America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1. The writer of this passage must be ______.
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A．an American |
B．a Chinese |
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C．a professor |
D．a student |
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. |
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B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. |
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C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. |
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D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. |
3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
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A．warmly welcomed at the airport |
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B．offered a ride to his home |
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C．treated hospitably at his home |
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D．treated to dinner in a restaurant |
4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
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A．strict with time |
B．serious with time |
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C．careful with time |
D．willing to spend time |
5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
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A．Friendships between Chinese |
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B．Friendships between Americans |
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C．Americans’ hospitality |
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D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships |
There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校). 36 being sent away, this boy was the 37 student in his class. He was at the top in every 38 always with high marks.
But the boy changed after 39 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started 40 . He hated being in a 41 . He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he 42 committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt 43 and no one loved him.
His parents started 44 about the boy. But they even did not know what was 45 with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and 46 him.
They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and 47 . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”
The boy answered back, “To 48 my grades?”
“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most 49 person for me. I want to see you 50 . I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”
These words 51 the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He 52 his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had 53 he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He 54 the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him 55 !
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With a lot of difficult problems________, the manager felt worried all the time.
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A．settled |
B．to be settled |
C．settling |
D．to settle |
I have been keeping the portrait ________．I can see it every day, as it always reminds me of my childhood in Paris.
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A．since |
B．where |
C．as |
D．if |
—________the car seat．It's wet.
—Thank you for telling me.
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A．Touch |
B．Feel |
C．Hand |
D．Sense |
—How do you find the talk given by Mr Smith?
—_________ .
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A．Very well |
B．Excited |
C．Boring |
D．Not at all |
