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  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.

an American

B.

a Chinese

C.

a professor

D.

a 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

答案:1.B;2.D;3.C;4.B;5.D;
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  All this has made Sweden the world's third biggest exporter of music But how did Sweden manage to spread its sound All over the globe?

  Birgison, 25, believes the traditional Swedish Approach to hard work And An unfriendly climate Are key to the music sensation (轰动). Besides, Swedes Are Also very good At speaking English, which is very. important, because very little music sung in other languages succeeds Anywhere outside its home country. Another piece in the puzzle is that Swedish children At An early stage get to try out musical instruments And learn music theory in school, At little cost to their parents.

(1)

We can learn from the Above passage that.

[  ]

A.

Sweden exports tile largest Amount of music to the outside world

B.

Swedish musical training theory is puzzling to kids of early Ages

C.

Swedish musicians have made great contribution to world music

D.

most of the western singers' success bases on the work of the Swedish Artists

(2)

What does "ABBA' in the opening paragraph most probably refer to?

[  ]

A.

a music group.

B.

A successful industrialist.

C.

A CD maker.

D.

A music producer.

(3)

Which of the following leads to the success of Swedish music And musicians?

[  ]

A.

The Artists' hard work.

B.

Poor weather conditions.

C.

The musical training system.

D.

All of the Above.

(4)

If the Swedish musical Artists couldn't speak good English,____.

[  ]

A.

they wouldn't be Able to learn the up-to-date music theories

B.

the Swedish music wouldn't have been so internationally successful

C.

they would have difficulty in communicating with foreign singers

D.

they wouldn't have children start to learn music At An early Age

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