江西省吉水中学2016-2017学年高一上学期小考英语试题（2016.9.9） 含答案.docVIP

吉水中学2019届高一英语小考试卷 2016.9.9 总分：120分 考试用时：90分钟 第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Steve?and?Yaser?first?met?in?their?chemistry?class?at?an?American?university.?Yaser?was?an?international?student?from?Jordan.?He?wanted?to?learn?more?about?American?culture?and?hoped?that?he?and?Steve?would? become?good?friends.?At?first,?Steve?seemed?very?friendly.?He?always?greeted?Yaser?warmly?before?class.? Sometimes?he?offered?to?study?with?Yaser.?He?even?invited?Yaser?to?have?lunch?with?him.?But?after?the?term?was?over,?Steve?seemed distant（疏远的）. The two former classmates didn’t see each other very often at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn’t seem very interested in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by steve’s change of attidude（态度）. “Steve said we were friends,” Yaser complained,” and I thought friends were friends for ever.” Yaser is a little confused. As?a?foreigner,?he doesn’t understand?the?way?Americans?view?friendship. Americans use the word “friend”?in?a?very?general?way. They may call both casual acquaintances and close companions “friends”. These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade(逐渐消失). Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their “friendship” has changed. In some cultures friendship means a strong lifelong bond between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to last. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out of five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and they may change just quickly as well. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship. After an experience like Yaser’s people who’ve been in this country for only a few months may consider Americans to be fickle(易变的). Learning how Americans view friends