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（迅速地）at the time given on the invitation，armed with gifts of wine and roses，complimenting（称赞）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 ahead of schedule 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 with that．
See，that’s the logic！The type of flowers sent has a code of its own，too．One must never send chrysanthemums(菊花)because they are considered too humble(谦卑)for occasion．Carnations（康乃馨）are considered bad luck，and calla（马蹄莲）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（侮辱）．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 a quarter past eight．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．
1.Which of the following is right about sending gifts？
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A．If someone in France is dead, send chrysanthemums or calla. |
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B．If someone in Paris is ill in hospital, send carnations. |
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C．If you are invited to a dinner party in UK, never bring a bottle of wine, because that’s an insult. |
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D．If you are invited by a single French hostess whom you love, send red roses. |
2.What does the word “considerate” in the last paragraph mean？
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A．thoughtful |
B．shameful |
C．respectful |
D．grateful |
3.If you are invited to a French dinner, the correct custom is to ______.
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A．compliment your host on his cooking |
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B．arrive fifteen minutes behind schedule |
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C．hurry to help the hostess |
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D．show up promptly at the time given on the invitation |
4.What is the passage mainly about？
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A．Different flowers have different meanings |
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B．How to send flowers |
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C．Good manners at a French dinner party |
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D．Different countries have different manners |
Every country has its own culture.
Even though each country uses doors, doors may have 50 functions and purposes which lead to 51 differences.
When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different 52 and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “ PUSH ” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to 53 the building. This was new to me, because we use the 54 door in South Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.
The way of using school bus doors was also 55 to me. I used to take the school bus to school. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back door. Students who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on 56 in South Korea. We do not need to wait for people to 57 . One morning I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I 58 tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me. I was totally 59 , and my face went red.
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A. comments B. impression C. drawn D. fashionable E. influence F. light up G. right H. occupy I. truly J. variety |
Shanghai dazzles (使目眩) visitors with its 1. of places new and old, East and West New Shanghai begins at the airport with a step onto the Maglev, Shanghai’s high-speed train. Reaching 431 km/h, it whisks（迅速移动）travelers the 32 kilometers from the airport to Pudong in 8 minutes. Visitors disembark (登陆) from the Maglev at Pudong, where Shanghai’s modern side awaits 2. outside the station.
The West’s 3. on Shanghai is very obvious on the Bund. European countries and America established concessions here between the early 1840s and 1943. Visiting the Bund takes one back to that era. Fifty-two buildings, all built in 4. European styles, line this famous section of East Zhongshan First Road.
The HSBC Tower, which now houses the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, dominates the Bund. Inside, visitors gazes are 5. to colorful mosaics (马赛克) on the dome ceiling.
Just south of the Bund, the traditional buildings and tiny lanes of the old Chinese city take visitors back in time. Here, the Yuyuan Gardens are the main attraction. Built in 1577 by a government official for his parents, the Yuyuan Gardens 6. an area of two hectares（亩）.
Shanghai’s premier shopping destination, Nanjing Road boasts 5.5 km of shops, malls, restaurants and excitement. Colorful neon（霓虹灯）signs 7. the street at night when thousands of people flood the area.
Restored shikumen exteriors open into restaurants, shops and art galleries. Photographer Guo Changyao
8. , “In the 21st century, if you don’t go to Xintiandi, then you haven’t seen Shanghai.”
To 9. experience Shanghai, one must explore all its sides. The beauty of the city lies in its old and new, West and East.
There are many fine buildings on _______sides of the streets.
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B．both |
C．all |
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After several years, he changed a lot and looked different from _______he used to be.
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C．which |
D．that |
It was decided to _______ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing child alive.
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A．call off |
B．let off |
C．put off |
D．round off |
