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 flower 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 include 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 practice 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!
【小題1】The writer of this passage must be ______.

A．a(chǎn)n AmericanB．a(chǎn) ChineseC．a(chǎn) professorD．a(chǎn) student
【小題2】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.
【小題3】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
【小題4】The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A．strict with time
B．serious with time
C．careful with time
D．willing to spend time
【小題5】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


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】D
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：文章介紹了文章討論的中國人和美國人對(duì)待友誼和朋友方面的差異。美國人的友誼，來得快去得快，還有美國人的好客之道。
【小題1】推理題：根據(jù)第一段中“This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending  sometimes deeply into both families.”我們中國人這可能非常難以理解,因?yàn)槲覀冎g友誼之花更慢但隨后可能成為終生的感情,有時(shí)會(huì)延伸到家庭，由此可知作者是中國人。故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段中“If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship”說明美國人隔了很長時(shí)間還會(huì)繼續(xù)友誼。故選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段最后一句“Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.”一旦我們到了他們的家,會(huì)受到熱情歡迎，溫暖而又真實(shí)。我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己被親切對(duì)待。故選C。
【小題4】推理題：根據(jù)本句This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.說明在中國我們?cè)敢饣〞r(shí)間陪我們的客人。故選D。
【小題5】主旨題：文章討論的中國人和美國人對(duì)待友誼和朋友方面的差異。故選D。
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