3．A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts，usually beginning by working with his hands．While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker，he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort．
This attitude toward manual labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life．One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel，expensive hobbies，and college education for the children； yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself，will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward，furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery．On the contrary，the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes．A professional man may talk about washing the car，digging in his flowerbeds，painting the house．His wife may even help with these things，just as he often helps her with the dishwashing．The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living，or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education．
70．From paragraph 1，we can know that in AmericaA．
A．people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
B．people can always rise to the top through their won efforts
C．college professors win great respect from common workers
D．people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors．
71．According to the passage，the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly becauseB．
A．servants in American are hard to get
B．she takes pride in what she can do herself
C．she can hardly afford servants
D．It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food
72．The expression"wait on table"in the second paragraph means"D"．
A．work in a furniture shop
B．keep accounts for a bar
C．wait to lay the table
D．serve customers in a restaurant
73．Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage？B
A．A Respectable Self-made Family
B．American Attitude toward Manual Labor
C．Characteristics of American Culture
D．The Development of Manual Labor．
分析 文章主要講了美國崇尚自我奮斗，尊重體力勞動的文化傳統(tǒng)．
解答 70：A 細節(jié)理解題．由第一段第一句"A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts，usually beginning by working with his hands．"可知，"崇尚自我奮斗"是美國文化的特點．故正確答案為A．
71．B 細節(jié)理解題．由第二段第四句"On the contrary，the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes．"可知，女主人親自下廚是因為她為自己的勞動感到自豪，B項正確；
72：D 推理判斷題．由第二段最后一句中的"The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living…"中的"wash dishes"可推斷上大學的兒子是在餐館里工作．因此他是通過服務顧客（wait on table）和洗盤子來支撐他的學業(yè)．故正確答案為D．
73：B 主旨大意題．縱觀全文，文章主要講了美國崇尚自我奮斗，尊重體力勞動的文化傳統(tǒng)，B項正確．A項"可敬的白手起家的家庭"是一個體現(xiàn)美國人對于體力勞動態(tài)度的例子，過于片面；C項"美國文化的特點"過于籠統(tǒng)；D項"手工勞動的發(fā)展"在文中并未體現(xiàn)，且與美國無關，應當排除．故正確答案為B．
點評 本文是歷史文化類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)
