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 a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends : It is opposite in America ,Americans can not 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 1may mean “_______”.

A．keep out

B．give up

C．pay no attention to

D．continue

【小題2】Which of the following is the typical（典型的）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 in 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.

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B

解析試題分析：短文大意：美國是一個流動的社會。美國人之間的友誼可以接近和真實，但很快消失。他們不覺得受到傷害。如果兩人再次見面，甚至幾年后，他們會繼續他們的友誼。這對中國人來說可能是非常難理解。因為我們之間的友誼發展得慢但可能成為終身的感情。
【小題1】詞義猜測題。根據上句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,可知此句是說他們繼續他們的友誼，所以選D。
【小題2】細節理解題，根據第二段第二句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.可知選A。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據第一段第二句Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.可知選B。
考點：社會現象類閱讀。