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【題目】 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, developing 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 needs a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous (大度) 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 a 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 lots of things with a visitor. 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 things. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】Why wouldn't Americans meet you at the airport when you visit them?

A.Because they don't treat you as their friend.

B.Because they think it's a long distance to go.

C.Because Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor.

D.Because they think there's no need to do so as you can find the way.

【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.

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 studentsB.Chinese students

C.Chinese visitors to AmericaD.American visitors to China

【5】What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Differences between Americans and Chinese.

B.What you should do if you visit an American friend.

C.Why Chinese can't understand American friendship.

D.What the typical American friendship is like.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

文章講述了美國(guó)是一個(gè)流動(dòng)的社會(huì)。美國(guó)人之間的友誼可以接近和真實(shí)，但很快消失。他們不覺得受到傷害。如果兩人再次見面，甚至幾年后，他們會(huì)繼續(xù)他們的友誼。這對(duì)中國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)可能是非常難理解。因?yàn)槲覀冎�間的友誼發(fā)展得慢但可能成為終身的感情。美國(guó)人非常直接，好客，他們喜歡在家中接待客人，而中國(guó)人的待客之道恰恰與美國(guó)人的相反。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“It is opposite in America. Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor.”在美國(guó)恰恰相反。美國(guó)人沒(méi)時(shí)間和來(lái)訪者一起做很多事情�？芍�是因?yàn)樗麄儾荒馨才艜r(shí)間和來(lái)訪者做很多事，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants.”對(duì)美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，邀請(qǐng)朋友到家里通常比去餐館更友好�？芍�在家招待客人是美國(guó)人好客最典型的方式，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor. ”在美國(guó)恰恰相反。美國(guó)人沒(méi)時(shí)間和來(lái)訪者一起做很多事情�？芍�A選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)文中“Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. ”美國(guó)人之間的友誼可以是親密而真實(shí)的，但很快就會(huì)消失。他們不覺得受傷。可知B選項(xiàng)是正確的，根據(jù)文中“This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings. ”這對(duì)我們中國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)很難理解。我們之間的友誼發(fā)展得比較緩慢，但可能會(huì)成為終生的感情�？芍�中國(guó)人的友情可能會(huì)是終生的，但不是never，所以C選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；D選項(xiàng)文中沒(méi)有明確的提到，所以這里B選項(xiàng)是正確的，故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America! ”所以請(qǐng)接受他們?cè)诩依锏臒崆楹每�，享受你在美�?guó)的訪問(wèn)吧！可知是給美國(guó)的中國(guó)游客，故選C。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)整個(gè)文章的理解及文章開頭“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. ”美國(guó)人之間的友誼可以是親密而真實(shí)的，但很快就會(huì)消失。他們不覺得受傷。如果同樣的兩個(gè)人再次相遇，即使是幾年后，他們也會(huì)重拾友誼。以及文章結(jié)尾“Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America! Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!”可知，文章主要是介紹美國(guó)友誼的，所以D選項(xiàng)是比較符合的，故選D。