Question

     The other day, my friend Jane was invited to a 40th birthday party. The time printed on the invitation was 7.30pm. Jane went off with her husband, expecting a merry evening of wine, food, and song.

By 9.45, everybody was having great fun, but no food had appeared. Jane and David were restless. Other guests began whispering that they, too, were starving. But no one wanted to leave, just in case some food was about to appear. By 11.00, there was still no food, and everyone was completely off their heads. Jane and David left hungry and angry.

Their experience suggests that the words an the printed invitations need to be made clearer. Everyone reads and understands the invitations differently. Most of us would agree that 6.30 -8.30pm means drinks only, go out to dinner afterwards; 8.00pm or 8.30pm means possible dinner, but 9.30pm and any time thereafter means no food, oat beforehand, roll up late.

But this is not always the case. If asked to a students' party at 6.30pm, it is normal for guests not to appear before midnight, if at all, and no one cares. Being the first to arrive - looking eager - is social death. When my mother is asked to a party for 6.30, she likes to be them, if not on lime, then no later than seven. My age group (late thirties) falls somewhere between the two, but because we still think we're  young, we're probably closer to student-time than grown-up time.

The accepted custom at present is confusing (混亂的), sometimes annoying, and it often means you may go home hungry, but it does lend every party that precious element (成分) of surprise.

68. The underlined words "off their heads" probably mean______.

              A. tired            B. crazy                C. curious                D. hopeless

69. Jane and David' s story is used to show that______ .

              A. petty-goer8 usually get hungry at parties

              B. party invitations can be confusing

             C. people should ask for food at parties

             D. birthday parties for middle-aged people are dull

70. For some young people, arriving on time for a students' party will probably be considered_______.

    A. very difficult         B. particularly thoughtful

              C. friendly and polite                     D. socially unacceptable

71. According to the writer, people in their late thirties_______.

              A. are likely to arrive late for a party

             B. care little about the party time

             C. haven' t really grown up yet

             D. like surprises at parties

72. What is the general idea of the text?     

             A. It' s safe to arrive late just when food is served.

             B. It' s wise to eat something before going to a party.

             C. It' s important to follow social rules of party-going.

             D. It' s necessary to read invitations carefully.

Answer 1

介紹了人們參加聚會的一些事情。

68．B

解析：根據特定情境猜測詞義的能力

據本題所在語境，從9：45人們就在等上食物，但到了11點仍然沒有食物，所以每個人都變得crazy吵吵嚷嚷，雜亂無章，所以B為正確答案。

69．B

解析：考生正確進行判斷推理的能力

通過文中第三段所介紹的晚會什么時間開，提供飯菜，可知7：30 pm開的晚會，并不

提供飯菜。以及第四段中所談及的例子及其結論But this is not always the case，連同最后一段可知，B為正確答案。

70．D

解析：考生對具體細節的理解

從文中第四段第三句可知D為正確答案。

71．A

解析：考生根據細節進行推理判斷的能力

根據本文第四段尤其是第四段最后一句的“we’re probably closer to student-time

than grown-up time．”可推知他們并不是不在乎晚會時間，而是想晚去一會兒，所以排除 B，選擇A為正確答案。而C、D兩項都沒在原文中有所體現，所以排除。

72．C

解析：考生對文章主旨大意的總結能力

綜合全文，本文并未談及什么時間參加聚會危險，什么時間參加安全，所以排除A。并不是所有的聚會都不提供飯菜。比如文中第三段倒數第一句說“8：OOpm or 8：30 pm means possible dinner”，所以提前吃飯也不見得非常明智，故排除B。本題最大的干擾項是D項，文中確實提及了“Their experience suggests that the words on the printed invitations need to be made clearer”“他們的經歷暗示出打印的請柬上的內容應制定得更為清楚一些”，但這只是本文的一個方面，并不能全面地說明本文的大意，而且原文用的是made，本題用的read，意思也不一致。本題中的C項更為確切地總結了全文的主要意思“我們在了解清楚請柬內容的前提下，更應遵守一些參加聚會的社會規定”。所以正確答案為C。