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America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends : It is opposite in America ,Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real.
For Americans , it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1may mean “_______”.
A. keep out B. give up C. pay no attention to D. continue
2.Which of the following is the typical（典型的）way of American hospitality?
A. Treating friends at home.
B. Taking days off to be with friends.
C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D. Sharing everything they have.
3.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage?
A. Americans are always generous with their time.
B. Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
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Americans can travel almost anywhere they choose. But to protect (保护) its people, the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go. These places are unfriendly countries or countries at war. There, the travelers might not be safe. These countries are listed in a small book called a passport (护照).
This passport is for the safety of its traveling people. It is also a government’s pledge (保证) that the people will follow the rules of the host country. To receive a passport from the government, a traveler must show that he is an American citizen (公民). An American cannot go abroad without a passport. Only the close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports. The traveler’s picture is inside the passport. Children traveling with their parents are also in one parent’s book.
Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year. An American traveler might carry plane tickets, money, clothing and many other things. But the most important thing that he carries in another country is his passport.
1.Why does a traveler need a passport?
A. It helps to protect the people. B. It helps to know where he will go.
C. He needs to take pictures often. D. He needs to carry more when he travels.
2.A passport is not needed when an American goes to .
A. European countries B. Dangerous areas C. Canada or Mexico D. Russia and China
3.We believe .
A. some countries don’t ask for passports B. people should look after their passports
C. money is more important than a passport D. children are never in a passport
4.We can know from the text that .
A. Americans travel abroad a lot B. a traveler is not safe in most countries
C. children can’t travel abroad D. Americans abroad only need a passport
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In America, almost(几乎)every book shop sells(出售)books about food and cooking. Most(大部分)newspapers and magazines talk about Americans' eating habits.(饮食习惯)．Many books write about where to eat. So we can see eating is very important to every American.
Salads are very popular and they
have them all year round(一年到头).Americans enjoy coffee. Most of them drink
coffee or tea before or after every(每一)meal. Many
Americans have coffee or tea with their meals. The main food in American meals
is usually meat, fish or chicken, but people don't eat them together at the
same meal. Seafood is something 
they
eat as the first course(第一道菜)．
Most Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly, but the evening meal is longer and a time for the family to get together. This is main meal in a day. On Sundays or holidays, Americans like to oversleep. They get up very late in the morning, so they have to eat their brunch(．早中饭)
1.In the USA, people can buy books about food and cooking_______.
A. in a food shop B. everywhere
C. in most of
the book shops D.
in all the shops
2.Which statement(叙述)do you think is right?
A. To all of Americans eating is very important.
B. All magazines always talk about Americans' eating habits.
C. People in America don't mind（介意）where to eat.
D. Most of Americans like hot food very much.
3.What does the underlined word "oversleep" mean in Chinese?
A．不睡觉 B．睡懒觉． C．朝上睡 D．打瞌睡，
4.Most American families_______.
A. spend（花费）a long time eating breakfast.
B. sometimes get together when they have dinner
C. get up early on holidays
D. go out for a walk on Sunday morning.
5.From the article(文章),we can know that_______.
A. Americans have
quite different eating habits from Chinese.
B. Chinese eating habits are just the same as those in the USA.
C. we must learn from Americans' eating habits.
D. Americans' eating habits are the best of all in the world.
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Lucy and Lily are two ________．They speak ________．
- A.Americans;English
- B.American;English
- C.America;English
- D.America;American
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".
A. put down B. give up C. pay no attention to D. continue
2. From the passage, we can know_________________.
A. Americans are always generous with their time.
B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D. Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.
3.This passage is most probably written for __________________.
A. American students B. Chinese students
C. Chinese visitors to America D. American visitors to China
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