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】

试题分析：美国人和中国人在处理友谊和朋友上的不同观点和做法。

1.词义理解推断题，根据文中语句“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.”理解可知。Pick up的含义是继续的含义，故选D。

2.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.”理解可知。选择A。

3.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.”理解可知。美国人友谊破裂了不会受到伤害，故选B。

4.细节理解题，根据文中语句“This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand.和So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!”理解可知。作者是个中国人，故选C。

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