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【题目】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 begenerous 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.Z*X*X*K]

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 Chines

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】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

【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

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】试题分析：短文大意：美国是一个流动的社会。美国人之间的友谊可以接近真实，然而如果情况变化很快消失。任何一方都不觉得受伤害。双方可能在一年或两年交换圣诞问候，也许通信一阵子之后就没有了。如果相同的两个人有再次见面的机会，甚至几年后，他们会继续他们的友谊。这可能对中国人来说是非常难理解，因为我们之间的友谊发展得慢但后来可能成为终身的感情。

【1】B细节理解题。根据文章的第一段：This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,故选B。

【2】D细节理解题。根据文章的第一段：If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship.可知同两个人甚至数年后有机会再见面，他们还会继续他们的友谊，故选D。

【3】D词义猜测题。generous with our time 的意思是乐意跟我们花费时间，故选D。

【4】D:标题归纳题。本文在谈论中国和美国对友谊的观点不同，故选D。

【名师点评】做标题类题型的常用方法：做标题类的题型时常用略读法，即通过略读文章，快速找出各个段落的主题句。把各个段落的主题句联系起来就能概括出文章的中心。文章的标题是中心思想最精炼的表达形式，选择的标题意义范围要能涵盖全文，不能太大，也不能太小。命题人在出这类题时，常常利用生活常识编造干扰项，把文中的细节当主旨；或利用局部信息编造超出文章范围的标题或不能涵盖文章中心意义的标题来考查考生的理解程度，因此考生要特别留意。针对上述情形，要做好标题归纳题，还要注意用“三性一法”法，即“概括性、针对性、醒目性和逆推法”。