面的句子“of course her voice isn't bad, 当然她的嗓音不错。”及后面的句子“I wondered who wrote that awful song. 我想知道谁写侧那首难听的歌”，可推断前后两句是转折关系，故选D。