13．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 （交換） 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 willing to spend 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 plan．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 warmly．
For the Americans，it is often considered friendlier to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants，except for business matters．So accept their hospitality at home!
25．The writer of this passage must beB．
A．a(chǎn)n American
B．a(chǎn) Chinese
C．a(chǎn) postman
D．a(chǎn) student
26．From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend，we will probably beC．
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
27．What's the main idea of the passage？D
A．It's about Americans'and Chinese's views （觀點(diǎn)） of friendships．
B．It's mainly talking about friendships between Americans．
C．It's about Americans'hospitality．
D．It's about friendships between Chinese．
分析 美國是一個(gè)流動(dòng)的社會(huì)．美國人之間的友誼可以接近真實(shí)，然而如果情況變化很快消失．任何一方都不覺得受傷害．雙方可能在一年或兩年交換圣誕問候，也許通信一陣子之后就沒有了．如果相同的兩個(gè)人有再次見面的機(jī)會(huì)，甚至幾年后，他們會(huì)繼續(xù)他們的友誼．這可能對(duì)中國人來說是非常難理解，因?yàn)槲覀冎g的友誼發(fā)展得慢但后來可能成為終身的感情．
解答 25．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．國際化This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand，這對(duì)中國人來說很難理解，可知作者可能是中國人．故選B．
26．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)The Americans，however，express their welcome usually at homes，可知，當(dāng)我們?nèi)ッ绹菰L我們的朋友時(shí)，我們很有可能在他家受到款待，故選C．
27．D 標(biāo)題歸納題．本文在談?wù)撝袊兔绹鴮?duì)友誼的觀點(diǎn)不同，故選D
點(diǎn)評(píng) 做題時(shí)首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，掌握大意，然后結(jié)合具體的題目，找出相關(guān)信息，就可以確定正確答案．
