Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandrealyetdisappearsoon.Theydon’tfeelhurt.Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainevenyearslatertheypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChinese
Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandrealyetdisappearsoon.Theydon’tfeelhurt.Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainevenyearslatertheypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChinesetounderstand.Friendshipsbetweenusdevelopmoreslowlybutmaybecomelifelongfeelingsextending(延伸)deeplyintobothfamilies.
Thereisanotherdifficultpointforustounderstand.AlthoughAmericanstreatfriendswarmlyintheirpersonaleverydaylivestheydon’tshowtheirpolitenesstothemifitrequiresagreatdealoftime.ButinChinaweareusuallygenerouswithourtime.Weashostswillappearatanairporteveninthemiddleofthenighttomeetafriend.Wemaytakeadayofffromourworktoactasguidestoourfriends.ItisoppositeinAmerica.Americanscannotmanagethetimetodoagreatdealwithavisitoroutsidetheirdailyplans.Theywillprobablyexpectthevisitorstogetthemselvesfromtheairporttothehotels.Andtheyexpectthevisitorswillphonethemfromthere.Oncethevisitorsarriveattheirhomesthewelcomewillbefullwarmandreal.
ForAmericansitisoftenconsideredmorefriendlytoinviteafriendtotheirhomesthantorestaurantsexceptforbusinessmatters.Americansarereadytoreceiveusforeignersattheirhomessharetheirholidaysandtheirhomelife.Soaccepttheirhospitality(好客)athomeandenjoyyourvisitinAmerica!
小题1:Theunderlinedphrase"pickup"inParagraph1maymean"_________________".A.putdownB.giveupC.paynoattentiontoD.continue小题2:Fromthepassagewecanknow_________________.A.Americansarealwaysgenerouswiththeirtime.B.Americansdon’tfeelhurtiftheirfriendshipsdisappearsoon.C.Chinesefriendshipsdevelopmoreslowlybutwillneverdisappear.D.ChinesefriendshipsdevelopfasterthanAmericanfriendships.小题3:Thispassageismostprobablywrittenfor__________________.A.AmericanstudentsB.ChinesestudentsC.ChinesevisitorstoAmericaD.AmericanvisitorstoChina