Question

    Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime. We ______ from the city to the suburbs，from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job ______, from the home where we ______ our children to the home where we plan to live in ______. With each move we are ______ making new friends, who become part of our new life.

For many of us the summer is a special time for forming new ______. Today, millions of Americans go on vocation ______, and they go not only to see new sights but also — in those places where they do not feel too ______ — with the hope of meeting new people. No one really ______ a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people ______ friendship？

The word “friend” to American people can be ______ to a wide range of relationships — to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business companion, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a ______ colleague. There are real ______ among these relations for Americans — a friendship may be ______, casual, situational or deep and lasting. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.

As Europeans see it, all kinds of “friends” flow ______ of Americans' homes with little ceremony. They may be parents of the children's friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country. ______ as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no ______ differences. The atmosphere is ______. Most people, old and young, are called ______ first names. Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel ______.

1.A. drive B. commute C. move D. settle

2.A. abroad B. elsewhere C. somewhere D. nowhere

3.A. deliver B. protect C. educate D. raise

4.A. retirement B. death C. illness D. sadness

5.A. mostly B. mainly C. rarely D. forever

6.A. championships B. friendships C. hardships D. leaderships

7.A. along B. freely C. together D. abroad

8.A. alone B. strange C. scared D. remote

9.A. allows B. desires C. expects D. imagines

10.A. form B. develop C. ignore D. value

11.A. used B. applied C. stuck D. dedicated

12.A. kind B. generous C. trusted D. helpful

13.A. differences B. varieties C. distinctions D. diversities

14.A. informal B. reliable C. shallow D. fragile

15.A. in and out B. on and on C. by and by D. up and down

16.A. Moving B. Flowing C. Going D. Coming

17.A. obvious B. heavy C. apparent D. strong

18.A. weird B. stressed C. relaxed D. strange

19.A. with B. on C. for D. by

20.A. at best B. at home C. at heart D. at hand

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了美国人的交友特点——对各种关系都持开放态度，这让美国人即使在国外也很容易交到新朋友。

1.考查动词词义辨析。A. drive开车；B. commute通勤；C. move搬家；D. settle定居。上文说很少有美国人会在一个地方住一辈子，我们从城市搬到郊区，故C项正确。

2.考查副词词义辨析。A. abroad在国外；B. elsewhere别的地方；C. somewhere某个地方；D. nowhere无处。上文说我们不会在一个地方住一辈子，我们搬到别的地方，故B项正确。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. deliver递送；B. protect保护；C. educate教育；D. raise抚养。根据本空后的“our children to the home where we plan to live in ___4___”可知，从我们抚养孩子的家搬到准备退休后生活的家，故D项正确。

4.考查名词词义辨析。A. retirement退休；B. death死亡；C. illness疾病；D. sadness悲伤。从我们抚养孩子的家搬到准备退休后生活的家，故A项正确。

5.考查副词词义辨析。A. mostly多半地；B. mainly主要地；C. rarely很少地；D. forever永远、常常。根据本空后的“making new friends, who become part of our new life.”可知，每搬到一个新地方，我们常常会交到成为我们新生活的一部分的朋友，故D项正确。

6.考查名词词义辨析。A. championships锦标赛；B. friendships友谊；C. hardships苦难；D. leaderships领导能力。上文提到了交朋友，此处是说夏天是一个发展新友谊的特别时间，故B项正确。

7.考查副词词义辨析。A. along一直；B. freely自由地；C. together一起；D. abroad在国外。根据本空后的“and they go not only to see new sights but also — in those places where they do not feel too ___8___ — with the hope of meeting new people.”可知，数百万美国人去国外度假，他们不仅去看新的风景，而且还去他们不觉得太陌生的地方，希望遇见新的朋友，故D项正确。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。A. alone独自；B. strange奇怪的、陌生的；C. scared害怕的；D. remote偏僻的。根据上文可知，他们去不觉得太陌生的地方，希望遇见新的朋友，故B项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。A. allows允许；B. desires想要；C. expects期望、指望；D. imagines想象。根据本空后的“a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.”可知，没有人真的指望假期旅行能交到亲密的朋友，但友谊的开始是可能的，故C项正确。

10.考查动词词义辨析。A. form形成；B. develop发展；C. ignore忽视；D. value重视。根据语境可知，每个国家的人都重视友谊，故D项正确。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. used使用；B. applied应用；C. stuck坚持；D. dedicated献身。根据本空后的“to a wide range of relationships”可知，对美国人来说，“朋友”这个词可以用在各种各样的关系中，故B项正确。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。A. kind善良的；B. generous慷慨的；C. trusted可信的；D. helpful有帮助的。朋友可以是一个可以信赖的同事，故C项正确。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. differences不同；B. varieties种类；C. distinctions区分；D. diversities多样性。根据本空后的“among these relations for Americans”可知，这些关系有很多差异，故A项正确。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。A. informal非正式的；B. reliable可靠的；C. shallow肤浅的；D. fragile易碎的。根据本空后的“casual, situational or deep and lasting.”可知，友谊可以是肤浅的、随意的、情境的，也可以是深厚而持久的，故C项正确。

15.考查介词短语辨析。A. in and out进进出出；B. on and on继续不停地；C. by and by不久以后；D. up and down到处。根据本空后的“of Americans' homes with little ceremony.”可知，欧洲人认为各种各样的朋友进出美国人的家几乎没有什么仪式感，故A项正确。

16.考查动词短语辨析。A. Moving into迁入；B. Flowing into流进；C. Going into加入；D. Coming进入、来到。根据本空后的“as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no ___17___ differences.”可知，作为客人进入美国人的家，欧洲人发现没有什么明显的不同，故D项正确。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。A. obvious明显的；B. heavy重的；C. apparent 表面上的；D. strong强壮的。根据上文可知，作为客人进入美国人的家，欧洲人发现没有什么明显的不同，故A项正确。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。A. weird怪异的；B. stressed有压力的；C. relaxed轻松的；D. strange奇怪的。根据本空后的“Most people, old and young, are called ___19___ first names.”可知，美国人家里的氛围是很轻松的，无论老少，都直呼其名，故C项正确。

19.考查固定搭配。参考上题解析，call by first names表示“直呼其名”，故D项正确。

20.考查介词短语辨析。A. at best最多；B. at home在家、在国内；C. at heart内心里；D. at hand即将到来。根据本空前的“Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel”可知，美国人对不同类型的关系都持开放态度的性格让我们在国外交到新朋友，像在国内一样，故B项正确。