Friendship patterns

　　The American finds his friends next door and among those with whom he works, it has been noted that we take people up quickly and drop them just as quickly. Occasionally a friendship formed during schooldays will persist, but this is rate. For us there are few well-defined rules governing the obligation of friendship. It is difficult to say at which point our friendship gives way to business opportunity (机会主义) or pressure from above. In this we differ from many other people in the world. As a general rule, in foreign countries friendships are not formed as quickly as in the United States but go much deeper, last long, and involve real obligations. For example:来源：考试大
　　It is important to stress that in the Middle East and Latin America your “Friends” will not let you down. The fact that they personally are in trouble is never an excuse for failing their friends. They are supposed to look out for your interests.
Friends and family around the world represent a sort of social insurance that would be difficult to find in the United States. We do not use our friends to help us out in disaster as much as we do as a means of getting ahead –or, at least, of getting the job done. The United States systems work by means of a series of closely tabulated (把。。列成表格) favors and obligations carefully doled out (以小份分给；少量地发给)where they will do the most good. And the least that we expect in exchange for a favor is gratitude.
　　The opposite is the case in India, where the friend’s role is to “sense” a person’s need and do something about it. The idea of reciprocity as we know is unheard friendship patterns. He gains nothing by extending himself in behalf of others, least of all gratitude, because the Indian assumes that what he does for others he does for the good of his own psyche(心灵). He will find it impossible to make friends quickly and is unlikely to allow sufficient time for friendships to ripen. He will also note that as he gets to know people better they may become more critical of him, a fact that he finds hard to take. What he does not know is that one sign of friendship is speaking one’s mind.

1. Americans tend to ___来源：考试大
A) make friends with people they don’t know来源：考试大
B) make friends quickly and drop them just as quickly
C) build deep and long-lasting friendships来源：考试大
D. sacrifice business opportunities for friendship obligations

2. Which of the following is NOT true about friendships in the Middle East?
A) they go deep
B) they last long
C) they involve real obligations来源：考试大
D) they form quickly

3. It is more likely that American resort to friends when they ___.
A) need a sense of social insurance来源：考试大
B) are in disaster
C) want to get a job done来源：考试大
D) feel lonely

4. Americans help others in expectation for ___.
A) gratitude
B) nothing
C) trust
D) a return favor来源：考试大

5. Which is NOT true according to the last paragraph?
A) Indians are willing to help friends for no return.
B) Indians don’t want to allow sufficient time for friendships to ripen.
C) Indians know that good friends should reveal their feelings to each other
D) Indians believe that what he does for friends is also good for themselves