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 a day 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 1may mean “_______”.

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

2.Which of the following is the typical（典型的）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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：美国是一个流动的社会。美国人之间的友谊可以接近和真实，但很快消失。他们不觉得受到伤害。如果两人再次见面，甚至几年后，他们会继续他们的友谊。这对中国人来说可能是非常难理解。因为我们之间的友谊发展得慢但可能成为终身的感情。

1.词义猜测题。根据上句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,可知此句是说他们继续他们的友谊，所以选D。

2.细节理解题，根据第二段第二句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.可知选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第一段第二句Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知选B。

考点：社会现象类阅读。