Americans usually consider themselves a friendly people. Their friendships, however, tend to be shorter and more (36) than friendships among people from other cultures. It’s not (37) for Americans to have only one close friend during their lifetime, and consider other "friends" to be American (38) and the fact that Americans do not like to be dependent on other people. They tend to divide friendships, having "friends at work", "friends on the softball team"," family friends" and so on.
Because the United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly changed (39) Americans can sometimes seem impolite or impatient. They want to get to know you as quickly as possible and then move on to something else. Sometimes, at first, they will ask you questions that you feel very (40) . No result is (41) ; the questions usually grow out of their real interest or (42) and their impatience to get to the heart of the matter. And the same goes for you. If you do not understand certain American (43) or you want to know more about them, do not hesitate to ask them questions about them-elves. (44) . So much so that you may become tired of listening. It doesn’t matter, because Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during conversation. (45) On the other hand, do not expect Americans to be knowledgeable about international geography or world affairs, unless those subjects directly involve the United States. (46)