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【题目】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 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 1 may mean “_______”.

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 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】 The way that Americans and Chinese treat friendship are different, how many differences are mentioned in the passage?

A Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

【5】This passage is most probably written for _______.

A. American students

B. Chinese students

C .Chinese visitors to America

D. American visitors to China

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了文章讨论的中国人和美国人对待友谊和朋友方面的差异。美国人的友谊，来得快去得快，还有美国人的好客之道。

【1】D词义猜测题。根据短文第一段Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知后文中的the same two people是指友谊结束的人，由此可推测他们会重拾友谊，故选D。

【2】A细节理解题题。根据最后一段For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants可知在家里招待朋友是美国的好客之道，故选A。

【3】B细节理解题。根据Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.故选B。

【4】B归纳理解题。根据短文描述可知每一个段落描述了一个不同之处，故选B。

【5】C推理判断题。根据So accept their hospitality(好客)at home and enjoy your visit in America!可以推测这篇文章是写给要去美国参观的中国人的，故选C。