Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandrealyetdisappearsoon.Theydon’tfeelhurt. Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainevenyearslatertheypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChinesetounderstand.Friendshipsbetweenusdevelopmoreslowlybutmaybecomelifelongfeelingsextending（延伸）deeplyintobothfamilies.

Thereisanotherdifficultpointforustounderstand.AlthoughAmericanstreatfriendswarmlyintheirpersonaleverydaylivestheydon’tshowtheirpolitenessto themifitrequiresagreatdealoftime.ButinChinaweareusuallygenerouswithourtime.Weashostswillappearatanairporteveninthemiddleofthenighttomeetafriend.Wemaytakedaysofffromourworktoactasguidestoourfriends.ItisoppositeinAmericaAmericanscannotmanagethetimetodoagreatdealwithavisitoroutsidetheirdailyplans.Theywillprobablyexpectthevisitorstogetthemselvesfromtheairporttothehotels.Andtheyexpectthevisitorswillphonethemfromthere.Oncethevisitorsarriveattheirhomesthewelcomewillbefullwarmandreal.ForAmericansitisoftenconsideredmorefriendlytoinviteafriendtotheirhomesthantorestaurantsexceptforbusinessmatters.Americansarereadytoreceiveusforeignersattheirhomessharetheirholidaysandtheirhomelife.Soaccepttheirhospitality（好客）athomeandenjoyyourvisitinAmerica!

【小题1】Theunderlinedphrase“pickup”inParagraph1maymean“_______”.A．keepoutB．giveupC．paynoattentiontoD．continue【小题2】Whichofthefollowingisthetypical（典型的）wayof Americanhospitality?A．Treatingfriendsathome.B．Takingdaysofftobewithfriends.C．Meetingfriendsattheairportatmidnight.D．Sharingeverythingtheyhave.【小题3】WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTrueaccordingtothepassage?A．Americansarealwaysgenerouswiththeirtime.B．Americansdon’tfeelhurtiftheirfriendshipsdisappearsoon.C．Chinesefriendshipsdevelopmoreslowlybutwillneverdisappear.D．Chinesefriendshipsaremoresince