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1、2022-2023学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题 (IV)I阅读理解（3*20=60分）I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable and friendlybut only once they had been introduced to new people.Ho
2、wever, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.I experienced Italian hospitality first-hand on a crowded railway carriage traveling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully int
3、o an empty seat, I was berated(斥责) in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seatit had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genu
4、ine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor(走廊) for the remainder of the journey. The other passengers of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite wele among them. I feel that if this had been in England, a for
5、eigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone e
6、lse they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone elses privacy. However, when I traveled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce t
7、hemselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not.1. The purpose of the author is to tell us _.A. his traveling experience B. cultural differences to show hospitality and politenessC. the culture shock he
8、 experienced in Italy and the US D. how to adapt ourselves to a new culture2. What do we know about the passengers of the carriage when the author was traveling in Italy?A. They all laughed at the author for his mistake. B. They were all on the side of the gentleman.C. They would not bear a mistake
9、like the authors in public.D. They all showed their understanding of the authors mistake.3. The author probably believes the Italian people are_.A. cold B. rude C. hospitable D. helpful4. The last paragraph mainly tells us _.A. the difference between English and American culture B. why Americans lik
10、e to start conversationsC. different attitudes of Englishmen and Americans towards conversationD. the importance of privacy among Englishmen BTourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire. When the empire broke do
11、wn, this kind of tourism stopped. In the early 17th century, the idea of the Grand Tour was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice in Italy. Their tou
12、rs lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The Grand Tour was an important part of young peoples education-but only for the rich. In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to
13、 take the waters. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns. In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel between towns,
14、 so they started to go for holidays at the seaside. Some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier. Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries. The 20th century sa
15、w cars bee more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them. Thus tourism grew. In 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a pany called Horizon Holidays. The pany organizes everything-plane tickets, hotel rooms, even fo
16、od-and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour (包办旅行) and modern tourism industry was born. The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949. But tourism did not take off until 1978. In xx, the industry was worth 500 billion yuan and became an important part of Chinas social development. 5. In the early times, the trav
