2014中考英语阅读理解及答案：美国的人际关系

　　(2010江苏省扬州市，三，10)

　　America is a mobile society.Friendships between Americans can be close and real,yet disappear soon.They dont 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 dont 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 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 exnect the visitors to get whemselves 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 foeeigners at their homes,share their holidays,and their home life.So accept their hospitality(好客)at home and enjoy your visit in America!

　　38.The underlined phrase pick upin Paragraph 1may mean _______.

　　A.keep out B.give up C.pay no attention to D.continue

　　39.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.

　　40.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage?

　　A.Americans are always generous with their time.

　　B.Americans dont 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.

　　41.This passage is most probably written for _______.

　　A.American students B.Chinese students

　　C.Chinese visitors to America D.American visitors to China

　　【答案】DABC