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1、山西省阳高县第一中学2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题I阅读理解（3*20=60分）AIwasbornandraisedinEnglandinaculturewhereprivacyand"keepingyourselftoyourself”werevaluedtraditions.Speakingtostrangerswasnotencouraged.Peopleweremosthospitableandfriendly—butonlyoncetheyhadbeenintroducedtonewpeople・How
2、ever,1havebeenluckyenoughtospendsometimeinbothItalyandtheUS,whereIfoundtraditionsofhospitalityandpolitenesstobeverydifferent.TexperiencedTtalianhospitalityfirst-handonacrowdedrailwaycarriagetraveling,oneafternoon,fromGenoatoFlorenee.Sinkinggratefullyintoanemptyseat,Tw
3、asberated（斥责）inrapidItalianbyagentlemanwhowasreturningtothisscat—ithadnotbeen"sparenafterall.1apologizedinEnglish,andgotuptoallowhimbackintotheseat.ThegentlemanobviouslyhadnounderstandingoftheEnglishlanguage,buthe,too,realizedmygenuinemistake.Hesmi1edandgesturedformet
4、oremainintheseat,andhehimselfremainedstandinginthecorridor（走廊）fortheremainderofthejournoy.Theotherpassengersofthecarriagesmiledandnoddedatmeandmademefeelquitewelcomeamongthem.IfeelthatifthishadbeeninEngland,aforeignerwhomadeamistakewouldnotalwaysbesokindlytreated.Tran
5、sportalsofeaturedinthedifferencesTnoticedbetweenEnglishandAmericanculture・IflewtoNewYorkonaplanewithmainlyEnglishpassengers.Wesattogetherinnearsilence.Nobodyspoketomenor,asIexpected,toanyoneelsetheydidnotknow.Theyfeltitwasnotpolitetointrudeonsomeoneelse'sprivacy・Howev
6、er,whenItraveledacrosstheUnitedStates,whetherbyplaneorGreyhoundbus,Iwasnevershortofconversation.Conversationwasgoingonallaroundmeandwhoeversatnexttomewashappytointroducethemselvesandaskmeaboutmyself.Theyobviouslyfeltitwouldhavebeenrudenottospeaktoanotherperson,whether
7、theywerestrangersornot・1.Thepurposeoftheauthoristotellus•A.histravelingexperieneeB・culturaldifferencestoshowhospitalityandpolitenessC・thecultureshockheexperiencedinItalyandtheUSD・howtoadaptourselvestoanewculture2・Whatdoweknowaboutthepassengersofthecarriagewhentheautho
8、rwastravelinginItaly?A.Theyalllaughedattheauthorforhismistake.B.Theywereallonthesideofthegent1eman.C.Theywouldnotboaramistak
