Question

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A. keep out            B. give up        C. pay no attention to        D. continue

2.Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?        

 A. Treating friends at home.                  

B. Taking days off to be with friends.

C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.     

D. Sharing everything they have.

3.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage? 

A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

4.This passage is most probably written for          .

A. American students                  B. Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America           D. American visitors to China

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：美國是一個流動的社會。美國人之間的友誼可以是親近而真實,然而很快消失，他們不感到傷害。如果相同的兩人再次見面,甚至數年之后,他們可以繼續他們的友誼。對我們中國人這可能很困理解。我們之間的友誼發展更慢但可能成為終生的感情。還有一個難點為我們理解。雖然美國人對待朋友熱情地在他們的個人生活,但他們不顯示他們的禮貌。

1.詞義猜測題。結合If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand這兩句話可知選D。

2.細節理解題。根據第三段開頭For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters可知選A。

3.細節理解題。根據第一段中. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知選B。

4.細節理解題。根據短文內容可知本文最有可能是為去美國旅行的中國人寫的，所以選C。

考點：社會現象類閱讀。