Question

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
【小題1】The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A．keep out

B．give up

C．pay no attention to

D．continue

【小題2】Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?         

A．Treating friends at home.

B．Taking days off to be with friends.

C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D．Sharing everything they have.

【小題3】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?         

A．Americans are always generous with their time.

B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

【小題4】This passage is most probably written for _____          .

A．American students

B．Chinese students

C．Chinese visitors to America

D．American visitors to China

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要講述美國人的待客之道。美國人非常直接，好客，并不含蓄。他們喜歡在家里面招待客人。而中國人的待客之道恰恰與美國人相反。
【小題1】詞義猜測題。If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship.“如果同樣的兩個人再次見面，甚至幾年后，他們再重拾友誼。”上文提到，在美國友誼很快就會消失。可知，pick up the friendship譯為“重拾友誼”。故選D。
【小題2】細節理解題。根據最后一段第一行For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants.可知美國人喜歡在家里面招待客人，故選A。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據第二段第一行Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time.可知A錯誤。根據第一段第一行Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知B正確。根據第一段最后一行Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.可知C錯誤。選項D在文中沒有提及，故錯誤。故選B。
【小題4】推理判斷題。本文主要講述美國人的待客之道，并與中國人進行對比。因此可以推斷答案為C。
考點：文化類短文閱讀。