14．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 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 flow 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．
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!
23．The writer of this passage must beB．
A．an American
B．a Chinese
C．a professor
D．a student
24．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？D
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．
25．The underlined words"generous with our time"in Paragraph 3probably meanB．
A．strict with time
B．willing to spend time
C．careful with time
D．serious with time
26．A suitable title for this passage would probably be"D"．
A．Friendships between Chinese
B．Friendships between Americans
C．Americans'false hospitality
D．An Introduction to Americans'views of friendship．
分析 本文主要比較了美國人對待友誼和中國人對待友誼的差別和持有的不同觀點．
解答 23．B，推理題．根據(jù)第一段第五行This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand這樣的事情對我們中國人來說很難理解，說明我是一個中國人．故B正確．
24．D，細節(jié)題．根據(jù)第一段第4行If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship．說明美國人在很久以后再次遇見，還會繼續(xù)做朋友，故D項正確．
25．B，推理題．根據(jù)該句后兩句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．說明我們中國人會花很多的時間來陪我的客人，在時間方面我們很慷慨，故B項正確．
26．D，主旨大意題．本文主要比較了美國人對待友誼和中國人對待友誼的差別和持有的不同觀點．故D項正確．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．
