It’s not polite to arrive at a dinner more than 15 to 20 minutes late. The host or hostess usually waits for all the ___1___ to arrive before serving the meal. If someone is late, the food may be spoiled(變味), and ___2___ may the host or hostess’ spirits. If you have to be ___3___ call and tell them to start ___4___ you.

It’s even worse to be early! The host or hostess will probably not be ___5___. If you are early, drive or walk around the block a few times, or just sit in your car until the right time.

Though it’s often ___6___ to arrive at a party on time, on the other hand, the host or hostess ___7___ guests to arrive and leave between certain times, so you can ___8___ at any time between the times he or she gives you.

It’s nice to bring an empty stomach, but it’s even nicer to bring ___9___ present. The present should not cost a lot, or you might make the host or hostess ___10___. Flowers, wine, or a box of candy will be fine. ___11___ bring money as a present. In an introduction, the ___12___ of a name is: (1) the given name; (2) the family name. In other ___13___, the given name comes ___14___. It’s important not only to learn and remember ___15___, but to repeat them often in conversation. After the introduction, we usually call friends by their ___16___ names. Older people may want you to call them by their titles and family names, such as “Mrs Smith”, “Mr Johnson”, “Dr. Brown”.

A maiden(閨女) name is a ___17___ family name at birth. In the United States and Canada, after a woman ___18___, she takes the family name of her ___19___ in place of her maiden name. It is now becoming common, however, for women to ___20___ their maiden names after they get married.

1. A. guests     B. visitors       C. customs      D. passengers

2. A. or   B. so       C. but     D. yet

3. A. tired       B. hungry       C. late     D. early

4. A. without  B. for      C. with    D. after

5. A. awake    B. ready  C. up      D. friendly

6. A. useless    B. impossible  C. unable D. important

7. A. forces     B. invites C. begs    D. orders

8. A. play       B. fly      C. arrive  D. start

9. A. a big      B. a small       C. a good       D. an expensive

10. A. pleased B. satisfied     C. interested   D. uneasy

11. A. Never   B. Always       C. Do      D. Be sure to

12. A. spelling       B. calling       C. order  D. pronunciation

13. A. words   B. letters C. idioms       D. sentences

14. A. last       B. first    C. finally D. in the middle

15. A. expressions  B. appearances       C. names D. addresses

16. A. given    B. family C. middle       D. pen

17. A. gentleman’s  B. boy’s  C. woman’s    D. man’s

18. A. works   B. marries      C. bears   D. dies

19. A. husband       B. mother       C. father  D. sister

20. A. stop      B. give up      C. keep   D. find

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解析:

1. A。guests 意為“客人”，與前面的the host(男主人)和hostess(女主人)相對(duì)應(yīng)。

2. B。此句用so表示重復(fù)前面句子的意思，但兩句的主語(yǔ)不同。句意為：食物可能變味，主人的興致(spirits)也可能變味。

3. C。由上文提到不能遲到，此句表示：如果不得不遲到的話，就得先打電話告訴他們開始。

4. A。without 在此表示：沒(méi)有你在場(chǎng)。

5. B。朋友聚餐一般都約定了時(shí)間。如果去早了，主人還沒(méi)有作好準(zhǔn)備。

6. D。由上文提到聚餐既不能遲到，也不能早到，此句可斷定：準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)是重要的。

7. B。由四個(gè)動(dòng)詞的意義結(jié)合上下文可知：只有選 invites 才正確。

8. D。start 意為“出發(fā)”，指在主人約定的到達(dá)和離開的時(shí)間之間任何時(shí)間出發(fā)都可以。

9. B。由下文提到的flowers，wine，a box of candy等可知：給主人送小(small)禮物較好。

10. D。由or可知：如果送花錢太多的禮物，主人只會(huì)感覺不安。

11. A。前面提到送小禮物好，送花錢太多的禮物，主人只會(huì)感覺不安，那么用錢作禮物就會(huì)使主人感到更加不安，所以千萬(wàn)別送錢。

12. C。由下文可知：在作介紹時(shí)，要注意名字的順序(order)(www.nmet168.com)。

13. A。后面是對(duì)前面的話進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步地解釋，故選words ，in other words意為“換句話說(shuō)”。

14. B。first name或given name 指(歐美人的)名字。family name意為“姓”。

15. C。上文談到的名字，所以此句意為：不僅要了解和記住名字(names)，而且在談話時(shí)還要經(jīng)常提到這些名字。

16. A。在下句提到，老年人想要你稱呼他們的頭銜(title)和姓(family name)，那么在一般朋友之間則可直呼其名(given name)。

17. C。/ 18. A。/ 19. A。在西方一些國(guó)家，未婚女子的姓用女人出生時(shí)的姓即woman’s family name，結(jié)婚(marries)，就得將自己的family name改為她丈夫(husband)的姓。

20. C。前面提到女人結(jié)婚后，其姓改為她丈夫的。此句提到現(xiàn)在情況正在變化：女人結(jié)婚后仍然保持(keep)少女時(shí)的姓(maiden name)。選keep切合句意，其他動(dòng)詞均不符。

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