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【題目】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 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 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 be___________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.

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】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.

【2】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

【3】The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A.strict with timeB.willing to spend time

C.careful with timeD.serious with 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】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題 中美之間到底有多少文化差異？我們一般會(huì)把友情看作天長(zhǎng)地久，但是美國(guó)人可以很快重建剪短了幾年的友誼；我們習(xí)慣到機(jī)場(chǎng)車站去迎賓，但美國(guó)人更樂(lè)意在家里來(lái)個(gè)盛大的歡迎儀式。所以，去美國(guó)就準(zhǔn)備好在朋友家玩的愉快吧。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“ If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship.”可知，美國(guó)人即使間斷很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間也能很快重新修復(fù)友誼。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Once we arrive at their homes，the welcome will be full，warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.”可知我們一班會(huì)在朋友家里獲得熱烈的歡迎。故選C。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。由上下文可知，在兩國(guó)之間人們有空的時(shí)候做法常常是相反的，因此是打發(fā)時(shí)間。故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。文章講了在中美之間人們對(duì)待友情和朋友做客的不同態(tài)度和做法，只要是為了向讀者介紹美國(guó)人的做法。因此是美國(guó)人對(duì)待友情的態(tài)度。