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____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 days 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 1 may mean “_______”.

A. keep out B. give up C. pay no attention to D. continue

2.Which of the following is the typical 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 is 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.

4.This passage is most probably written for _____ .

A. American students

B. Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America

D. American visitors to China

Many books have been written about “the art of giving”.And we also know that it's hard to give people a gift,______ a personal one.If we want to make it better,we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and ______.

As is often the case,some little kids think they don't get enough gifts ______ some old people think they get too many gifts.Different people like different kinds of gifts.Some presents are never too ______.For example,when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree,it is enough to make her very ______.

Gift giving is different in different______.Here are some of their likes.In Japan,people sometimes give special gifts.But they are not opened.Later,the same gift may be given away to someone ______,because many people have enough things and don't want ______ gifts themselves.In Canada,a tree can help remember______.In the USA,some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts.In Sweden,doing something for someone is the best gift.People don't need to ______ too much money.Instead,making a meal for him or her is enough.

To make things ______,some people would rather just give money.In some cultures,however,______ money can make people uncomfortable.“When someone gives me money,it just makes me think they're being lazy,” says John Wilson.“In England,we have a saying: It's the thought that ______.When someone gives me money,I feel they don't think about it at all.I prefer to receive a gift ______ has some thought behind it.”

Different people have very different thoughts ______ this subject!So maybe the art of giving is difficult!What do you think?

1.A. specially B. especially C. commonly D. usually

2.A. displays B. disadvantages C. disagreements D. dislikes

3.A. while B. when C. as D. if

4.A. same B. similar C. small D. huge

5.A. lonely B. happy C. sad D. angry

6.A. cities B. towns C. provinces D. countries

7.A. else B. other C. another D. else's

8.A. too much B. much too C. too many D. many too

9.A. a child B. a person C. a guide D. a chef

10.A. spend B. take C. cost D. make

11.A. more difficult B. easy C. difficult D. easier

12.A. using B. giving C. receiving D. fetching

13.A. counts B. discovers C. finds D. invents

14.A. who B. what C. where D. that

15.A. to B. on C. up D. in

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