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　　高二年级第一次月考试卷（英语）
　　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，共30分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。
　　A.
　　I travel a lot, and I find out 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 names; 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.”
　　In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
　　People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?”you ask. “Oh,”they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.”You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?”They don’t know.
　　It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.”But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.”People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know”is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
　　1. When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually ______.
　　A. describe the place carefully              B. show him a map of the place
　　C. tell him the names of the streets
　　D. refer to recognizable buildings and places
　　2. What is the place where people measure distance in time?
　　A. New York. B. Kansas.     C. Los Angeles. D. Iowa.
　　3. What can we infer from the text?
　　A. It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.
　　B. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.
　　C. People have similar understandings of politeness.
　　D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.
　　B.
　　A popular saying goes, “Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. ”However, that’s not really true. Words have the power to build us up or tear us down. It doesn’t matter if the words come from someone else or ourselves —the positive and negative effects are just as lasting.
　　We all talrselves sometimes. We’re usually too embarrassed to admit it, though. But we really shouldn’t be, because more and more experts believe talking to ourselves out loud is a healthy habit.