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【题目】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 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(好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America !

【1】The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “____________”.

A.keep out B. give up

C. pay no attention to D. continue

【2】Which of the following is the typical (典型的) way of American hospitality ?

A.Treating friends at home.

B.Taking days off to be with friends .

C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D. Sharing everything they have.

【3】Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

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 are more sincere than American friendships .

【4】This passage is most probably written for____________ .

A.American students

B.Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America

D. American visitors to China

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：美国是一个流动的社会，人与人之间的友谊可以很亲近和真实，然而消失很快的时候也不会感到受到伤害。他们对待友谊拿得起。这些对我们国人来说很难理解！

【1】D词语猜测题。根据If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship.可知如果这两人再次见面，即使是几年后，他们也会继续他们的友谊。根据句意，故选D。

【2】A细节理解题。根据One of Deng’s clever ideas, “one country, two systems”, was first performed in 1997.可知“一国两制”是邓小平提出来的，所以选A。

【3】B细节理解题。根据Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt .可知美国人如果他们的友谊消失了，他们不会受伤。根据句意，所以选B。

【4】C综合理解题。本文在谈论中国和美国对友谊的观点不同。故选C。