高三英语材料之书面表达.docVIP

高三英语材料之书面表达 表达1 第一节 阅读表达Ks mingtiren 5u 阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的词数要求） K In the United States , friends can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if circumstances change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship where it left out and are delighted. Ks5u In the States, you can feel free to visit people’s homes, share their holidays, enjoy their lives without fear that you are taking on a lasting obligation （负担）. Do not hesitate to accept hospitality （热情款待） because you can’t give it in return. No one will expect you to do so for they know you are far from home. Americans will enjoy welcoming you and be pleased if you accept their hospitality easily. Ks5u Once you arrive there, the welcome will be full, warm and real. Most visitors find themselves readily invited into many homes there. In some countries it is considered inhospitable to entertain （招待） at home, offering what is felt as only home—cooked food, not doing something for your guest. It is felt that restaurant entertaining shows more respect and welcome. Or for other different reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes. Ks5u In the United States, both methods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to one’s home than to go to a public place, except in purely business relationships. So, if your host or hostess _ ___,do not feel that you are being shown inferior （差的，低级的） treatment. Ks5u Don’t feel neglected （被轻视的） if you do not find flowers awaiting you in your hotel room, either， Flowers are very expensive there, hotel delivery is uncertain, arrival times are delayed, changed, or canceled （取消） —so flowers are not customarily se