The presence of an actress at the Dinner made the fund raising ______.A．less impersonalB．a

Elizabeth Dole was ______.

A．the president of the American Red Cross and acted at the Dinner as a North Carolina hostess

B．a republican and wife of the president of the American Red Cross

C．the president of the American Red Cross and its main representative at the Annual Dinner Dance

D．born in North Carolina, became an air-hostess and later married Senator Robert Dole

Christopher Peake's hair didn't look so bad because ______.

A．he was wearing a handsome tuxedo

B．he was wearing tulips on his suit

C．he was seen among flowers

D．he was sitting near flowers and in very soft light

The fund-raiser mentioned in the passage refers to ______.

A．Robert Dole

B．Elizabeth Dote

C．the Eleventh Annual Red Cross Award Dinner Dance

D．all the business companies attending the Dinner Dance

of a building on West 140th Street, in Harlem, fell down. Beds tumbled through the air, people slid out of their apartments and onto the ground, three people died, and the Red Cross was there, helping shocked residents find temporary shelter, and food and clothing. Then it was back downtown for that evening's big fund-raiser, the Eleventh Annual Red Cross Award Dinner Dance, at the Pierre. "That's why I have bad hair tonight," said Christopher Peake, a Red Cross spokesman who had spent much of the day at the Harlem scene, in the drizzling rain. He was now in a tuxedo, and actually his hair didn't look so bad, framed by a centerpiece of tulips and jonquils, and perhaps improved by subdued lighting from eight crystal chandeliers.

Definitely not having a had-hair night was Elizabeth Dole, the wife of Senator Robert Dole and the president of the American Red Cross. President Dole has chestnut-colored Republican hair, which was softly coifed, and she was wearing a fitted burgundy velvet evening suit ("Someone made it for me! I love velveti" she exclaimed, in her enthusiastic, Northern Carolina hostess voice) and sparkling drop earrings. Of course, she hadn't been standing in the rain in Harlem; she had just flown up on the three-o'clock shuttle from Washington. Dole is extremely pretty, with round green eyes and a full mouth and a direct personality. She tilts her head attentively when she listens. She was the recipient of the evening's award; previous award winners have included Alice Tully, Princess Yasmin Asa Khan, .. and, most recently, Brooke Astor. Not exactly a sequence at the end of which you would expect to find Elizabeth Dole, but award givers are famous for having political instincts as well as philanthropic ones.

Surrounded by the deep-blue swags and golden draperies of the ballroom were more than thirty-five dinner tables set with groupings of candles and floral centerpieces and Royal Doulton china. American Express was there. So were Bristol-Myers Squibb; Coopers & Lybrand; the New York Times Company; Union Bank of Switzerland; Chemical Bank; New York Life; ... and Price Waterhouse. The actress Arlene Dahl, with her rather red hair and her bearded husband, presided over one table. Otherwise, it was a typical, faceless, captain-of-industry fund raiser (no models! no stars! ), of which there seems to be at least one every night in New York City. It was not a society night, but still the evening raised four hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

From what we read we can infer that "it was a normal day in the life of the American Red Cross in Greater New York" means its staff ______.

A．deal with the fail of houses in the city every day

B．are busy helping people who suffer from disasters every day

C．work during the day and to have banquet in the evening every day

D．go to Harlem, the poorest district of New York, every day and help people there

A．possible

B．impossible

C．practical

D．impractical.

A．make

B．take

C．switch

D．get

A．paying

B．paid

C．pay

D．being paid

A．into

B．in

C．on

D．at

A．Meanwhile

B．Generally speaking

C．Therefore

D．Actually

A．to

B．with

C．for

D．of