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】

试题分析: 在本文中作者介绍了美国人对待友谊的态度。美国是一个流动型社会，美国人之间的友谊会很亲密真诚，但是当情况变化后他们的友谊也会随之改变，然而当彼此多年后再次重逢时，他们会很自然地重新拾起以往的友谊。

1..推理判断题。根据首段This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,可以推断作者是中国人，选B。

2.细节理解题。从第一段 If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship可知D选项内容正确。

3. 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段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可知美国人经常在家招待客人，而且会很热情，故C选项正确。

4.主旨大意题。文章通过对比的方式介绍了中国人和美国人对友谊的不同态度，故答案选D。

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