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【題目】 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, developing 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 needs a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous (大度) 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 lots of things with a visitor. 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 things. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】Why wouldn't Americans meet you at the airport when you visit them?

A.Because they don't treat you as their friend.

B.Because they think it's a long distance to go.

C.Because Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor.

D.Because they think there's no need to do so as you can find the way.

【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 is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Americans are always generous with their time.

B.Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear.

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 studentsB.Chinese students

C.Chinese visitors to AmericaD.American visitors to China

【5】What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Differences between Americans and Chinese.

B.What you should do if you visit an American friend.

C.Why Chinese can't understand American friendship.

D.What the typical American friendship is like.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

文章講述了美國是一個流動的社會。美國人之間的友誼可以接近和真實，但很快消失。他們不覺得受到傷害。如果兩人再次見面，甚至幾年后，他們會繼續(xù)他們的友誼。這對中國人來說可能是非常難理解。因為我們之間的友誼發(fā)展得慢但可能成為終身的感情。美國人非常直接，好客，他們喜歡在家中接待客人，而中國人的待客之道恰恰與美國人的相反。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“It is opposite in America. Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor.”在美國恰恰相反。美國人沒時間和來訪者一起做很多事情�？芍�是因為他們不能安排時間和來訪者做很多事，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants.”對美國人來說，邀請朋友到家里通常比去餐館更友好�？芍�在家招待客人是美國人好客最典型的方式，故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“Americans can not manage the time to do lots of things with a visitor. ”在美國恰恰相反。美國人沒時間和來訪者一起做很多事情�？芍�A選項錯誤；根據(jù)文中“Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. ”美國人之間的友誼可以是親密而真實的，但很快就會消失。他們不覺得受傷�？芍�B選項是正確的，根據(jù)文中“This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings. ”這對我們中國人來說很難理解。我們之間的友誼發(fā)展得比較緩慢，但可能會成為終生的感情�？芍�中國人的友情可能會是終生的，但不是never，所以C選項錯誤；D選項文中沒有明確的提到，所以這里B選項是正確的，故選B。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America! ”所以請接受他們在家里的熱情好客，享受你在美國的訪問吧！可知是給美國的中國游客，故選C。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)整個文章的理解及文章開頭“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. ”美國人之間的友誼可以是親密而真實的，但很快就會消失。他們不覺得受傷。如果同樣的兩個人再次相遇，即使是幾年后，他們也會重拾友誼。以及文章結(jié)尾“Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America! Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes and share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!”可知，文章主要是介紹美國友誼的，所以D選項是比較符合的，故選D。