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　　河南省九校2016届高三下学期第一次联考
　　英  语
　　（考试时间：110分钟    试卷满分：120分）
　　注意事项；
　　1．本试题卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。
　　2．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将条形码和自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。
　　3．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在试卷上。
　　第Ⅰ卷
　　第一部分 听力（略）
　　第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，40分）
　　第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项；并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　When you are traveling, it’s vital to know about the customs and etiquette（礼仪，礼节）of the global village. What we consider polite behavior at home isn’t always accepted outside our borders.
　　● Etiquette of Gift Giving
　　Gift giving should be a happy, positive experience. When selecting a present for someone in Netherlands, don’t purchase fancy kitchen knives or scissors. Giving sharp, pointy objects as gifts is considered unlucky. Be careful when presenting flowers to a friend or a business partner in Russia. Yellow blooms suggest cheat or a relationship break up. Traditionally, red carnations are placed on the tombs of the dead. Writing cards or notes while visiting South Korea, be mindful of your pen’s ink color. Writing a person’s name in red ink traditionally suggests that the person has passed away—an important point to remember when giving a birthday card.
　　● Eating Customs
　　Being early or on time is viewed as being rude, too eager or even greedy in Venezuela. If you are invited to someone’s home for a meal, it’s recommended that you arrive 10 minutes later than the requested time. When having a meal in Egypt, don’t use the salt shaker （盐瓶）. It’s insulting to your host to spread salt on your food, which means that you find the meal terrible. Japan is a very polite nation, and their fondness for etiquette extends to the use of chopsticks. According to Japanese custom, if you’re in the middle of eating, use the opposite end of your chopsticks to secure food from a shared plate. When doing business in Turkey, it’s the custom for your host to pay for your meal. Requests to split the bill won’t be accepted. If you would like to pay your fair share, Turks recommend inviting your host to a follow-up meal.
　　21. Which of the following is tree according to the passage?
　　A. You can use blue ink to write notes to your friend from South Korea.
　　B. Giving a fancy kitchen knife to a friend from Russia is a good choice.
　　C. Dining with Japanese, one can use either end of the chopsticks to get food from shared
　　plates.
　　D. Invited to a meal, one should arrive earlier to show respect for the host.
　　22. What does the underlined word “insulting” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
　　A. Respectful.     B. Offensive         C. Indifferent.       D. Challenging.
　　23. where is this passage probably from?
　　A. A news report.  B. A culture column.   C. A travel essay.    D. A food magazine.
　　B
　　I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive, fun—filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
　　Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The troth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more long—lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
　　I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drag addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, and long—time loneliness. The way people hold on to the belief that a fun—filled, pain—free life equates