第二节 完型填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最

第二节 完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

The question "What are the rights and obligations of friendship？" is a question that is usually not asked. 【B1】 many other aspects of our social life, friendship is 【B2】 for granted. How to relate, to communicate 【B3】 friends, is not something we need to learn, it is something we do 【B4】 asking how or why. It's natural, we feel, and international. Everyone has friends and so 【B5】 everyone behaves the same way towards 【B6】 . While the former is obviously true, the latter is not. And it is from often small differences in opinions about the nature of friendship 【B7】 big miscommunications arise.

【B8】 many Chinese the major obligation of friendship is 【B9】 . True friends are expected to be prepared to offer 【B10】 mental or moral support but also a wide range of help and assistance, In Australia, 【B11】 support would usually be aimed at helping the recipient express his or 【B12】 own desires. 【B13】 , questions such as "What do you think？", are frequently asked "What do you want to do？", 【B14】 Australians are discussing personal problems.

Chinese often comment on the frequency with 【B15】 Australians apologize to their friends 【B16】 minor inconveniences telephoning late at night or asking someone to help in some way, 【B17】 . We also notice that 【B18】 tend to use polite forms such as "could you ", "would you mind" even with close friends. In Chinese, more direct forms arc usually used between friends. This sometimes 【B19】 Chinese appearing to be too direct or demanding when talking to their Australian friends. 【B20】 , we may think Australians are distant and cold in their friendships.

【B1】

A．As

B．Just

C．Like

D．Same