If you are invited to a party by the Austrians and the suggested dress is "informal(非正式的)" (usually marked in the lower left-hand coner of the invitation) , it may mean dark suit and a white shirt for men and cocktail dress( 短短服) for women. Or again, may mean something considerably less formal. "Formal" means a black tie and evening dress for men and a floor-length dress for women. If a man is in doubt(拿不准) about what to wear, he may come slightly overdressed and then take his coat and tie off when he sees that others are wearing sports shirts. National dress is always acceptable.
小题1:If a lady receives an invitation marked with "formal", she should wear
A．a long dress
B．a cocktail dress
C．a short dress
D．a dark suit小题2:Suppose you are a man invited to an informal party by an Austrian, you'd better .
A．wear dark clothes and dark suit
B．dress yourself in a dark suit and a white shirt
C．wear a coat and so on
D．wear sports shirts小题3:The general idea of this passage is .
A．men and women should be dressed differently
B．national dress is always useful
C．what to wear if a person is invited to an Austrian party
D．men and women should dress themselves beautifully小题4:The meaning of "overdressed" is .
A．dressing oneself a little too formally
B．dressing oneself a floor-length dress
C．wearing one's tie
D．dressing a sports shirt
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
题目分析：本文主要讲述的是自澳大利亚参加朋友的邀请的时候所穿的服装的注意点。要分成正式或者非正式两种情况。
小题1:A 细节题。根据文章4,5行"Formal" means a black tie and evening dress for men and a floor-length dress for women.可知A项正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章2,3行it may mean dark suit and a white shirt for men and cocktail dress( 短短服) for women.可知B项正确。
小题3:C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是自澳大利亚参加朋友的邀请的时候所穿的服装的注意点。要分成正式或者非正式两种情况。故C正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据If a man is in doubt(拿不准) about what to wear, he may come slightly overdressed and then take his coat and tie off when he sees that others are wearing sports shirts.可知如果吃不准，可以先穿得正式一点，看到别人穿得随意，自己可以换下来。故A正确。
点评：本文主要讲述的是自澳大利亚参加朋友的邀请的时候所穿的服装的注意点。要分成正式或者非正式两种情况。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。