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A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To
A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To
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2018-03-01
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A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians , and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.
The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn’t take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation.
Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. "I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner—amazing. "Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition. As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. For example, when an American uses the word "friend", the cultural implications of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitor’s language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.
The families in frontier settlements ______.
选项
A、welcome the visitors to break their dull existence.
B、usually travel a long distance.
C、don’t like to communicate with each other.
D、bring news of the outside world.
答案
A
解析
这个题目定位到第二段的第二句,根据这一句话可知,住在偏远地区的人往往孤单。前一句说到,旅行者往往会打破这种无聊和孤单,因此选项A正确。选项B无中生有。选项C对应第二段的第二句,这句话只说了这些家庭相互之间居住的比较远,没有提到他们会进行长距离的旅行。选项D对应这个自然段的最后一句,但是,根据这一句,带来外面世界消息的是旅行者,而不是偏远地区的家庭,因此选项D答非所问。
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