Eric and Chen first met in their Maths class at an American college. Chen was an international student from China. He wanted to learn about American culture and hoped he and Eric would become good friends. At first, Eric seemed friendly. He always greeted Chen warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Chen. He even invited Chen to eat lunch with him. But after the term was over and they were in different classes, Eric seemed more distant. They didn’t see each other very much at college. One day Chen called Eric ,But Eric didn’t seem very interested in talking to him, Chen was hurt by Eric’s change of attitude（態(tài)度）.“Eric said we were friends.”Chen said.“I thought friends were friends forever. As a foreigner, he doesn’t understand the way Americans view friendship.

Americans use the word “friend” in a very general way . Their friendship is based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may die. Now as Eric and Chen are no longer classmates, their“friendship”has changed.

In some cultures friendship means a strong life-long tie between two people—friendship develops slowly, since it is built to last. American friendship develops quickly, and it may change just as quickly.

Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans remove misunderstandings（誤解）. It can help them make friends in the American way.

 

1.Who

2.Chinese

3.friendly/kind

4.inviting

5.term

6.talk/speak

7.slowly

8.Twenty/20

9.change/die/disappear/end

10.interest(s)

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Chen去美國學(xué)習(xí)，想在那里了解美國的文化，他通過和Eric的接觸發(fā)現(xiàn)，美國的友誼和中國的不同，美國的兩人之間的友誼建立得快消失得也快。他們的友誼建立在有共同的愛好上。

1.

2.Chen was an international student from China. 可知Chen是中國人，所以這里用形容詞Chinese。

3.At first, Eric seemed friendly. 起初，Eric 很友好，故用friendly/kind。

4.He even invited Chen to eat lunch with him.可知他甚至邀請Chen和他在一起吃午飯，故用inviting。

5.But after the term was over and they were in different classes,這個學(xué)期結(jié)束后，他們在不同的班級。故用term。

6.Eric didn’t seem very interested in talking to him 可知Eric不想和Chen說話，故用talk/speak。

7.In some cultures friendship means a strong life-long tie between two people—friendship develops slowly 在一些國家，友誼發(fā)展地很慢，故用slowly。

8.

9.American friendship develops quickly, and it may change just as quickly.美國人的友誼建立的快消失得也快，故用change/die/disappear/end。

10.Their friendship is based on common interests.可知他們的友誼建立在有共同的愛好，故用interest(s)。

考點：任務(wù)型閱讀。

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