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A. French

B. Korean

成绩 1 of 1 问题:

This breakfast presentation includes olives, clotted water buffalo cream preserves, accompanied by hot black tea in small tulip-shaped glasses. What’s this breakfast’s nationality most likely to be?

Response:

A. Turkey.

B. Argentina.

成绩 1 of 1 问题:

North Americans have made great influence on western style breakfast and it is popular in North America to eat breakfast or brunch out on weekends and vacations. In those restaurants, you will surely find _____.

Response:

A. waffle (华夫饼干) and coffee as the most common breakfast beverage

B. iced cherry tea and tuna salad

成绩 0 of 1 问题:

As a general rule, in Europe, _________.

Response:

A. traditional breakfasts are less substantial and less elaborate in the warmer, more southern countries bordering

the Mediterranean

B. traditional breakfasts are larger, with a greater variety of dishes in southern European countries bordering the Mediterranean

You and some non-French friends, who come to France for their first time, go to a nice French restaurant for dinner. You arrive at the place a little bit late although you did make the reservation beforehand. You guys find the waiters and even the restaurant manager treat you with an unfriendly and even kind of cold manner. Your guests start to blame their rudeness. In this case, you should _____. Response:

A. tell your friends although those French have bad attitudes,

are going to have a wonderful night. And make fun of French you

guys with your friends

B. not care about the friends’ dissatisfaction and apologize for your late arrival to the restaurant staff

C. regard the bad service as a normal thing. Do not care about your friends’ complaint

D. try to impress the waiter with your huge interest in food and beverage here, and surely they will respect you as a

gourmet. Show your friends that their opinions are wrong

成绩 1 of 1 问题:

You just got a job in a French company located in Paris, and you have already made acquaintance with some colleagues in your office through the previous interviews. They are now about to have lunch and invite you to come with them. And they talk about policy in French excitedly during the meal. Your proper reaction is _____.

Response:

A. being appalled by their conversation, too shocked to eat your food , and worrying that there would possibly be a fight over this

B. thinking that your French friends ignored you , because it seems they do not even care that you speak poor French, and believing that you are supposed to shut up when they talk about politics of their own country

C. telling them that politics may not be a good topic for dinner conversation, and trying to change the topic in English D. trying to catch the main points everyone is making , and offering your point of view when this discussion pauses, even

in English

成绩 0 of 1 问题:

Your French friends invite you to have dinner at their home. You bring a bottle of wine and arrive at the place a little bit early. Your wine needs to be put in the refrigerator, so you ask the hostess where the kitchen is. She holds the wine, but guides you to the guest room and keeps you there till the dinner begins. To be honest, you thought you would have this chance to visit the entire apartment .You should ____.

Response:

A. regard it as a bad treatment, and refuse the next insincere invitation

B. ask your friend whether you have done anything wrong C. accept the next invitation with awareness that you are only supposed to stay in the dinning room and the guest room. Besides, being invited to friends’ home is a signal of close relationship

D. accept the next invitation, and tell your friends that you would like to see other parts of the apartment the moment you arrive at the door

成绩 0 of 1 问题:

You are looking for a certain restaurant in the street and you are in a hurry. Unfortunately, you left your address note at home. Who should you turn to for help?

Response:

A. A policeman working in street.

B. An office worker walking at a fast pace with a bag under his arm.

C. An old lady wearing black and heading toward the metro station.

D. A middle aged lady dressing in style and waiting for the traffic light.

成绩 1 of 1 问题:

It is your first office meeting in France. Your boss asks everyone at the meeting

to report their work. It seems that everyone only complains about the trouble they have met and tend to attribute those inconvenience to the boss. When there comes to your turn, you should _____.

Response:

A. defend your boss and point out that other peoples’ remark is of no justice at all

B. not report anything or make any presentation

C. do your presentation based on your previous preparation and tell your boss the problems you meet at work

D. think about hunting for a new job

成绩 1 of 1 问题:

The national flower of France is ______.

Response:

A. rose B. tulip

C. iris pallida (香根鸢尾)

D. lavender (薰衣草)

成绩 0 of 1 问题:

The national bird of France is _____.

Response:

A. rooster (公鸡)

B. pigeon C. sparrow (麻雀) D. magpie (喜鹊)

成绩 1 of 1 问题:

What is the appropriate manner for getting on a bus?