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【題目】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. 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 develop 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 treat us warmly, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires much time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. 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 plans. 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 pure business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

【1】The writer of this passage mustbe ______.

A. an American B. a Chinese

C. a professor D. a student

【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.

【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

【4】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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】本文是一篇說明文，比較說明了關(guān)于友誼，美國人和中國人不同的觀點。一、美國人的友誼即使因為分離淡漠了再次相遇就會復(fù)。活二、美國人喜歡在家里招待客人。

【1】細節(jié)題，根據(jù)第一段第四句前半句This can be quite difficult for us Chinese 這對我們中國人來說可能很困難。從這句的語氣中我們可以得知，作者是中國人。故選B

【2】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第三句 If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.如果同樣的兩個人偶然再次相遇，即使很多年之后，他們也會重拾友誼。故選D

【3】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段倒數(shù)第一句Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.一旦我們到達他們家，我們將會受到完整的、溫暖的、真實的歡迎，我們會發(fā)現(xiàn)我們受到熱情的招待。故選C

【4】分析推斷題。本文很多地方用了對比的手法，說完美國人的樣子再對比同一情況下的中國人，可以判斷出是在比較中美兩國人對于友誼的不同的觀點。故選D