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【题目】Answer the questions

What does friendship mean? There is no definite answer. Friendship is also necessary in daily life. When you are happy, friendship is just like adding flowers on the brocade (图案); when you are sad, friendship is a dose (一剂) of consolation (安慰); if you are in trouble, friends will surround you and remove the barriers for you; if you have a hard nut to crack, you can turn to friends for help. A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long tolerance of loneliness and depression. We have much to share with our friends in life, perplexity (困惑), excitement and bitterness.

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 foreigner 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 activities. 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】What can we share with friends in our daily life?

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【2】What will Americans do even after a long break?

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【3】The idea about friendship is the same as ours, isn’t it? Where do the Americans express their welcome?

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【4】How will we probably be treated when we arrive in America to visit an American friend?

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【5】What does the underlined words “generous with our time” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

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【6】A suitable title for this passage would probably be “________________”.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Perplexity, excitement and bitterness.

【2】They will pick up the friendship again.

【3】No, it isn’t. At their homes.

【4】We will be treated hospitably.

【5】It means willing to spend time.

【6】The different idea about friendship between Chinese and Americans

【解析】

本文讲述了友谊在我们生活中的重要性，并介绍了美国人和中国人所表达的不同的友谊之道。

【1】根据文中“We have much to share with our friends in life, perplexity, excitement and bitterness”，可知，在日常生活中，我们跟朋友分享困惑，喜悦和悲痛。故答案为Perplexity, excitement and bitterness。

【2】根据文中“If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship”，可知，如果两个美国人多年后再次偶遇，他们会重拾起这段友谊。故答案为They will pick up the friendship again。

【3】根据文中“This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand”和“Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that …”，可知，我们和美国人对于友谊的看法是不一样的，所以是否定回答No, it isn’t。根据“The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes”，可知，美国人通常是在家里表达他们的欢迎。故答案为No, it isn’t . At their homes。

【4】根据“Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably”，可知，当我们去拜访一个美国朋友，他们会很热情地接待我们。故答案为We will be treated hospitably。

【5】根据文中“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”可知，我们中国人会花很多时间来陪我们的客人，所以在时间方便，我们很慷慨。故答案为It means willing to spend time。

【6】本文讲述的是我们中国人和美国人对待友谊的不同看法。故答案为The different idea about friendship between Chinese and Americans。