18．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 sometimes deeply into both families．
ericans 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．
61．In which part of a newspaper can this article be found？A
A．Culture．B．News．C．Story．D．Travel．
62．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families．
B．Friendships between Americans 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．
63．The underlined words"flower"（in Line 5）probably meansB．
A．weaken         B．develop             C．stretch              D．disappear
64．From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend，we will probably beA．
A．treated hospitably at his home                
B．offered a ride to his home
C．warmly welcomed at the airport                
D．treated to dinner in a restaurant
65．The writer mainly talks aboutCin the text．
A．friendships between Chinese                   
B．Americans'hospitality
C．different views of friendship                 
D．friendships between Americans．

分析 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真實(shí)，然而如果情況變化很快消失，任何一方都不覺得受傷害，雙方可能在一年或兩年交換圣誕問候，也許通信一陣子之后就沒有了．如果相同的兩個(gè)人有再次見面的機(jī)會(huì)，甚至幾年后，他們會(huì)繼續(xù)他們的友誼．這可能對(duì)中國(guó)人來說是非常難理解的，因?yàn)槲覀冎g的友誼發(fā)展的慢，但后來可能成為終身的感情．

解答 61．A 文章討論的中國(guó)人和美國(guó)人對(duì)待友誼和朋友方面的差異，屬于文化范疇，故答案為A
62．D 細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段中"If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship"說明美國(guó)人隔了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間還會(huì)繼續(xù)友誼．故選D

63．B 詞義猜測(cè)題 根據(jù)because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings，可知在中國(guó)人們之間的友誼發(fā)展的慢，故答案為B
64．A 根據(jù)第三段最后一句"Once we arrive at their homes，the welcome will be full，warm and real．We will find ourselves treated hospitably．"一旦我們到了他們的家，會(huì)受到熱情歡迎，溫暖而又真實(shí)．我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己被親切對(duì)待．故選A
65．C 主旨題：文章討論的中國(guó)人和美國(guó)人對(duì)待友誼和朋友方面的差異

點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解題測(cè)試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對(duì)未說明的趨勢(shì)或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)

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