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 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 1may 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 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.

 

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 (终身的)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 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! 
【小题1】The underlined phrase “pick up”in Paragraph 1 may mean“_____”. 

A．keep out	B．give up
C．pay no attention to	D．continue

【小题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 mid night.

D．Sharing everything they have.

【小题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.

【小题4】This passage is most probably written for _____. 

A．American students

B．Chinese students

C．Chinese visitors to America

D．American visitors to China

【小题5】What do you think this passage is about?

A．An introduction of friendships.

B．An advertisement of mobiles.

C．Friendships between Chinese.

D．The ways Americans treat friends.

Alice is an American girl. She has two good friends. One is Tom, the other is Jim. They come from the same country. They are studying in Beijing now. They are at the same school-- No.2 Middle School. They have a lot of Chinese friends here. They go to school from Monday to Friday. They go to school at seven in the morning. They all go to school by subway. In the evening, they do their homework and learn Chinese. On Saturdays and Sundays they go to their friends’ homes. There they learn more Chinese from their Chinese friends and their friends learn English from them.
Sometimes they write to their parents in America. They tell them about China and their life in China. They all like living here . They want their parents to come to China one day.
【小题1】Alice , Tom and Jim come from               .

A．England

B．Europe

C．the USA

D．different countries

【小题2】How many days do they go to school?

A．Four.

B．Five

C．Six

D．Seven

【小题3】Why do they go to their Chinese friends’ home on weekends?

A．They want to eat Chinese food at their homes.

B．They want to play with them.

C．They want to make friends with their parents.

D．They want to learn Chinese from them.

【小题4】Where are Alice’s parents?

A．In America.

B．In England.

C．In China.

D．We don’t know.

【小题5】What do Alice, Tom and Jim write to their parents in the letters?
A. Something about China.              B.Their life in China.
C. To ask their parents to come to China.    D.A,B and C.

Alice is an American girl. She has two good friends. One is Tom, the other is Jim. They come from the same country. They are studying in Beijing now. They are at the same school-- No.2 Middle School. They have a lot of Chinese friends here. They go to school from Monday to Friday. They go to school at seven in the morning. They all go to school by subway. In the evening, they do their homework and learn Chinese. On Saturdays and Sundays they go to their friends’ homes. There they learn more Chinese from their Chinese friends and their friends learn English from them.

Sometimes they write to their parents in America. They tell them about China and their life in China. They all like living here . They want their parents to come to China one day.

1.Alice , Tom and Jim come from               .

A．England           B．Europe           C．the USA           D．different countries

2.How many days do they go to school?

A．Four.             B．Five              C．Six               D．Seven

3.Why do they go to their Chinese friends’ home on weekends?

A．They want to eat Chinese food at their homes.

B．They want to play with them.

C．They want to make friends with their parents.

D．They want to learn Chinese from them.

4.Where are Alice’s parents?

A．In America.        B．In England.         C．In China.          D．We don’t know.

5.What do Alice, Tom and Jim write to their parents in the letters?

A. Something about China.              B.Their life in China.

C. To ask their parents to come to China.    D.A,B and C.

 

I am an American student. My name is Vicky King. I have a big family. I have two brothers. They and I are in the same school. My grandma and grandpa live with us. They are my father’s parents.

My father is from England, but my mother’s hometown is at the foot of the Great Wall of China. My brothers and I were all born in New York. Because my father works in a school in New York. He teaches English.

People often ask us, “What do you like eating?” It is not easy to answer this question! Well, let me tell you.

My grandpa has been to India, so he likes Indian food. My father likes hot dogs, potato chips and hamburgers. My mother likes rice, noodles and dumplings. She often does very nice Chinese food for us. So my brothers and I like Chinese food a lot but English food a little. We don’t like Indian food at all.

1.This is a family of_________

A．three            B．five              C．six               D．seven

2.Her grandfather is __________.

A．from England       B．from China         C．from India         D．from America

3.Her father is a ________

A．worker           B．doctor            C．teacher           D．player

4.Her mother likes Chinese food because she_________.

A．has been to China                       B．is from China

C．can do Chinese food                     D．knows her children like it

5.The three children like___________ food very much.

A．Chinese           B．English            C．Indian            D．American