Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange 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 generous with our 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 daily routine. 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 hospitably(好客).
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
小題1:The writer of this passage must be ______.
A．a(chǎn)n AmericanB．a(chǎn) ChineseC．a(chǎn) professorD．a(chǎn) student
小題2: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
小題3: From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
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
小題4: The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A．strict with timeB．serious with time
C．careful with timeD．willing to spend time
小題5: A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A．Friendships between Chinese
B．Friendships between Americans
C．Americans’ hospitality
D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:D

試題分析：文章介紹了文章討論的中國人和美國人對待友誼和朋友方面的差異。美國人的友誼，來得快去得快，還有美國人的好客之道。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第8,9行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說明文章中的I是一個(gè)中國人，故B正確。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章3,4行If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.說明D正確。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4行Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably. 說明C正確。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)本句This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.說明在中國我們愿意花時(shí)間陪我們的客人，故D正確。
小題5:主旨大意題。文章討論的中國人和美國人對待友誼和朋友方面的差異。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評：文章介紹了文章討論的中國人和美國人對待友誼和朋友方面的差異。美國人的友誼，來得快去得快，還有美國人的好客之道。這篇文章有些抽象，考查題型多樣細(xì)節(jié)題，推理題，猜詞題都有，需要結(jié)合上下文提供的語境和信息進(jìn)行概括和判斷。要求較高。需要根據(jù)文章大意，結(jié)合語境，做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。
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