单选题 Questions 153-154 refer to the following information.
SMART Technologies Inc.

We invite you to be present for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Friday, May 25 at 3:00 in the evening at the Austin Hotel & Convention Center. A light meal will be served from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Please respond to Ms. Barbara Campbell at 604-622-5521 by May 10 to indicate your presence at the meeting.
402-814 Richards Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 3A7
Phone: 604-622-5504
Toll-free: 1-888-226-7337

单选题 To what event are recipients being invited?
A. A free investment seminar
B. A yearly meeting
C. A demonstration
D. A trade convention
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】初级问题
邀请函的核心是告诉你“会议的时间和地点”,从而向你发出邀请。根据邀请函的性质,有的会在文章开头就告诉你会议的日期和场所,有的则会在文章的结尾一目了然地把会议细节呈现给你。但是大部分的邀请函都会在开头就阐明会议的性质,因此先看文章的第一句!果然,第一句中说这次会议是the Annual Meeting of Shareholder,annual是“yearly,once a year,every year,each year”的意思,因此正确答案是(B)。
单选题 What are recipients asked to do?
A. Call Ms. Barbara Campbell
B. Send an e-mail to Ms. Barbara Campbell
C. Give a presentation
D. Reserve a hotel room
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】中级问题
这道题考查邀请函中对受邀请人提出的要求,属于对文章细节的考查。对别人提出的要求一般用命令句型来表达,因此先试着从文中找出命令句,就会找到对受邀者的具体要求。而且,具体的要求事项一般会出现在邀请函的末尾。果然,文章的末尾出现了“Please respond…”这样的命令句。而且,看到句子里出现的电话号码,正确答案就更明确了。