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 AmericanB. a ChineseC. a professorD. 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.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文在谈论中国和美国对友谊的观点不同。美国是一个流动的社会。美国人之间的友谊可能密切真实，然而如果情况变化，也会很快消失。任何一方都不觉得受伤害。双方可能在一年或两年交换圣诞问候，也许通信一阵子之后就没有了。如果同样两个人有再次见面的机会，甚至几年后，他们会重拾他们的友谊。这可能对中国人来说是非常难理解，因为我们之间的友谊发展得慢但后来可能成为终身的感情。

1. 细节理解题。根据第一段中This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand可知，作者是一个中国人。故选B。

2. 细节理解题。根据第一段中If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship.可知，同样两个人甚至数年后有机会再见面，他们还会重拾他们的友谊，故选D。

3. 细节理解题。从最后两段可知，当我们去美国拜访我们的朋友时，我们很有可能在他家受到款待，故选C。

4. 词义猜测题。generous with our time表示“对时间慷慨”，也就是乐意花费时间，故选D。

5. 标题归纳题。本文在谈论中国和美国对友谊的观点不同，故选D。

【名师点拨】

直接信息题

对此类题型，考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词，然后以此为线索，运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节，找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍，仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别，在准确理解细节的前提下，最后确定最佳答案。6.，作者是一个中国人。故选B。

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