Question

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality（好客）easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they treat us warmly, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires much time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1.The writer of this passage must be ______.

A. an American B. a Chinese

C. a professor D. a student

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives

C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport

B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home

D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

4.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese

B. Friendships between Americans

C. Americans’ hospitality

D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 在本文中作者介紹了美國人對待友誼的態(tài)度。美國是一個流動型社會，美國人之間的友誼會很親密真誠，但是當(dāng)情況變化后他們的友誼也會隨之改變，然而當(dāng)彼此多年后再次重逢時，他們會很自然地重新拾起以往的友誼。

1..推理判斷題。根據(jù)首段This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,可以推斷作者是中國人，選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第一段 If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship可知D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容正確。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段The Americans, however,express their welcome usually at homes, 和Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably可知美國人經(jīng)常在家招待客人，而且會很熱情，故C選項(xiàng)正確。

4.主旨大意題。文章通過對比的方式介紹了中國人和美國人對友誼的不同態(tài)度，故答案選D。

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