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 develop 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.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.　　

2. 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

3.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

4.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

 

书面表达。（共计10分）(08年安徽)
　一个美国中学生代表团将来你校交流学习，并与你校学生座谈。请你根据表格中的内容写一个发言稿，介绍你校学生开展小组合作学习和自主学习的情况。

小组合作学习	1.互相帮助 2.学会倾听 3.与他人合作 4.发表个人见解 ……
自主学习	1.制定学习计划 2.合理安排时间 3.独立思考 4.做学习的主人

注意：1.词数100左右; 2.可适当发挥，加入个人观点; 3.发言稿的开头已给你写好，但不计入总词数。参考词汇：study in groups, work together,make good use of time
　　Dear friend,
　　Welcome to our school.________________________________________________________________
　　Thanks for listening!

书面表达。（共计10分）(08年安徽)

　一个美国中学生代表团将来你校交流学习，并与你校学生座谈。请你根据表格中的内容写一个发言稿，介绍你校学生开展小组合作学习和自主学习的情况。

小组合作学习	1.互相帮助 2.学会倾听 3.与他人合作 4.发表个人见解 ……
自主学习	1.制定学习计划 2.合理安排时间 3.独立思考 4.做学习的主人

注意：1.词数100左右; 2.可适当发挥，加入个人观点; 3.发言稿的开头已给你写好，但不计入总词数。参考词汇：study in groups, work together,make good use of time

　　Dear friend,

　　Welcome to our school.________________________________________________________________

　　Thanks for listening!

 

Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.
Feb. 10, 2012

5:00	Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel, packed bags. Took taxi to airport.
7:30	Plane took off half an hour later than usual for the bad weather.
8:30	Plane landed. Waited for luggage for half an hour. Signed for fans at the airport.
9:45	Arrived at the hotel and had a short rest.
10:00	Started out to attend the meeting with fans and gave an interview to the local reporters.
11:00	Went to radio station to attend the live show.
12:00	Had lunch with local producer.
13:00	Went to theatre and prepared for the night’s show. The lighting of the theatre was good, but the band(乐队) did poorly.
17:00	Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.
18:00	Had supper, but eat little.
18:30	Went to theatre again and got ready for show.
19:00	Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little.
22:00	Show was over. Very tired from it.
23:00	Back to hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep, so watched TV.
0:00	Fell asleep, with TV on.

【小题1】According to the chart, the pop star was a ________________.

A．singer

B．dancer

C．player

D．pianist

【小题2】According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at ________________.

A．6:30

B．7:00

C．7:30

D．8:00

【小题3】From this passage, we get to know that ________.

A．not all people like pop stars

B．pop stars have their own bands

C．fans are troublesome for pop stars

D．to be a pop star is not all fun