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【题目】根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, but disappear soon if situations change. Neither side gets h【1】 by this. They may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while - then no m【2】. 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 u【3】, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）sometimes deeply into b【4】 families.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that a【5】 they treat 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 g【6】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 g【7】 to show our best friends around. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine（事务）. They will be likely to expect us to get ourselves from the a【8】 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 o【9】 treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to r【10】, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】hurt

【2】more

【3】understand

【4】both

【5】although

【6】generous

【7】guides

【8】airport

【9】ourselves

【10】restaurants

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述中美两国人在交朋友和接待客人方面的不同。

【1】句意“双方都不会被这个伤到”。get hurt受伤。根据句意，故填hurt。

【2】句意“他们可能在一到两年内交换圣诞祝福，大概不久就会发一些电子邮件，然后就没有了”。no more没有。根据句意，故填more。

【3】句意“对于中国人来说，理解这个相当的难，因为我们之间的友谊开花很慢，但不久可能会成为一生的感觉，有时会延伸到双方家庭”。understand理解，且空前有to，根据句意，故填understand。

【4】句意“对于中国人来说，理解这个相当的难，因为我们之间的友谊开花很慢，但不久可能会成为一生的感觉，有时会延伸到双方家庭”。根据between可知，是两者之间，故填both。

【5】句意“对于我们中国人来说，理解美国人另一个难点是尽管他们在个人的日常生活中对我们很热情，但如果需要很长时间的话，他们就不会显得有礼貌”，根据前后文可知，表示让步，故填although。

【6】句意“这个通常和我们的国家不同”。我们国家的人对我们的时间很慷慨大方。generous慷慨的，根据句意，故填generous。

【7】句意“我们可能请假来扮演导游的角色，带我们最好的朋友环游”。guide导游，且根据we可知，表示复数，故填guides。

【8】句意“他们将很有可能期待我们自己做公交车从机场到我们的旅馆”。根据上文可知，对比中国人和美国人针对客人到达机场时不同的行为。故填airport。

【9】句意“我们将会发现他们热情周到地招待我们”。ourselves我们自己，根据句意，故填ourselves。

【10】句意“对于美国人来说，除了纯粹的商业因素，否则邀请朋友到你家吃饭比到饭店吃饭更友好”。restaurant饭店。根据homes可知，用复数，故填restaurants。