Question

American 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 (常規(guī)). 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!

1.The writer of this passage must be ___________.

A. an American      B. a Chinese      C. a professor      D. a student

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their family.

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.

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

4.From the underlined sentence, we can know the Chinese people __________.

A. are strict with time           B. don’t take time seriously

C. don’t know how to use time    D. are willing to spend time for friends

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 friendship

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了美國和中國人的對于友誼的不同的觀點，美國人招待客人喜歡在家里，他們和一些朋友很多年沒有聯(lián)系后，照樣能夠成為好朋友，他們不像中國人那樣會抽出時間去車站接朋友，中國人可以抽出時間來陪朋友。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,作者是一名中國人，故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.美國人在朋友間歇很長時間以后也能保持這種友誼，故選D。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, 美國人待客在家里，他們不去機場或車站去接朋友，故選C。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. 中國人為了朋友可能要花費一些時間，故選D。

5.標(biāo)題歸納題。縱觀全文可知這篇短文就是敘述了中國和美國人的隊友誼的不同的觀點，故選D。

考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。

點評：標(biāo)題歸納題時還要遵循三個原則，即注意題的醒目性、概括性和針對性。醒目性——我們所判斷的標(biāo)題如果放在文章的最前面，應(yīng)該能使讀者一看到標(biāo)題就對其內(nèi)容發(fā)生興趣，即，吸引讀者的眼球；概括性——指標(biāo)題應(yīng)最大限度地覆蓋全文，囊括文章的主要內(nèi)容，體現(xiàn)文章的主題；針對性——我們所選的標(biāo)題不能偏題，必須指向具體文意，因此也應(yīng)具備強烈的針對性。