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1、高二上学期第一次阶段测试英语试题一、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）ATraveling without a map in different countries, I find out about different “styles” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there dont have name signs; in Japan, peop
2、le use landmarks in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”People in Los Angeles, the US, have no idea of distance
3、on the map: they measure distance by time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “its about five minutes from here.” You dont understand completely, “Yes, but how many miles away is it, please?” To this question you wont get an answer, because most probably they d
4、ont know it themselves.People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions because tourists seldom understand the Greek language. Instead, a Greek will often say, “Follow me.” Then hell lead you through the streets of the city to the post office.Sometimes a person doesnt know the answer to
5、 your question. What happens in the situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I dont know.” People there believe that “I dont” is impolite. They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. So a tourist can get lost very easily in Yucatan!H
6、owever, one thing will help you everywhere in the world. Its body language.1. Which one of the followings is probably an example of Japanese directions?A. “Go south two miles. Turn west and then go another mile.”B. “Turn right at the hospital and go past a school. The library is right in front of yo
7、u.”C. “The post office is about five minutes from here”D. “The post office is at Street Kamira.”2. People in Los Angeles dont give directions in miles because _.A. they use landmarks in their directions instead of distance B. they prefer to lead you the wayC. they often have no idea of distance meas
8、ured by milesD. they prefer to use body language3. Greeks give directions by _. A. using street names B. using landmarksC. leading people the way D. giving people a wrong direction4. Where is Yucatan? A. In the USA. B. In Japan. C. In Greece. D. In Mexico.BHow much rain has fallen on the earth in th
9、e past? Man has not always kept weather records. Because scientists need a way to learn about past rainfall, they study tree rings. A trees trunk grows bigger each year. Beneath its bark (树皮), a tree adds a layer of new wood each year it lives. If you look at a tree stump, you can see the layers. Th
10、ey are called annual rings (年轮) On some trees, all of the rings are he same width. But the ponderosa pines (松) that grow in the American southwest have rings of different width. The soil in the southwest is dry. The pines depended on rainfall for water. In a year of good rainfall, they form wide rin
11、gs. In a dry year, they form narrow ones.Scientists do not have to cut down a pine to study its rings. With a special tool, they can remove a narrow piece of wood from the trunk without harming the tree. Then they look at the width of each ring to see how much rain fell in the year it formed.Some pi
12、nes are hundreds of years old and have hundreds of rings. These rings form an annual record of past rainfall in the Southwest.5. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that_.A.a tree grows faster when it has a lot of water.B.scientists cut down trees to study tree rings.C.pine trees form
13、wide rings every year.D.the ponderosa pine grows in the Southwest6. A tree rows a new layer of wood_.A.each weekB.whenever it rains C. every year D. every season7. On the whole, this story is about_.A.why tree trunks grow bigger. B.why scientists study tree rings.C.trees that lived hundreds of years
14、 ago.D.the ponderosa pines in the American Southwest.8. Why did the scientists study the width of the tree rings?A.They want to know how big the tree will grow.B.Scientists want to move the pine trees.C.The trees depend on rainfall for water.D.The rings tell them how much rain has fallen.CTwo travel
15、ing angels (天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things arent always what they seem.”The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their
