2019届高三英语10月月考试题(1)

- 1 - 沈阳铁路实验中学2018—2019学年度上学月考（1）试题

高三英语

时间：100分钟 满分：150分

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第一部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

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 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 to intrude on 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.

1. What do we know about the occupants when the author was travelling in Italy?

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 showed their understanding of the author’s mistake.

2. How does the author probably believes the Italian people are?

A. Cold B. Rude C. Helpful D. Hospitable

3. Why did English passengers sit in near silence according to the last paragraph?

A. They were too tired to speak.

B. They were all strangers to each other.

C. Privacy was a valued tradition in England. - 2 - D. Everybody was deeply lost in thought.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Different Ways of Hospitality and Politeness

B. My Unforgettable Travelling Experience Abroad

C. Co-understanding Each Other

D. The Importance of Privacy

B

The sharing economy, represented by companies like Airbnb or Uber, is the latest fashion

craze. But many supporters have overlooked the reality that this new business model is largely

based on escaping regulations and breaking the law.

Airbnb is an Internet-based service that allows people to rent out spare rooms to strangers

for short stays. Uber is an Internet taxi service that allows thousands of people to answer

ride requests with their own cars. There are hundreds of other such services.

The good thing about the sharing economy is that it promotes the use of underused resources.

Millions of people have houses or apartments with empty rooms, and Airbnb allows them to profit

from these rooms while allowing guests a place to stay at prices that are often far less than

those charged by hotels. Uber offers prices that are competitive with standard taxi prices

and their drivers are often much quicker and more trustworthy.

But the downside of the sharing economy has gotten much less attention. Most cities and

states both tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually an important

source of tax income. But many of Airbnb’s customers are not paying the taxes required under

the law.

Airbnb can also raise issues of safety for its customers and trouble for hosts’ neighbors.

Hotels are regularly inspected to ensure that they are not fire traps and that they don’t

form other risks for visitors. Airbnb hosts face no such inspections.

Since Airbnb is allowing people to escape taxes and regulations, the company is simply

promoting thefts. Others in the economy will lose by bearing an additional tax burden or being

forced to live next to an apartment unit with a never-ending series of noisy visitors.