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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. 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 pure business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

【1】The writer of this passage mustbe ______.

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

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】本文是一篇说明文，比较说明了关于友谊，美国人和中国人不同的观点。一、美国人的友谊即使因为分离淡漠了再次相遇就会复。活二、美国人喜欢在家里招待客人。

【1】细节题，根据第一段第四句前半句This can be quite difficult for us Chinese 这对我们中国人来说可能很困难。从这句的语气中我们可以得知，作者是中国人。故选B

【2】细节题。根据第一段第三句 If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.如果同样的两个人偶然再次相遇，即使很多年之后，他们也会重拾友谊。故选D

【3】细节题。根据倒数第二段倒数第一句Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.一旦我们到达他们家，我们将会受到完整的、温暖的、真实的欢迎，我们会发现我们受到热情的招待。故选C

【4】分析推断题。本文很多地方用了对比的手法，说完美国人的样子再对比同一情况下的中国人，可以判断出是在比较中美两国人对于友谊的不同的观点。故选D