专四专八考试

【单选题】The French have a reputation of not (31) in their own homes. Impressions about this (32) in France are based upon (33) in Paris. In Paris, daily and business life is (34) busy that many families want to cling to their privacy to themselves.But If you go to other places, you will find a person as (35) as almost any inEurope.
And young people, (36) themselves from the formal standards and obligations of their parents, have become far more (37) in inviting friends as well as relatives to meals. They will usually make a few hours’ (38) How much they entertain may depend upon (39) and how they live. The deeper you go into rural areas, (40) the welcome will be, and sometimes you will find young French farmers almost (41) hospitable.
In Paris, (42) smart society level, the tradition of formality still powerfully exists. Here dinner-party habits can be stillEdwardian by most London standards, with printed invitation cards, probably evening dress, white-gloved waiters, rigid conventions about (43) the correct food and wines. Here people’s thought is that, if you are to give a party in your own homes, then it must be done perfectly or (44) . So it is held very often. It is true that the formal tradition is (45) .But (46) in this more casual style, Parisians still wish for excellence.And they habitually stick to their little circles of (47) , (48) they are truly warm and sincere, but they (49) seem to want to meet new people outside their own circle—they’re too busy, too tire, and the (50) in Paris is too exacting.
A．peopleB、livesC、farmers
D、stays
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
stay意为“逗留，停留”，与长期定居相对。life意为“生活”。文中的意思是：人们对法国人待客冷淡的印象是基于在巴黎的经历，也就是说当巴黎以外的人在巴黎逗留时，巴黎人给他们留下这种印象，所以选D。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>