Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. They move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where they raise their children to the home where they plan to live in retirement (退休). With each move they are forever making new friends, who become part of their new life at that time.
For many of them summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.
The word “friend ” can be applied to a wide range of relationships ---- to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant (知己).
小題1:. Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except           .
A．going to college
B．getting a better job
C．finding a place to live in retirement
D．saving money
小題2:. Summer is a special time when many Americans           .
A．enjoy the sunlightB．feel strange
C．travel to other countries D．get a new job
小題3: When summer comes, many Americans             .
A．hope to meet new people
B．expect to find some close friends
C．want to begin lasting friendships with new people
D．Both A and B
小題4: From the passage it can be seen that a “friend” can be             .
A．a(chǎn) fellow workerB．a(chǎn) football teammate
C．a(chǎn) boy or a girlD．a(chǎn)ll of the above
小題5:. Which of the following is the topic sentence of Paragraph 2?
A．For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships.
B．Today millions of Americans vacation abroad.
C．No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friendship.
D．But surely the beginning of friendship is possible.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析:本文介紹了美國(guó)人的生活。美國(guó)人一生當(dāng)中總是在搬遷，或者是因?yàn)樯蠈W(xué)的緣故，或者是因?yàn)楣ぷ鞯脑�，還有的是因?yàn)橥诵莺笳覀�(gè)好地方養(yǎng)老。如今，很多美國(guó)人喜歡在夏天出國(guó)旅游，除了觀光還希望能夠開始一段友誼。
小題1:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容可知因?yàn)樯蠈W(xué)，工作或者是退休養(yǎng)老的原因，人們會(huì)到處搬家，D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容不是美國(guó)人不斷搬家的原因，選D。
小題2:C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二段內(nèi)容介紹了夏天是美國(guó)人到處旅游，結(jié)交新朋友的時(shí)候，數(shù)百萬(wàn)美國(guó)人都去國(guó)外度假，故答案選C。
小題3:A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people.可知選A。
小題4:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段內(nèi)容可知朋友的范疇很廣泛，a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman,都提及了，故答案選D。
小題5:A主旨大意題。文章第二段開頭提出 For many of them summer is a special time for forming new friendships.，然后進(jìn)一步介紹夏天是如何不同的，提到人們?cè)谙奶烊?guó)外旅游，結(jié)交新朋友，所以判斷A選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容是本段主題句。
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