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【題目】 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 become lifelong feelings, reaching 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 happier if we accept their hospitality(友好) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they treat 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（主人）, 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 life. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our 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 only business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

【1】This passage is probably from________.

A.a novelB.a magazineC.a letterD.a diary

【2】The underlined words generous with our time probably mean ________.

A.strict with timeB.careful with time

C.thankful to timeD.glad to spend time

【3】The passage is about________.

A.the way Americans treat visitors

B.the way Chinese treat visitors

C.the differences between Americans and Chinese

D.the differences between American culture and Chinese culture

【4】From the passage, we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we’ll probably be ________.

A.welcomed at the airportB.offered a ride to his home

C.treated hospitably at his homeD.invited to dinner in a restaurant

【5】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.Friendship between Americans usually reach deeply into their families.

B.Friendships between American 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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】D

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述美國(guó)人與中國(guó)的待客之道。美國(guó)人和中國(guó)人對(duì)友誼的看法不同，他們對(duì)待朋友的方式也是不同的。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】推理判斷題。a novel小說；a magazine雜志；a letter 信；a diary日記。根據(jù)短文大意，主要講述美國(guó)人與中國(guó)的待客之道及其區(qū)別，講述的是生活中的知識(shí)，可知本文可能會(huì)來自雜志。故選B。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文“they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time.”可知，如果需要很多時(shí)間，他們不會(huì)對(duì)我們表現(xiàn)出禮貌；與之對(duì)應(yīng)，下文是我們可能對(duì)我們的時(shí)間慷慨，意思是愿意花費(fèi)時(shí)間。故選D。

【3】主旨大意題。這篇短文主要講述美國(guó)人與中國(guó)的待客之道，主要說明了兩國(guó)在這方面的區(qū)別；結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，本文是關(guān)于美國(guó)文化與中國(guó)文化的區(qū)別。故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后“Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. ”及第三段“We will find ourselves treated hospitably.”可知我們一般會(huì)在朋友家里獲得熱烈的歡迎。故選C。

【5】判斷正誤題。根據(jù)第一段“Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change… reaching deeply into both families.”可知，美國(guó)人之間的友誼可以是親密的和真實(shí)的，但如果情況改變，很快就會(huì)消失，故選項(xiàng)A錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第一段“Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this.”可知美國(guó)人之間的友誼不會(huì)持續(xù)終生，故選項(xiàng)B錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第二段第一行“although they treat us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time.”可知如果需要大量的時(shí)間，他們就不會(huì)對(duì)我們表現(xiàn)出禮貌，故選項(xiàng)C錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第一段“If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.”可知，即使很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不聯(lián)系，幾年后，他們也會(huì)拿起友誼，故選項(xiàng)D正確。故選D。