1 高二上学期第一次阶段测试英语试题高二上学期第一次阶段测试英语试题 一 阅读理解 一 阅读理解 共共 2020 小题 小题 每小题每小题 2 2 分 分 满分满分 4 40 0 分 分 A A Traveling 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 don t have name signs in Japan people 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 on the map they measure distance by time not miles How far away is the post office you ask Oh they answer it s about five minutes from here You don t understand completely Yes but how many miles away is it please To this question you won t get an answer because most probably they don t 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 he ll lead you through the streets of the city to the post office Sometimes a person doesn t know the answer to 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 don t know People there believe that I don t is impolite They usually give an answer but often a wrong one So a tourist can get lost very easily in Yucatan However one thing will help you everywhere in the world It s 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 you C The post office is about five minutes from here 2 D The post office is at Street Kamira 2 People in Los Angeles don t give directions in miles because A they use landmarks in their directions instead of distance B they prefer to lead you the way C they often have no idea of distance measured by miles D they prefer to use body language 3 Greeks give directions by A using street names B using landmarks C leading people the way D giving people a wrong direction 4 Where is Yucatan A In the USA B In Japan C In Greece D In Mexico B How much rain has fallen on the earth in the past Man has not always kept weather records Because scientists need a way to learn about past rainfall they study tree rings A tree s 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 They 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 rings 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 pines 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 wide rings every year 3 D the ponderosa pine grows in the Southwest 6 A tree rows a new layer of wood A each week B whenever it rains C every year D every season 7 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 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 C Two traveling 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 aren t 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 bed where they could have a good night s rest When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears Their only cow whose milk had been their only income lay dead in the field The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel How c