Question

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 foreigners 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 routine. 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.The writer of this passage must be ______.

A. an American B. a Chinese

C. a professor D. a student

2.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport

B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home

D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

3.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time B. serious with time

C. careful with time D. willing to spend time

4.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese

B. Friendships between Americans

C. Americans’ hospitality

D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 這篇短文主要介紹了美國人和中國人在交友與待客這兩方面的文化差異。

1.B細節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is …可知作者是中國人，選B

2.C細節(jié)題：從倒數第二段的句子：Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.可知在美國人的家，我們會被熱情的接待。選C

3.D猜詞題：從前面的句子：they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time可知當需要花很多時間的時候，美國人不愿對我們表示禮貌，而我們是正好相反，愿意花時間的選D項。

4.D 主旨大意。本文主要講述美國是一個流動的社會。美國人之間的友誼可以接近和真實，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，他們會繼續(xù)他們的友誼。這對中國人來說可能是非常難理解。因為我們之間的友誼發(fā)展得慢但可能成為終身的感情，故選D項。

考點：文化類閱讀。