Question

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear* soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending* deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat* friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it needs a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous* with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America ,Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality* at home and enjoy your visit in America!

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】

試題分析：

文章主要講述的是中國人和美國人對待友誼的不同觀點。

1.細節題。根據第4行后This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,可知我是一名中國人。故B正確。

2.細節題。根據第一段3,4行If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.可知D正確。

3.節題。根據文章倒數第四行We will find ourselves treated hospitably.可知C正確。

4.猜測詞義題。根據This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.以及上文的they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time.可知美國人對于時間看得真重，而中國人在這方面很慷慨，故D正確。

5.主旨大意題。文章主要講述的是中國人和美國人對待友誼的不同觀點。

考點：故事類閱讀。