The French have a reputation of not (31) in their own homes. Impressions about this (32) in France are based upon (33) in Paris. In Paris, daily and business life is (34) busy that many families want to cling to their privacy to themselves. But If you go to other places, you will find a person as (35) as almost any in Europe. And young people, (36) themselves from the formal standards and obligations of their parents, have become far more (37) in inviting friends as well as relatives to meals. They will usually make a few hours’ (38) How much they entertain may depend upon (39) and how they live. The deeper you go into rural areas, (40) the welcome will be, and sometimes you will find young French farmers almost (41) hospitable. In Paris, (42) smart society level, the tradition of formality still powerfully exists. Here dinner-party habits can be still Edwardian by most London standards, with printed invitation cards, probably evening dress, white-gloved waiters, rigid conventions about (43) the correct food and wines. Here people’s thought is that, if you are to give a party in your own homes, then it must be done perfectly or (44) . So it is held very often. It is true that the formal tradition is (45) . But (46) in this more casual style, Parisians still wish for excellence. And they habitually stick to their little circles of (47) , (48) they are truly warm and sincere, but they (49) seem to want to meet new people outside their own circle—they’re too busy, too tire, and the (50) in Paris is too exacting.

A. usually
B. frequently
C. occasionally
D. rarely