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（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 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 in 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。美国人之间的友谊可以是亲近而真实,然而很快消失，他们不感到伤害。如果相同的两人再次见面,甚至数年之后,他们可以继续他们的友谊。对我们中国人这可能很困理解。我们之间的友谊发展更慢但可能成为终生的感情。还有一个难点为我们理解。虽然美国人对待朋友热情地在他们的个人生活,但他们不显示他们的礼貌。

1.词义猜测题。结合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这两句话可知选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段开头For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters可知选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第一段中. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知选B。

4.细节理解题。根据短文内容可知本文最有可能是为去美国旅行的中国人写的，所以选C。

考点：社会现象类阅读。