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1、沈阳铁路实验中学2017—2018学年度下学期期中测试高二英语时间：100分钟满分：120分命题人：温晓亮校队人：安学民本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束，将答题纸及答题卡交回。第Ⅰ卷第一部分:阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAmessagestickwasaformofancientandnonverbalcommunicationthat

2、camefromAustralia,particularlyamongaboriginalpeople.Itwasawoodenstickwithdesignsandsymbolsonit.Theseobjectswererelayedbycouriers(信使)amongvarioustribesandthusfunctionedasameansofcross-culturalcommunication.“Aboriginal”isatermthatreferstothosewhoarebelieved

3、tobethefirstknownpeoplelivinginaparticularplace,andinthiscase,itisusedtodescribeseveralsubgroupsofnativeAustralians.Eachgroupmighthaveitsownuniquecustomsandlanguages.Theywereoftendividedbytribes,sothesegroupsneededameanstocommunicate.Messagestickswerefirs

4、tinventedforthispurpose.ThestickitselfwasoftenmadeofthewoodofnativeAustraliantrees.Messageswereplacedonthesticksusingavarietyofmethods,includingcarving,paintingorburningsymbolsontothewood.Themarkingsusuallyconsistedofwordlesssymbolsthathadtobetranslatedby

5、thecourtier.Thismessagewasthususuallyaphysicallyfityoungmanwhohadmentalsharpnesstoproperlyconveymessagedetails.Messagesticksfunctionedasashortofneutral(中立的)areabetweentribes.Courierswereallowedtohavesafepassage,eveniftheycamefromanenemyland.Sometimes,them

6、ethodofdeliveryconsistedofasinglecouriercarryingamessagestickfromtribetotribe.Othermethodshadonetribebeginapassingprocessamongsttribes,witheachtribeusingitsowncouriertoconveythemessagetothenexttribe.ThisobjectalsohassurvivedaspartofAustralianculturalceleb

7、rations.Someschools,forexample,designandtransportmessagesticksasameansoflearningaboutthepast.Inaddition,theterm“messagestick”isoftenusedinAustralianlingoasareferencetoothercommunicationformssuchasnewspapersorradiobroadcasts.1.Forwhatpurposedidaboriginalpe

8、opleuseamessagestick?A.Toleanfromeachother.B.Toshowonetribe’spower.C.Toshowtheirdesignsandsymbols.D.Tomakecommunicationacrossdifferenttribes2.Whatisthemainideaofthesecondparagraph?A.What“aboriginal”means.B.Whymessag