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Letter 1
Dear Ann,
I am going to give a dinner party next month. I want my guests to enjoy themselves and to feel comfortable. What is the secret of giving a successful party?
Sarah
Letter 2
Dear Mary，
Cook something that would let you spend time with your guests. If a guest offers to help you in the kitchen, accept the offer. It often makes people feel more comfortable when they can help.
Before serving dinner, while your guests make small talks in the living room, offer them drinks. Some guests may like wine, but make sure to provide soft drinks for people who don’t.
At the dinner table, let your guests serve themselves. Offer them a second serving after they finish, but don’t ask more than once. Most guests will take more if they want.
Perhaps the most important rule of all is to be natural. Treat your guests as you want them to treat you when you’re in their home—that is, act naturally toward them, and don’t try too hard to be polite. Have a good time in a pleasant atmosphere.
Yours,
Vida
操作提示：通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。
1. From the first letter we learn that Mary回答
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A) is asking for advice on giving a dinner party
B) knows the secret of giving a pleasant party
C) is going to attend a dinner party
2. Ann.s first piece of advice is that Mary should回答
A) get the food ready before the guests arrive
B) keep the guests away from the kitchen
C) accept the guests’ offer to help
3. Ann suggests that Mary offer drinks回答
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A) while the guests are having small talks B) when all the guests have arrived
C) after the guests finish small talks
4. When having dinner, the guests are expected to 回答
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A) eat their food slowly B) help the host serve food
C) help themselves to more food
5. The most important rule for Mary to follow in treating her guests is to 回答
A) be as polite as she can B) let them feel at home
C) prepare delicious food
A Car Stopped Just in the Middle of the Street
Joan has been charged with a misdemeanor by asking her 13-year-old son to drive, putting her child in a dangerous situation. It was Joan.s 32nd birthday, so she decided to go out for dinner with her 35-year-old boyfriend, Donald, as well as her 13-year-old son, Mike. Joan was so happy that she drank two bottles of wine with her boyfriend. When it was time to go home, both Joan and Donald were too drunk to drive. They knew it clearly that both of them couldn.t drive home safely after that much wine, so they sat in the back seat and asked Mike, Joan.s 13-year-old son, to drive the 2008 Land Rover.
Being a driver for the first time in his life, Mike could receive no help from his mom or Donald. They were too drunk to tell him clearly what to do. He started the car nervously, but when he realized he couldn.t control the car at all, he was scared and depressed. He decided to stop the car and refuse to drive any further. He called the police for help. When the police arrived, they found the car was stopped right in the middle of the street.
操作提示：句子正确选择下拉选项框为“T”；句子错误选择下拉选项框为“F”。
1. Joan has been charged with driving after drinking.回答
2. Mike was 35 years old.回答
3. Joan and Donald were both too drunk to drive.回答
4. It was the first time for Mike to drive.回答
5. The police stopped Mike in the middle of the street.回答
Drunk driving(醉驾) has become a serious problem in China. According to the Ministry of Public Security(公安部), the police caught more than half a million drunk drivers in 2010. On the night of May 9, 2011, musician Gao Xiaosong ran his car into three other cars in Beijing because he drank too much回答
. He was 回答
under China.s new drunk driving law that came into use on May 1, 2011.
The new law sees drunk driving as a 回答
. In the west, drunk driving is also a crime. In the US, for example, if the police catch a drunk driver, the driver will pay a 回答
, lose his or her 回答
and even go to prison(监狱). If the driver wants to drive again, he or she has to do public service, and take part in educational programs.
You may think: drunk driving is crime? Isn.t this law too unkind? But experts say: not at all. They think it is to protect people.s tights to life and health. Drunk driving is very dangerous!
1. A. water B. wine C. juice
2. A. punished B. punishes C. punishing
3. A. problem B. crime C. good behavior
4. A. well B. good C. fine
5. A. life B. job C. license