17.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(好客的)and friendly.
However,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 travelling,one afternoon,from Genoa to Florence.Sinking gratefully into an empty seat,I was scolded in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat-it 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 genuine(真誠的) mistake.He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat,and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey.The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them.I feel that if this had been in England,a foreigner 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 else they did not know.They felt it was not polite tointerrupt someone else's privacy.However,when I travelled 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 themselves 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.
25.What do we know about the occupants when the author was travelling in Italy?D
A.They were all on the side of the gentleman.
B.They all laughed at the author for his mistake.
C.They would not bear a mistake like the author's in public.
D.They all showed their understanding of the author's mistake.
26.How does the author finally believes the Italian people are?D
A.Cold B.Rude C.Helpful D.Hospitable
27.Why did English passengers sit in near silence according to the last paragraph?C
A.They were too tired to speak to anyone.
B.They were all strangers to each other
C.Privacy was a valued tradition in England
D.Everybody was deeply lost in thought
28.What can be the best title for the text?A
A.Different Ways of Hospitality and Politeness
B.My Unforgettable Travelling Experience Abroad
C.Co-understanding Each Other
D.The Importance of Privacy.
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了不同文化中人們"好客"和"禮貌"的表達(dá)方式不一樣.
解答 25.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.從文章第三段The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them可知,車廂里所有的人都對作者點(diǎn)頭微笑,說明他們理解作者的錯(cuò)誤,對作者的錯(cuò)誤很寬容;故選D.
26.D.推理判斷題.從文章第三段He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat,and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey可知,老人自己站著,讓作者坐著,其他的人也都友好地微笑,說明意大利人很熱情友好;故選D.
27.C.推理判斷題.文章最后一段Nobody spoke to me nor,as I expected,to anyone else they did not know.They felt it was not polite tointerrupt someone else's privacy說明,英國乘客都不說話,因?yàn)樗麄儑业膫鹘y(tǒng)認(rèn)為探究別人的隱私是很不禮貌的;故選C.
28.A.推理判斷題.文章最后一段However,when I travelled across the United States,whether by plane or Greyhound bus,I was never short of conversation通過兩個(gè)不同的情景對比,說明英國文化和美國文化的差異;故選A.
點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.