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【題目】Answer the questions

What does friendship mean? There is no definite answer. Friendship is also necessary in daily life. When you are happy, friendship is just like adding flowers on the brocade (圖案); when you are sad, friendship is a dose (一劑) of consolation (安慰); if you are in trouble, friends will surround you and remove the barriers for you; if you have a hard nut to crack, you can turn to friends for help. A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long tolerance of loneliness and depression. We have much to share with our friends in life, perplexity (困惑), excitement and bitterness.

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 flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigner 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 generous with our time. 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 activities. 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】What can we share with friends in our daily life?

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【2】What will Americans do even after a long break?

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【3】The idea about friendship is the same as ours, isn’t it? Where do the Americans express their welcome?

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【4】How will we probably be treated when we arrive in America to visit an American friend?

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【5】What does the underlined words “generous with our time” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

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【6】A suitable title for this passage would probably be “________________”.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Perplexity, excitement and bitterness.

【2】They will pick up the friendship again.

【3】No, it isn’t. At their homes.

【4】We will be treated hospitably.

【5】It means willing to spend time.

【6】The different idea about friendship between Chinese and Americans

【解析】

本文講述了友誼在我們生活中的重要性，并介紹了美國人和中國人所表達(dá)的不同的友誼之道。

【1】根據(jù)文中“We have much to share with our friends in life, perplexity, excitement and bitterness”，可知，在日常生活中，我們跟朋友分享困惑，喜悅和悲痛。故答案為Perplexity, excitement and bitterness。

【2】根據(jù)文中“If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship”，可知，如果兩個美國人多年后再次偶遇，他們會重拾起這段友誼。故答案為They will pick up the friendship again。

【3】根據(jù)文中“This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand”和“Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that …”，可知，我們和美國人對于友誼的看法是不一樣的，所以是否定回答No, it isn’t。根據(jù)“The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes”，可知，美國人通常是在家里表達(dá)他們的歡迎。故答案為No, it isn’t . At their homes。

【4】根據(jù)“Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably”，可知，當(dāng)我們?nèi)グ菰L一個美國朋友，他們會很熱情地接待我們。故答案為We will be treated hospitably。

【5】根據(jù)文中“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”可知，我們中國人會花很多時間來陪我們的客人，所以在時間方便，我們很慷慨。故答案為It means willing to spend time。

【6】本文講述的是我們中國人和美國人對待友誼的不同看法。故答案為The different idea about friendship between Chinese and Americans。