12.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(延伸)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 requires 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 a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends.It is opposite in America.Americans cannot 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(好客)at home and enjoy your visit in America!
54.The underlined phrase"pick up"in Paragraph 1may mean"D".
A.put down
B.give up
C.pay no attention to
D.continue
55.From the passage,we can knowB.
A.Americans are always generous with their time.
B.Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C.Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D.Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.
56.This passage is most probably written forC.
A.American students
B.Chinese students
C.Chinese visitors to America
D.American visitors to China.
分析 本文叙述了美国和中国人的对于友谊的不同的观点,他们和一些朋友很多年没有联系后,照样能够成为好朋友,他们不像中国人那样会抽出时间去车站接朋友,中国人可以抽出时间来陪朋友.
解答 54.D 词义猜测题:根据上文:美国人之间的友谊可以接近真实,但很快消失.他们不觉得受到伤害,可以推断出此处应该是:如果两人再次见面,甚至几年后,他们重拾友谊,即继续他们的友谊的意思,故选D,继续.
55.B 根据第一段Friendships between Americans can be close and real,yet disappear soon.They don't feel hurt.描述,可知如果友谊很快消失.他们不觉得受到伤害,故选B.
56.C 根据最后一段So accept their hospitality(好客)at home and enjoy your visit in America!及上文描述,可知这篇短文最适合到美国参观的人阅读,故选C,到美国的中国游客.
点评 做题时要在理解好文意的基础上,与题目有机的结合,从文章中找到相关细节性的句子与选项细细比对,进行选择或推理判断,选出符合文章内容的正确选项.做题注意灵活,有时可采用排除法或直选法确定出最终答案.