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【題目】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____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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 A

【3】 B

【4】 C

【解析】

試題這篇短文主要講述美國(guó)人的待客之道。美國(guó)人非常直接，好客，并不含蓄。他們喜歡在家里面招待客人。而中國(guó)人的待客之道恰恰與美國(guó)人相反。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship.“如果同樣的兩個(gè)人再次見面，甚至幾年后，他們?cè)僦厥坝颜x。”上文提到，在美國(guó)友誼很快就會(huì)消失。可知，pick up the friendship譯為“重拾友誼”。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一行For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants.可知美國(guó)人喜歡在家里面招待客人，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一行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.可知A錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)第一段第一行Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知B正確。根據(jù)第一段最后一行Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.可知C錯(cuò)誤。選項(xiàng)D在文中沒有提及，故錯(cuò)誤。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。本文主要講述美國(guó)人的待客之道，并與中國(guó)人進(jìn)行對(duì)比。因此可以推斷答案為C。