《2025年金学典同步解析与测评贵州人民出版社九年级英语上册人教版》

C
Living in a culture that is different from your own can be a both exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to fit in with them.
Privacy—Chinese people don't have the same idea of privacy as Americans do. Chinese people often talk about ages, income or marriage, but Americans think it's impolite to talk about them.
Family—It's a tradition in China to show great respect to the elders and give love and care to the young. American families usually try to encourage independence, especially the independence of children. Unlike the Chinese, old Americans don't like to live with their children.
Friends—Chinese people and Americans have different opinions about friends. For the Chinese, just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship. Friendship means lifelong friends. They feel deeply honest to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call all the people they meet "friends", so the meaning of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.
Money—As is well known, the Chinese like to save. They are always clever to spend little when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for future use or education.
Education—Chinese people usually think education is very important in life. Well, Americans pay more attention to good character and faith (信仰).
Collectivism VS. Individualism (集体主义与个人主义) —If you achieve something in the US, it's because you are great and have the ability. While in China, if you achieve something, it's because the team or the family is great.
(C) 9. What does the underlined word "Privacy" mean in paragraph 2?
A. 梦想 B. 自由 C. 隐私
(B)10. Which of the following are friends in Americans' mind?
A. Only the ones they can trust. B. Anyone they meet in life. C. Anyone they get help from.
(B)11. What's more important in American education?
A. Education and future. B. Good character and faith. C. Habits of saving money.
(C) 12. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Chinese people think children should be independent. B. Old Americans prefer to live with their children. C. Americans pay attention to individual abilities.

答案： 9. C 词义猜测题。根据“Chinese people often talk about ages，income or marriage，but Americans think it's impolite to talk about them.”可知，美国人认为谈论年龄、收入或婚姻是不礼貌的，因为它们都涉及个人隐私。由此可推断出，Privacy的意思是“隐私”。故选C。
10. B 细节理解题。根据“Americans always call all the people they meet ‘friends’，...”可知，美国人总是称他们遇到的所有人为“朋友”。故选B。
11. B 细节理解题。根据“Chinese people usually think education is very important in life. Well，Americans pay more attention to good character and faith.”可知，中国人通常认为教育在生活中非常重要，而美国人更注重良好的品格和信仰。故选B。
12. C 推理判断题。根据“If you achieve something in the US，it’s because you are great and have the ability.”可知，如果你在美国取得了成就，那是因为你很伟大，有能力。由此可知美国人注重个人能力。故选C。