17．[1]Many foreign students report feeling lonely or unwelcome in Australia．Those feelings are among the reasons why Australia is taking a close look at its international education industry．But wherever international students go，making friends may not always be easy．Elisabeth Gareis of Baruch College in New York surveyed four hundred fifty-four international students．They were attending four-year colleges and graduate schools in the American South and Northeast．
[2]Students from English-speaking countries and from northern and central Europe were more likely to be happy with their friendships．But thirty-eight percent of the international students said they had no close friends in the United States．And half of the students from East Asia said they were unhappy with the number of American friends they had．Professor Gareis says thirty percent said they wished their friendships could be deeper and more meaningful．
[3]Professor Gareis says："Students from East Asia have cultures that are different on many levels from the culture in the United States．But then there's also language problems，and maybe some social skills，such as small talk，that are possibly not as important in their native countries，where it's not as important to develop friendships with small talk．Many East Asian students blamed themselves for their limited friendships with Americans，for not speaking the language well enough，not knowing the culture well enough．"
[4]VOA's Student Union blogger Jessica Stahl did her own survey to find out how American students and foreign students relate to each other．More than one hundred students，about half of them American，answered her online questions．Half of the international students and sixty percent of the Americans said they related as well or better to the other group than to their own group．
[5]Professor Gareis says students who make friends from their host country return home happier with their experience．
[6]Professor Gareis says："International students who make friends with host nationals are，overall，morepleased with their stay in the host country．They have better language skills，they have better academic performance and they have better attitudes toward the host country．"
46．What does the passage mainly talk about？（within 10words）
Making friends may not always be easy for foreign students
47．How do many foreign students feel in Australia？（within 5words）
They feel lonely or unwelcome
48．Why do East Asian students have limited friendships with Americans？（within 6words）
①different cultures②language problems③social skills
49．How did Jessica Stahl carry out her survey？（within 6words）
By asking questions on the Internet
50．Please fill in the blank in paragraph6with proper word to complete the sentence．（within 1word）
satisfied/pleased．
分析 很多學(xué)生覺得在澳大利亞感到孤獨(dú)和不受歡迎，而事實(shí)是留學(xué)生在任意地方都有可能因?yàn)槲幕�、�?xí)俗等各方面原因而交不到朋友．
解答 46．Making friends may not always be easy for foreign students．主旨大意概括，根據(jù)文章表述，很多學(xué)生覺得在澳大利亞感到孤獨(dú)和不受歡迎，而事實(shí)是留學(xué)生在任意地方都有可能因?yàn)槲幕�、�?xí)俗等各方面原因而交不到朋友．由此總結(jié)得出，本文主要講述留學(xué)生交友困難的事．
47．They feel lonely or unwelcome．根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容Many foreign students report feeling lonely or unwelcome in Australia，由此可知，留澳生會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)和不受歡迎．
48．different cultures?language problems，social skills． 根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容Students from East Asia have cultures that are different on many levels from the culture in the United States．But then there's also language problems，and maybe some social skills由此可知，來自中東的學(xué)生同美國學(xué)生有不同的文化水平，另外語言和社交習(xí)慣也使得他們之間有差異，因而交友有困難．
49．By asking questions on the Internet． 由文章第四段內(nèi)容More than one hundred students，about half of them American，answered her online questions可知很多學(xué)生回答了她的網(wǎng)絡(luò)問卷，由此推算她是通過在網(wǎng)絡(luò)在提問的形式來進(jìn)行的問卷調(diào)查．
50．satisfied/pleased 根據(jù)文章最后一段的內(nèi)容，學(xué)生在 host country的學(xué)習(xí)和生活會(huì)更順利更好，由此可知他們與當(dāng)?shù)丶彝ゴ谝黄饡?huì)很高興，愉悅的．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 該類閱讀表達(dá)的回答，要充分理解語篇意思，結(jié)合問題作出正確解答．注意答題時(shí)字?jǐn)?shù)不能過多，要符合要求．
