辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题

《辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。

1、辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题时间：100分钟满分：120分本试卷分第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。AAmessagestickwasaformofancientandnonverbalmunicationthatcamefromAustral

2、ia,particularlyamongaboriginalpeople.Itwasawoodenstickwithdesignsandsymbolsonit.Theseobjectswererelayedbycouriers(信使)amongvarioustribesandthusfunctionedasameansofcross-culturalmunication.“Aboriginal”isatermthatreferstothosewhoarebelievedtobethefirstknownp

3、eoplelivinginaparticularplace,andinthiscase,itisusedtodescribeseveralsubgroupsofnativeAustralians.Eachgroupmighthaveitsownuniquecustomsandlanguages.Theywereoftendividedbytribes,sothesegroupsneededameanstomunicate.Messagestickswerefirstinventedforthispurpo

4、se.ThestickitselfwasoftenmadeofthewoodofnativeAustraliantrees.Messageswereplacedonthesticksusingavarietyofmethods,includingcarving,paintingorburningsymbolsontothewood.Themarkingsusuallyconsistedofwordlesssymbolsthathadtobetranslatedbythecourtier.Thismessa

5、gewasthususuallyaphysicallyfityoungmanwhohadmentalsharpnesstoproperlyconveymessagedetails.Messagesticksfunctionedasashortofneutral(中立的)areabetweentribes.Courierswereallowedtohavesafepassage,eveniftheycamefromanenemyland.Sometimes,themethodofdeliveryconsis

6、tedofasinglecouriercarryingamessagestickfromtribetotribe.Othermethodshadonetribebeginapassingprocessamongsttribes,witheachtribeusingitsowncouriertoconveythemessagetothenexttribe.ThisobjectalsohassurvivedaspartofAustralianculturalcelebrations.Someschools,f

7、orexample,designandtransportmessagesticksasameansoflearningaboutthepast.Inaddition,theterm“messagestick”isoftenusedinAustralianlingoasareferencetoothermunicationformssuchasnewspapersorradiobroadcasts.1.Forwhatpurposedidaboriginalpeopleuseamessagestick?A.T

8、oleanfromeachother.B.Toshowonetribe’spower.C.Toshowtheirdesignsandsymbols.D.Tomakemunicationacrossdifferenttribes2.Whatisthemainideaofthesecondparagraph?A.What“aboriginal”means.B.WhymessagestickswerecreatedC.Whatthe