内容正文:
A1
You can get worried in Costa Rica, especially in San José, trying to find your way around. Except for the center of San José, most streets have no names or numbers. People use known landmarks (地标) to get around, to find addresses, and to give directions.
It is easier to find your way in the center of San José. Avenues (大道) run east to west. Streets run north to south. If you get lost, looking for a street sign on the side of a building will usually help you get to your place.
To find your way around Costa Rica, you need to know that “100 meters" is another way of saying one block or "50 meters" for half a block. The word vara is often used instead of the word meter when people are giving directions.
Landmarks, such as corner stores, shopping malls, schools and other buildings, are usually used with the metric (米制的) block system to locate addresses. For example, in finding a house someone might say, "From that shopping mall, 200 meters west and 300 meters south." An old trick Costa Ricans often use is finding four compass points (方位点). The front doors of all churches in Costa Rica face west. If you live in San José, there is another way for finding the compass points. The Poás Volcano is north, the Cruz de Alajuela Mountain is south, the direction of Cartago is east and the direction of the Sabana or Rohrmoser is west. This system of using landmarks should make it easier for you to find your way around the city.
1. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?
A. How to find your way in the center of San José.
B. How to build a house in the center of San José.
C. What to do when you travel in San José.
D. How to look for a street sign.
【解析】【文章大意】本文主要讲述了在哥斯达黎加人们如何使用已知的地标到处走动,寻找地址,并给出方向。
段落大意题。分析第二段可知在圣何塞市中心比较容易找到路。林荫大道由东向西延伸。街道从北到南。如果你迷路了,在建筑物旁边找一个路标通常会帮你找到你的住处。所以本段讲的是如何在圣何塞市中心找到路,故选A。
B2
When Shanghai introduced a new rubbish sorting policy(分类政策)in July last year, the people in this city took some time to get used to it. They joked that every