Passage Two P106
Just a few weeks ago, Lizzie and her kids went off to dinner at some friends’ house , and when they got there ,the friends were not home , there was no dinner cooking , and they knew with a dreadful certainty that there had been a horrible miscommunication somehow.
They could just drive quietly away , except for one thing : Lizzie’s husband was supposed to meet them there.
The problem now became : If they waited for him , no doubt the hosts would come home , and they’d feel so bad about the misunderstanding that they’d insist on making dinner and Lizzie would feel awful . But if they didn’t wait… then Lizzie’s husband would show up and not know that this was the wrong night.
Well , they couldn’t stay there and they couldn’t park elsewhere on the street to wait for the husband because the hosts would come along , spot their car , and then they’d really have a lot of explaining to do . (They couldn’t call him on the cell phone, because cell phones hadn’t been invented yet.)
So Lizzie and her kids did the only possible thing : They drove a while to a place where they were sure her husband would pass , and they waited for him there , to flag him down and explain the situation.
Only it was so dark they couldn’t really spot his car . The oldest son had to flag down each passing car--in the freezing cold—to make sure it wasn’t his father’s . After about 10 cars there was finally the end . The son got back in the car , sighed , and said , “ Well . At least we’ve got our health .”
36. What’s wrong with Lizzie’s dinner invitation ?
A. Lizzie’s family arrived too early for the dinner.
B. Lizzie’s friends were not home at the time.
C. Lizzie and her friends didn’t communicate well.
D. There was not enough food for the guests.
37. Why couldn’t they just go home and forget about the dinner?
A. The friends had seen their car .
B. The husband was to come to meet them there .
C. The hosts would feel very sorry for them .
D. They had to do a lot of explaining to the hosts .
38. What did Lizzie decide to do ?
A. They tried to stop the husband on the way .
B. They went to have dinner in a restaurant .
C. They stayed there and waited .
D. They explained to their friends that they had to go .
39. Which of the following is NOT the reason for the difficulty in finding the husband?
A. It was cold. B. It was dark . C. They didn’t know where the husband would pass.
D. They didn’t know when the husband would come .
40. What does the passage mean to tell the reader ?
A. Going to a dinner invitation is not easy . B. People may get into trouble with their friends.
C. It’s not a good idea to find the husband by stopping every car .
D. Invitations can become troubles because of misunderstanding.
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