单选题 In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it"s a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
In social life, time plays a very important part. In the USA guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differently; promptness (准时) is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the US no one would think of keeping a business friend waiting for an hour; it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to make a short apology. If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.

单选题 "The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. "Here "attached" means

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题为测试单词或短语的含义类问题。利用查阅式阅读法，在文章中第一段的第三句中找到了与测试词语相关的信息，根据文章上下文，可以推断出动词attached是“把……给予……，把……归于……”的意思，所以C项为最佳选择。另外，如果考生的词汇量足够大的话，即使不读原文上下文，也应能找出本题的正确答案C“给予，赋予”。

单选题 Supposing one wants to make a telephone call at midnight, this would mean ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】这是一道根据具体细节进行推理的题目。问假设有人半夜三更打电话，这会意味着什么。根据文章第一段倒数第二句“If someone receives a call during sleeping hours，he assumes it"s a matter of 1ife and death.”我们可以推断：midnight就是文章中讲到的during sleeping hours。所以，半夜接到电话的人会认为此事生死攸关，具有非同寻常的重要性。因此本题正确答案应为D。

单选题 According to this passage, time plays an important role in ______.

单选题 The best title for this passage is ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题为全文最佳标题类问题。利用浏览式阅读法通读全文，我们可以推断出作为本篇文章的最佳标题应选择A“时间的选择”。其余三项均不能概括本文全文内容或与本文无关，因此都是错误选项。

单选题 According to the passage, the author of the article may agree with which of the following statements?

A、 It is appropriate to send your invitation cards three or four days before a dinner party date in the US.
B、 It may be appropriate to send your invitation cards to your guests three or four days before a dinner party date in some cultures.
C、 It is best for one to make telephone calls at night because it costs much less.
D、 If one is less than 5 minutes late, he has to make a short apology.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题问按照文章所讲内容，作者可能会同意以下哪一个观点。本题是一道判断是非类问题，可根据本文的有关句子利用排除法做出判断。文章第二段第二句“In the USA guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.”告诉我们A项不符合原文内容，是错误选项。第一段讲到打电话的时间但并没有提到半夜打电话可节省费用，因而可以排除C项。第二段的最后两句话指出迟到五分钟的话，迟到者应道歉，如果迟到不足五分钟的话，可以稍作解释，因此D也是错误选项。而第二段的第四句“In other areas of the world it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten”暗示出在某些国家和文化背景下，可能提前三四天向客人发出晚宴邀请函是恰当的。因此B项是正确答案。