Ques:Last week at a friend's birthday party, there was a mooncake eating contest and I persuaded my good friend Jonathan to take part in it. Even though he had just finished a big dinner, he managed to win the contest. Not only did he win a bottle of nice whiskey, but also a big box of expensive Hong Kong mooncakes. A few days later, I was hosting an opening party for my new office. Jonathan showed up with the lovely box of Hong Kong mooncakes he had won the other night. I thought it was a lovely joke, and the mooncakes were delicious. Still, it got me thinking about the concept of regifting in prefix = st1 /China. In the States, we have a tradition around Christmas similar to giving mooncakes, only we call them fruitcakes. Fruitcakes are made from terrible preserved   fruit and nobody likes to eat them. You often find your friends giving the fruitcake you gave them to someone else, and so on. But fruitcakes aside, it isn't very often to catch someone regifting something in America, as it's seen to be very cheap and embarrassing  . An obvious way to tell if something has been regifted is to check the wrapping  . However, many of my friends in Chinawill proudly regift an old gift, especially if it is still wrapped in a pretty box. I find it somewhat uncomfortable to receive a gift that I know wasn't bought for me. But I also understand that the gift is perfectly good, it just lacks the special meaning of being picked out by a friend. There are many occasions in Chinese culture when gifts are necessary. There are traditional items such as tea, cigarettes and liquor which seem fine to regift. These gifts are not personal and have no special meaning. But is it really proper to give someone something that was never bought for them in the first place? The author thinks it really uncomfortable to receive_. A) an expensive gift from a close friend B) a gift given again by a friend C) some items such as tea and cigarettes D) a box of mooncakes from Hong Kong

Ans:B
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Ques:Mobile Phone Manners Mobile phones have changed the way we communicate;they have also brought about     problems in phone manners.Gaik Lira, a Singapore-based advice has some advice on     phone manners. When dealing with missed calls,the person being.called should return the call."Calls     should be returned as soon as possible, and no later than the following day. Anything later     than that,and an apology or a reason for the delay should go with the call." Text messages should be kept short and to the point.If they go beyond four or five     lines,call or e-mail instead."The use of short forms should be among family members and    friends,never in a business situation."     Speak in a low voice as if you were talking to someone next to you.If the connection is     bad,don't raise your voice in order to be heard,simply move to another place where the     connection may be better.And if that doesn't work,tell the caller to call you back or offer     to call at a later time.     When a conversation is cut off due to a bad connection,the person who started the     conversation should call back."It may be inconvenient for the other person to return the     call,especially if it's an unlisted number,or an overseas call."     When running late for a date or meeting,it is acceptable to text to inform that you'll     be delayed.Messages should be apologetic."A message like'Sorry.Will be about 30 mi-    nutes late due to flight delay'is considered polite and thoughtful."     Taking calls during meetings is only acceptable if you have informed the chairperson     that you are expecting an urgent call.If you get an unexpected but urgent call,apologize to     those present and offer a quick explanation as to why you have to take that call.Then leave     the room to contioue your phone conversation. Which of the following is a proper text message in a business situation? A) Will send it to you tomorrow. B) Will send it 2 U 2 moro. C) Pls send it 2 me B4 2nite. D) I will try my best to send it to you tomorrow and please wait patiently and don't worry about it.

Ans:A
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Ques:BERLIN (Reuters)--Germany's postal service has announced plans to explore improved service and help protect the environment by getting "fetch friends"--ordinary people traveling across cities--to deliver parcels on their way. It is hoped that the move, which will be tested in the coming months, might lessen traffic in inner cities and reduce CO2emissions . This should help DHL, a division of the German postal service, reach its target of improving the company's carbon efficiency by 30 percent before 2020. "As the world's biggest logistics  provider, we recognize a special responsibility to reduce the impact on the environment as much as possible," said Frank Appel, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post DHL, in a statement referring to a variety of measures being considered. The "fetch friends" find out online about parcels that need delivering to people who live or work along the way that they are planning to travel through the city. They then select the ones that they want to take. Codes  sent to their mobile phones tell the volunteers where to pick the packages up. Parcels can be taken part of the way or passed on to another volunteer but all volunteers need to have the right code on their mobile phone so the track and trace system can be updated. Logistics companies will be responsible for looking after the operation to make sure that the privacy of post is respected. It's hoped that this could be done using mobile phones but DHL says it recognizes that some security issues remain to be worked out. What may be a problem with the new service according to the article? A) Volunteers' not allowing to select parcels. B) The wrong codes in the mobile phones. C) The possibility that parcels could be opened on the way. D) Parcels' being taken to the destination by a single volunteer.

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C
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