Question

【題目】【1】 Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. 【2】. 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.

There is another difficult point for us Chinese to understand. 【3】. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous (慷慨)with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. 【4】. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. 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. 【5】. We will find ourselves treated hospitably(好客).

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

A.Americans don’t show their politeness if it requires a great deal of time.

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

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

D.Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

E.We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends.

F.If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.

G.America is a mobile society.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】F

【3】A

【4】E

【5】D

【解析】本文主要講了美國人和中國人在友誼觀念及待客禮儀方面的不同。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。由Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change.可知這里意思是美國是一個類似手機的社會，選G。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。由Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more.可知這里意思是如果這兩個人偶然再見面，即使是很多年以后，他們也會撿起友誼，選F。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。由This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous (慷慨)with our time.可知如果需要花費很多時間，美國人不會表明他們的禮貌，選A。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend.這里提到了我們中國人對朋友在時間方面很慷慨，選E。（我們接待外國朋友，可以休息一天。）

【5】細節(jié)理解題。由We will find ourselves treated hospitably(好客).可知一旦我們到達美國人的家里，他們會非常熱情、真實和周到的接待客人，選D。