Question

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 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 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 custom 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!

1.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.

2.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

3.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A．willing to spend time                     B．serious with time

C．careful with time                        D．strict with time

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.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了文章討論的中國(guó)人和美國(guó)人對(duì)待友誼和朋友方面的差異。美國(guó)人的友誼，來得快去得快，還有美國(guó)人的好客之道。

1.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.說明美國(guó)人隔了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間還會(huì)繼續(xù)友誼，D正確。

2.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。

3.猜詞題。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(guó)我們?cè)敢饣〞r(shí)間陪我們的客人，故A正確。

4.主旨大意題。文章討論的中國(guó)人和美國(guó)人對(duì)待友誼和朋友方面的差異。故D正確

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：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。