TEXT E "Had a good flight?" the Chief asked. "A bit bumpy over the Azores," Hawthorne said. On this occasion he had not had time to change from his pale gray tropical suit; the summons had come to him urgently in Kinston and a car had met him at London Airport. He sat as close to the steam radiator as he could, but sometimes he couldnt help a shiver. "Whats that odd flower youre wearing?" Hawthorne had quite forgotten it. He put his hand up to his lapel. "It looks as though it had once been an orchid," the Chief said with disapproval. "Pan American gave it to us with our dinner last night," Hawthorne explained. He took out the limp mauve rag and put it in the ash-tray. "With your dinner? What an odd thing to do," the Chief said, "It can hardly have improved the meal. personally I detest orchids. Decadent things. There was someone, wasnt there, who wore green ones?" "I only put it in my button-hole so as to clear the dinner-tray. There was so little room, with the hot-cakes and champagne and the sweet salad and the tomato soup and the chicken Maryland and ice-cream ……" "What a terrible mixture. You should travel BOAC." "You didnt give me enough time, sir, to get a booking." "Well, the matter is rather urgent. You know our man in Havana has been turning out some pretty disquieting stuff lately." "Hes a good man," Hawthorne said. "I dont deny it. I wish we had more like him. What I cant understand is how the Americans have not tumbled to anything there." Have you asked them, sir?" "Of course not. I dont trust their discretion." "Perhaps they dont truest ours."

　　78. Hawthorne is still wearing his tropical suit because _____.

　　A) such clothing was more expensive in London

　　B) his flight had come straight into London airport

　　C) he thought the suit the most appropriate thing to wear

　　D) he was in too big a hurry to put on more suitable clothes

　　79. From the passage, we learn that the phase "limp mauve rag" refers to _____.

　　A) an orchid

　　B) a handkerchief

　　C) a menu

　　D) a cigarette packet

　　80. The Chief recommends that Hawthorne travel by BOAC because _____.

　　A) orchids do not improve the taste of a meal

　　B) the food is badly cooked on Pan American

　　C) the menu Hawthorne described is not well-chose

　　D) the airline offers chicken and ice-cream