IwasbornandraisedinEnglandinaculturewhereprivacyand"keepingyourselftoyourself"werevaluedtraditions．Speakingtostrangerswasnotencouraged．Peopleweremosthospitable（好客的）andfriendly．However，Ihaveb

　　IwasbornandraisedinEnglandinaculturewhereprivacyand"keepingyourselftoyourself"werevaluedtraditions．Speakingtostrangerswasnotencouraged．Peopleweremosthospitable（好客的）andfriendly．

　　However，IhavebeenluckyenoughtospendsometimeinbothItalyandtheUS，whereIfoundtraditionsofhospitalityandpolitenesstobeverydifferent．

　　IexperiencedItalianhospitalityfirst-handonacrowdedrailwaycarriagetravelling，oneafternoon，fromGenoatoFlorence．Sinkinggratefullyintoanemptyseat，IwasscoldedinrapidItalianbyagentlemanwhowasreturningtothisseat-ithadnotbeen"spare"afterall．IapologizedinEnglish，andgotuptoallowhimbackintotheseat．ThegentlemanobviouslyhadnounderstandingoftheEnglishlanguage，buthe，too，realizedmygenuine（真诚的） mistake．Hesmiledandgesturedformetoremainintheseat，andhehimselfremainedstandinginthecorridorfortheremainderofthejourney．Theotheroccupantsofthecarriagesmiledandnoddedatmeandmademefeelquitewelcomeamongstthem．IfeelthatifthishadbeeninEngland，aforeignerwhomadeamistakewouldnotalwaysbesokindlytreated．

　　TransportalsofeaturedinthedifferencesInoticedbetweenEnglishandAmericanculture．IflewtoNewYorkonaplanewithmainlyEnglishpassengers．Wesattogetherinnearsilence．Nobodyspoketomenor，asIexpected，toanyoneelsetheydidnotknow．Theyfeltitwasnotpolitetointerruptsomeoneelse'sprivacy．However，whenItravelledacrosstheUnitedStates，whetherbyplaneorGreyhoundbus，Iwasnevershortofconversation．Conversationwasgoingonallaroundmeandwhoeversatnexttomewashappytointroducethemselvesandaskmeaboutmyself．Theyobviouslyfeltitwouldhavebeenrudenottospeaktoanotherperson，whethertheywerestrangersornot．

　　25．WhatdoweknowabouttheoccupantswhentheauthorwastravellinginItaly？___

　　A．Theywereallonthesideofthegentleman．

　　B．Theyalllaughedattheauthorforhismistake．

　　C．Theywouldnotbearamistakeliketheauthor'sinpublic．

　　D．Theyallshowedtheirunderstandingoftheauthor'smistake．

　　26．HowdoestheauthorfinallybelievestheItalianpeopleare？___

　　A．Cold B．Ru