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  If you are ever lucky to be invited to a formal dinner party in Paris, remember that the French have their own way of doing things, and that even your finest manners may not be “correct”by French custom.For example, if you think showing up promptly at the time given on the invitation, armed with gifts of wine and roses, complimenting your hostess on her cooking, laughing heartily at the host’s jokes and then leaping up to help the hostess will make you the perfect guest, think again.

  Here Madame Nora Chabal, the marketing director of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, explained how it works.

  The first duty of the guest is to respond to the invitation within 48 hours.And, the guest may not ask to bring a guest because the hostess has chosen her own.

  Flowers sent in advance are the preferred gift.They may also be sent afterwards with a thank-you note.It is considered a very bad form to arrive with a gift of flowers vase when she is too busy to do that.

  See, that’s the logic! The type of flowers sent has a code of its own, too.One must never send chrysan-themums because they are considered too humble a flower for occasion.Carnations are considered bad luck, and calla lilies are too reminiscent(令人联想)of funerals(葬礼).A bouquet of red roses is a declaration of romantic intent.Don’t send those unless you mean it, and never to a married hostess.And though the French love wine, you must never bring a bottle to a dinner party.Why, it’s as if you feared your hosts would not have enough wine on hand, and that’s an insult.You may, however, offer a box of chocolates which the hostess will pass after dinner with coffee.?

  If an invitation is for eight o’clock, the considerate guest arrives at 8∶15.Guests who arrive exactly on time or early are mere thoughtless ones who are not giving the hostess those last few minutes she needs to deal with details and crises.The “correct” guest arrives between 15 to 20 minutes after the hour because dinner will be served exactly 30 minutes past the time of the invitation.

(1)

Which of the following is right about sending flowers?

[  ]

A.

If someone is dead, send chrysanthemums or calla lilies.

B.

If someone is ill in hospital, send carnations.

C.

If you are invited to a dinner party, send red roses to the hostess.

D.

If you are in love with someone, send red roses.

(2)

If you are too busy to send flowers in advance, what should you do?

[  ]

A.

Bring a bouquet of flowers when you go to the party.

B.

Send a bouquet of flowers afterwards with a thank-you note.

C.

Bring a bottle of wine instead of a bouquet of flowers.

D.

The hostess will never mind if you send flowers or not.

(3)

What does the word “considerate” in the last paragraph mean?

[  ]

A.

尊敬的

B.

值得考虑的

C.

考虑周到的

D.

相当多的

(4)

What is the passage mainly about?

[  ]

A.

How to hold a dinner party.

B.

How to send flowers.

C.

Good manners at a French dinner party.

D.

Different countries have different manners.

(5)

In France, if you are invited to a dinner party due at eight forty, what is the best time you arrive?

[  ]

A.

8∶25.

B.

8∶10.

C.

9∶00.

D.

8∶35.

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  If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it for certain. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch kept perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to wind it up(上发条). Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to be set by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said, “The regulator(调节器)is to be pushed up as your watch is four minutes slow.”

  I tried to stop him and tried to make him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed to regulator.

  My beautiful watch began to gain. It gained faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.

  What did I have to do? To take it to another watch maker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately but he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to slow down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments(约会)and even missed my dinners.

  Now I went to the third watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he could finish this work in three or four days. I had nothing to do but agree. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.

  So I kept taking my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable(相当长的)period of time.

  And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not tell time by my watch. The thing was getting serious. My watch had cost two hundred dollars originally(原先)but I paid for repair over two thousand. At last I decided to buy another watch, which I did.

(1) His watch gained faster and faster because ______.

[  ]

A.the watchmaker pushed up the regulator

B.the watch wasn't set up by the exact time

C.his watch never kept the perfect time

D.the author didn't follow the watchmaker's advice

(2) How many watchmakers did the author go to altogether?

[  ]

A.Two.
B.Three.
C.One
D.More than three.

(3) How much did it cost to repair the watch?

[  ]

A.Two hundred dollars.

B.Not mentioned.

C.Over ten times as much as its original value.

D.Less than two thousand.

(4) What do you think the author felt after he had his watch repaired?

[  ]

A.Regretful.
B.Content(满意的).
C.Worried
.D.Pleased
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