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．a(chǎn)n American       B．a(chǎn) Chinese          C．a(chǎn) professor        D．a(chǎn) student

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

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.

3.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

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

A．strict with time     B．willing to spend time C．careful with time    D．serious with time

5.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 friendship

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要比較了美國人對(duì)待友誼和中國人對(duì)待友誼的差別和持有的不同觀點(diǎn)。

1.B 推理題。根據(jù)第一段第五行This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand這樣的事情對(duì)我們中國人來說很難理解，說明我是一個(gè)中國人。故B正確。

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第4行If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.說明美國人在很久以后再次遇見，還會(huì)繼續(xù)做朋友，故D項(xiàng)正確。

3.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)4,5行Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably說明C項(xiàng)正確。

4.B 推理題。根據(jù)該句后兩句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.說明我們中國人會(huì)花很多的時(shí)間來陪我的客人，在時(shí)間方面我們很慷慨，故B項(xiàng)正確。

5.D 主旨大意題。本文主要比較了美國人對(duì)待友誼和中國人對(duì)待友誼的差別和持有的不同觀點(diǎn)。故D項(xiàng)正確。

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