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!
【小題1】The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A．keep outB．give upC．pay no attention toD．continue
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題4】This passage is most probably written for         .
A．American studentsB．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to AmericaD．American visitors to China


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：短文大意：美國(guó)是一個(gè)流動(dòng)的社會(huì)。美國(guó)人之間的友誼可以是親近而真實(shí),然而很快消失，他們不感到傷害。如果相同的兩人再次見(jiàn)面,甚至數(shù)年之后,他們可以繼續(xù)他們的友誼。對(duì)我們中國(guó)人這可能很困理解。我們之間的友誼發(fā)展更慢但可能成為終生的感情。還有一個(gè)難點(diǎn)為我們理解。雖然美國(guó)人對(duì)待朋友熱情地在他們的個(gè)人生活,但他們不顯示他們的禮貌。
【小題1】詞義猜測(cè)題。結(jié)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。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段開(kāi)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。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知選B。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知本文最有可能是為去美國(guó)旅行的中國(guó)人寫的，所以選C。
考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類閱讀。

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