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. 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. serious with time

C. careful with time D. willing to spend 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 friendships

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过对比讲述了中美之间交友特点或观念的差异.

1. 根据第一段第五句，This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,这可能对于我们中国人很难理解，加上下文，很多we，推断这是一个中国人写的文章，讲述美国人的交友特点。

2. 根据第一段最后一句， 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.对于中国人来说，这是非常难以理解的，因为我们之间的友谊发展得更慢一些，但是后来可能会变成一生的情谊，有时会深入地延伸到双方的家庭里。判断，AB都是中国人交友特点。再根据第一段第二句或是第二段第一句they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time.如果消耗大量时间，他们就不会表现得那么礼貌了。C不符。根据第一段第四句If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.如果这两个人再次偶然遇见，即使是相隔多年，他们仍能重拾友情。分析，D正确。故选D

3. 根据第三段，整体意思说美国人比较吝惜时间，一旦花费时间他们就没有那么热情了，没到他们家里之前的其他事，你需要自己操劳；一旦到了他们家里，他们就会很热情。D项最后一段，可判断为错误。故选C

4. be generous with根据generous慷慨的，大方的，即可猜出；或是 This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.美国人很吝惜时间，这一点跟我们相反，推断为我们是很愿意花时间的。故选D

5. 文章通篇都在通过以对比的方式讲述中国人和美国人不同的交友观念。故选D

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