阅读理解
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. 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 develop 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
treat us warmly, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires much
time. But in China,
we are usually generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at
an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. 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 plans. 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 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.
(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)
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
答案: B
D
C
D