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4．American 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 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 （常規(guī)）．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．
   For the Americans，it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants，except for purely business matters．So accept their hospitality at home!
36．The writer of this passage must beB
A．a(chǎn)n American      B．a(chǎn) Chinese      C．a(chǎn) professor      D．a(chǎn) student
37．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their family．
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．
38．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
39．From the underlined sentence，we can know the Chinese peopleD．
A．a(chǎn)re strict with time          
B．don't take time seriously
C．don't know how to use time    
D．a(chǎn)re willing to spend time for friends
40．A suitable title for this passage would probably be"D"．
A．Friendships between Chinese  
B．Friendships between Americans
C．Americans'hospitality         
D．Americans'and Chinese's views of friendship．

Answer 1

分析 本文敘述了美國(guó)和中國(guó)人對(duì)友誼的不同看法．美國(guó)人喜歡在家里招待朋友，即使多年不見仍然是好朋友，不像中國(guó)人一樣會(huì)花很多時(shí)間去車站接，或者抽很多時(shí)間陪他們．

解答 36．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段"This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand"這句可以看出，作者為中國(guó)人．
37．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．"If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship"第一段這句話告訴我們"如果兩個(gè)人時(shí)隔多奶年再次見面，仍然是好朋友"可以推斷D為正確選項(xiàng)．
38．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段"Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their home"可知，美國(guó)人喜歡在家里招待朋友．
39．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．第三段"Sometimes，we，as hosts，will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend"重點(diǎn)介紹了中國(guó)人為了表現(xiàn)熱情好客，通常會(huì)花很多時(shí)間去接，陪朋友，所以劃線句子表明選項(xiàng)D，中國(guó)人樂(lè)意花一些時(shí)間在朋友身上．
40．D 標(biāo)題歸納題．縱觀全文可知這篇短文主要敘述中美兩國(guó)人對(duì)待朋友的不同觀點(diǎn)．

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