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. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. 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 flower 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 include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. 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 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. 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.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time B. serious with time

C. careful with time D. willing to spend time

5.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

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過對比講述了中美之間交友特點或觀念的差異.

1. 根據(jù)第一段第五句，This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,這可能對于我們中國人很難理解，加上下文，很多we，推斷這是一個中國人寫的文章，講述美國人的交友特點。

2. 根據(jù)第一段最后一句， This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.對于中國人來說，這是非常難以理解的，因為我們之間的友誼發(fā)展得更慢一些，但是后來可能會變成一生的情誼，有時會深入地延伸到雙方的家庭里。判斷，AB都是中國人交友特點。再根據(jù)第一段第二句或是第二段第一句they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time.如果消耗大量時間，他們就不會表現(xiàn)得那么禮貌了。C不符。根據(jù)第一段第四句If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.如果這兩個人再次偶然遇見，即使是相隔多年，他們?nèi)阅苤厥坝亚椤７治�，D正確。故選D

3. 根據(jù)第三段，整體意思說美國人比較吝惜時間，一旦花費時間他們就沒有那么熱情了，沒到他們家里之前的其他事，你需要自己操勞；一旦到了他們家里，他們就會很熱情。D項最后一段，可判斷為錯誤。故選C

4. be generous with根據(jù)generous慷慨的，大方的，即可猜出；或是 This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.美國人很吝惜時間，這一點跟我們相反，推斷為我們是很愿意花時間的。故選D

5. 文章通篇都在通過以對比的方式講述中國人和美國人不同的交友觀念。故選D

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