Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandrealyetdisappear*soon.Theydon’tfeelhurt.Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainevenyearslatertheypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChines
Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandrealyetdisappear*soon.Theydon’tfeelhurt.Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainevenyearslatertheypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChinesetounderstand.Friendshipsbetweenusdevelopmoreslowlybutmaybecomelifelongfeelingsextending*deeplyintobothfamilies.
Thereisanotherdifficultpointforustounderstand.AlthoughAmericanstreat* friendswarmlyintheirpersonaleverydaylivestheydon’tshowtheirpolitenesstothemifitneedsagreatdealoftime.ButinChinaweareusuallygenerous*withourtime.Weashostswillappearatanairporteveninthemiddleofthenighttomeetafriend.Wemaytakedaysofffromourworktoactasguidestoourfriends.ItisoppositeinAmericaAmericanscannotmanagethetimetodoagreatdealwithavisitoroutsidetheirdailyplans.Theywillprobablyexpectthevisitorstogetthemselvesfromtheairporttothehotels.Andtheyexpectthevisitorswillphonethemfromthere.Oncethevisitorsarriveattheirhomesthewelcomewillbefullwarmandreal.
ForAmericansitisoftenconsideredmorefriendlytoinviteafriendtotheirhomesthantorestaurantsexceptforbusinessmatters.Americansarereadytoreceiveusforeignersattheirhomessharetheirholidaysandtheirhomelife.Soaccepttheirhospitality*athomeandenjoyyourvisitinAmerica!
1.Thewriterofthispassagemustbe______.
A.anAmerican
B.aChinese
C.aprofessor
D.astudent
2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A.FriendshipsbetweenAmericansusuallyextenddeeplyintotheirfamilies.
B.FriendshipsbetweenAmericansusuallylastforalltheirlives.
C.Americansalwaysshowtheirwarmtheveniftheyareverybusy.
D.Americanswillcontinuetheirfriendshipsagainevenafteralongbreak.
3.FromthelasttwoparagraphswecanlearnthatwhenwearriveinAmericatovisitanAmericanfriendwewillprobablybe______.
A.warmlywelcomedattheairport
B.offeredaridetohishome
C.treatedhospitablyathishome
D.treatedtodinnerinarestaurant
4.Theunderlinedwords “genero