TheotherdaymyfriendJanewasinvitedtoa40thbirthdayparty.Thetimeprintedontheinvitationwas7:30pm．Janewentoffwithherhusbandexpectingamerryeveningofwinefoodandsong．

By9:45everybodywashavinggreatfunbutnofoodhadappeared.JaneandDavidwererestless.Otherguestsbeganwhisperingthattheytoowerestarving．Butnoonewantedtoleavejustincasesomefoodwasabouttoappear.By11:00therewasstillnofoodandeveryonewascompletelyofftheirheads.JaneandDavidlefthungryandangry．

Theirexperiencesuggeststhatthewordsontheprintedinvitationsneedtobemadeclearer.Everyonereadsandunderstandstheinvitationsdifferently.Mostofuswouldagreethat6:30-8:30pmmeansdrinksonlygoouttodinnerafterwards;8:00pmor8:30pmmeanspossibledinnerbut9:30pmandanytimethereaftermeansnofoodeatbeforehandarrivelate．

Butthisisnotalwaysthecase．Ifaskedtoastudents’partyat6:30pmitisunacceptedforgueststoappearontime.Beingthefirsttoarrive—lookingeager—issocialdeath.Whenmymotherisaskedtoapartyat6:30shelikestobethereifnotontimethennolaterthanseven．Myagegroup(latethirties)fallssomewherebetweenthetwobutbecausewestillthinkwe’reyoungwe’reprobablyclosertostudent-timethangrown-uptime．

Theacceptedcustomatpresentisconfusingsometimesannoyinganditoftenmeansyoumaygohomehungrybutitdoeslendeverypartythatpreciouselementofsurprise．

60.Theunderlinedwords“offtheirheads”probablymean_______．

A.tired B.crazy C.happy D.encouraging

61.JaneandDavid’sstoryisusedtoshowthat_______．

A．partyinvitationscanbeconfusing

B．party-goersusuallygethungryatparties

C．peopleshouldaskforfoodatparties

D．birthdaypartiesformiddle-agedpeoplearedull

62.Forsomeyoungpeoplearrivingontimeforastudents’partywillprobablybeconsidered_______．

A．verydifficult B．particularlythoughtful

C．friendlyandpolite D．sociallyunacceptable

63.Whatisthegeneral