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12．I hated dinner parties．But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London．And my friend Mallery invited me．And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York．There，"I'm having a dinner party"means："I'm booking a table for 12 at a restaurant you can't afford and we'll be sharing the checque evenly，no matter what you eat．"Worse，in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives．They'll throw down cash，half of what they owe，and then people like me，who don't drink，end up paying even more．But if I try to use the same trick，the hostess will shout："Where are you going？"And it's not like I can say I have somewhere to go：everyone know I have nowhere to go．
   But in London，dinner parties are in people's homes．Not only that，the guests are an interesting mix．The last time I went to one，the guests were from France，India．Denmark and Nigeria； it was like a gathering at the United Nations in New York．The mix is less striking．It's like a gathering at Bloomingdale's，a well-known department store．
   For New Yorkers，talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York．But at Mallery's，when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently，people knew where it was．In New York people would think it was a usual new club．
5．What does the word"shot"in Paragraph 1 probably mean？B
A．Choice．       
B．Try         
C．Style．       
D．Goal
6．What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York？C
A There is a strange mix of people．
B．The restaurants are expensive．
C．The bill is not fairly shared．
D．People have to pay cash
7．What does the author think of the parties in London？D
A．A bit unusual         
B．Full of tricks．
C．Less costly．
D．More interesting．
8．What is the author's opinion of some New Yorkers from her experience？B
A．Easy-going．
B．Self-centred．
C．Generous．
D．Conservative．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述的是作者對于在紐約參加聚會和來倫敦參加聚會的區(qū)別，說明自己寧愿參加倫敦的聚會而表示紐約的聚會．

解答 5．B．推理判斷題．根據本句I hated dinner parties．But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London．說明我本來不喜歡這樣的聚會，但是這次我決定再試一次，因為這是在倫敦，跟紐約的情況不一樣．故B正確．
6．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據第二段1，2行Worse，in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives．They'll throw down cash，half of what they owe，說明在紐約的聚會上很多人都沒有真正做到AA制，都少付自己應該付的錢．故C項內容正確．
7．D．推理判斷題．根據第三段Not only that，the guests are an interesting mix．The last time I went to one，the guests were from France，India，Denmark and Nigeria； it was like a gathering at the United Nations．說明在倫敦的聚會非常有趣，有來自世界各地的人在一起，就像是聯(lián)合國開會一樣．故D項正確．
8．B．推理判斷題．根據最后一段第一行For New Yorkers，talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York說明在紐約說起其它的地方就是布魯克林和國王大街，紐約人很自我，認為自己是世界上最好的，故B項正確．

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．