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