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1、甘肃省武威第五中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期第一次月考试题考试总分：150分考试时间：120分钟注意事项：1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息;2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上;一、阅读理解。（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）ATravelingwithoutamapindifferentcountries,IfindoutaboutdifferentwaysofdirectionseverytimeIask“HowcanIgettothepostoffice?”Foreigntourist
2、sareoftenpuzzledinJapanbecausemoststreetstheredon’thavenamesigns.InJapan,peopleuselandmarks(地标)intheirdirectionsinsteadofstreetnames.Forexample,theJapanesewillsaytotravelers,“Gostraightdowntothecorner.Turnleftatthebighotelandgopastafruitmarket.Thepostoffice
3、isacrossfromthebusstop.”PeopleinLosAngeles,theUS,havenoideaofdistanceonthemap:theymeasuredistancebytime,notmiles.“Howfarawayisthepostoffice?”youask.“Oh,”theyanswer,“it’saboutfiveminutesfromhere.”Youdon’tunderstandpletely,“Yes,buthowmanymilesawayisit,please?
4、”Tothisquestionyouwon’tgetananswer,becausemostprobablytheydon’tknowitthemselves.PeopleinGreecesometimesdonoteventrytogivedirectionsbecausetouristsseldomunderstandtheGreeklanguage.Instead,aGreekwilloftensay,“Followme.”Thenhe’llleadyouthroughthestreetsoftheci
5、tytothepostoffice.Sometimesapersondoesn’tknowtheanswertoyourquestion.Whathappensinthesituation?ANewYorkermightsay,“Sorry,Ihavenoidea.”ButinYucatan,Mexico,nooneanswers“Idon’tknow.”Peopletherebelievethat“Idon’t”isimpolite.Theyusuallygiveananswer,butoftenawron
6、gone.SoatouristcangetlostveryeasilyinYucatan!However,onethingwillhelpyoueverywhereintheworld.It’sbodylanguage.1.WhichofthefollowingisprobablyanexampleofJapanesedirections?A.“ThepostofficeisatStreetKamira.”B.“Turnrightatthehospitalandgopastaschool.”C.“Thepos
7、tofficeisaboutfiveminutesfromhere.”D.“Gosouthtwomiles.Turnwestandthengoanothermile.”2.Whydon’tpeopleinLosAngelesgivedirectionsinmiles?A.Theyprefertoleadyoutheway.B.Theyprefertousebodylanguage.C.Theyoftenhavenoideaofdistancemeasuredbymiles.D.Theyuselandmarks
8、intheirdirectionsinsteadofdistance.3.HowdoGreeksgivedirections?A.Usingstreetnames.B.Usinglandmarks.C.Leadingpeopletheway.D.Givingpeopleawrongdirection.4.Accordingtothelastparagraph,wecanlearnthat______
