the fair had developed as a center of amusement with entertainment with fun, food, games, and many other attractions. The beer festival held in Munich, Germany which started in 1810 and the country and state fairs in the US, also played a part in the brief history of amusement park. Unlike the Bartholomew Fair, these annual events were usually held during an important time when crops were ripe, which deserved to be marked.
Amusement parks are also known to have grown out of the pleasure gardens that became very popular at the start of the Industrial Revolution. These were the zones where one could shun the dull urban life for a short while. We can find the oldest and still-surviving amusement park in the world: Bakken in Denmark, which opened in 1583. These parks consisted of fireworks displays, rides and the modern railroad to accommodate the growing expectations from their customers.
Another turning point in the history of amusement parks was the world’s fairs which began in 1851. The Crystal Palace in London, England was a landmark and celebrated the industrial achievements of the world. These were seen as symbols of economic and industrial success. In the last decade of the 19th century, the electric trolley lines became extremely popular. Mechanical amusements, dance hall, sports fields, and restaurants were included as regular entertainments, as the history of amusement parks reflects.
The golden age in the brief history of amusement parks didn’t appear until people especially Americans spent less time on work and got a steady rise in their personal income. A number of amusement parks including the Kiddie Park were set up outside major cities and in the countryside, to make full use of this new economic opportunity. The original Kiddie Park is located in San Antonio, Texas and is still in operation today. 28. What was the purpose of the early Munich beer festival? A. To show local attractions.
B. To celebrate harvest together. D. To create a stable agricultural market.
C. To found a center of amusement.
29. What does the underlined word “shun” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Avoid.
B. Tolerate.
C. Experience.
D. Complain.
30. What made the amusement parks fully developed? A. The Industrial Revolution. C. Advances in technology.
B. More time and money for fun. D. Development of the world’s fairs.
31. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Bakken was originally opened in 1583 in London.
B. The Crystal Palace is the oldest amusement park in the world. C. The Kiddie Park located in San Antonio is still open at present. D. The Bartholomew Fair was seen as economic and industrial success.
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D
Nicole Eisenberg’s older son has wanted to be a star of the stage since he was a kid. He took voice, dance and drama lessons and attended the well-known Stagedoor Manor summer camp for half a dozen years. “I had to take him on 20 auditions (试演) for musical theater. But he did it with me. I did not helicopter parent him. I was co-pilot.” Ms Eisenberg said.
Helicopter parenting is a term that become popular in the 1980s and grew out of fear about children’s physical safety. It is the practice of hovering anxiously near one’s children, monitoring their every activity. In the 1990s, it meant not just constantly monitoring children, but also always teaching them.
Or was she a snowplow parent? Snowplow parenting is an even more obsessive (强迫性的) form, which keeps their children’s futures obstacle-free, so they don’t have to come across failure, frustration or lose opportunities.
It’s a parent’s job to support the children, and to use their adult wisdom to prepare for the future when their children aren’t mature enough to do so. It’s painful for any parent to watch their child mess up, or not achieve their goals. Now, however, the stakes (赌注) are so much high. “Increasingly, it appears any mistake could be very serious for their class outcome,” said Philip Cohen, a sociologist at the University of Maryland.
“The point is to prepare the kid for the road, instead of preparing the road for the kid.” Ms Lythcott-Haims said. “You have made a role for yourself of always being there to handle things for your child, so it gets worse because your child is ill-equipped to manage the basic tasks of life.” Learning to solve problems, take risks and overcome frustration are important life skills.
However, snowplowing has gone so far that many young people are in crisis, lacking these problem-solving skills and experiencing anxiety. Many snowplow parents know it’s problematic, too. But because of privilege or peer pressure or anxiety about their children’s futures, they do it anyway. 32. What do helicopter parents and snowplow parents have in common? A. They teach their children everything． B. They do everything for their children． C. They care too much about their children． D. They only fix their eyes on their children．
33. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined part in Paragraph 5? A. A thousand miles begins with a single step. B. All things are difficult before they are easy.
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C. Good company on the road is the shortest cut. D. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
34. What is the important effect of snowplowing on children？ A. The shortage of problem-solving ability. B. The decrease of their anxiety. C. The satisfaction of learning. D. The pressure from their friends. 35. What is the best title for the text? A. Helicopter Parents and Their Children B. Parents Develop Problem-solving Skills C. Parents Prepare for Children’s Future
D. Parents Protect Children against Adulthood
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Make Your Fitness Resolution Stick
Last year, the most common New Year’s resolution was fitness-related. A study showed that approximately 50 million Americans swore to increase activities and lose weight. 36 , success was hard to achieve. Two months later, only 37 percent of people in their 20s and 16 percent over age 50 had kept to their new fitness habit.
37 , the benefits of such a change are clear. There is no question that exercise plays a role in the prevention and treatment of many diseases. Weekly exercise routines have been shown to reduce rates of depression and anxiety, lessen risk of heart attacks and strokes, and reduce the high rates of diabetes.
38 . It’s suggested that 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity exercise like swimming, or 75 minutes per week of intense exercise, like jogging, should be the minimum amount exercise needed to achieve maximum medical benefit if you stick to it.
Often, the best way to increase your exercise is to involve movement in your everyday life. On average, urban citizen who go to work by bike or public transportation are fitter than suburban citizens who drive to work. 39 . They are good ways to increase the amount of your movement every day.
Whether you determine to work out at your local gym three times a week, take 10,000 steps a day or give your dog an extra walk every day, what matters most is not your commitment to exercise but your sticking to it. 40 .
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A. While behavior change is tough B. Although they had good intentions
C. However hard they try to make up their mind
D. There is always one type of exercise that you are fond of E. Besides, taking the stairs instead of the elevator also helps F. So commit to something you love and keep to your fitness habit
G. The best form of exercise is the type that someone will consistently perform
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题;每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Medi Bastoni, a 43-year-old father of four from Indonesia, is walking 800 km from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta. He is doing it 41 in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago’s (多岛屿的) quickly 42 forests.
He set out on his 43 , backward journey in mid-July, with the 44 of reaching the capital by August 16, a day before the Southeast Asian nation’s independence day anniversary. He just took a short break when he was 45 . “Of course I’m exhausted, but I’m 46 to do this to fight for the next generation and I just make my 47 to do it,” Bastoni said. “My home is 48 all of its trees so I have to do something. I can 49 the pain and tiredness.”
Bastoni says that when he arrives, he hopes to 50 President Joko Widodo and highlight the 51 of deforestation (滥伐森林) across the archipelago, 52 at his home on Mt Wilis, a dead volcano. Indonesia 53 from one of the high rates of deforestation in the world, according to Greenpeace. Bastoni 54 20 to 30 km backwards every day under the sun, with a rear-view mirror (后视镜) 55 to his backpack to avoid bumping into objects. Along the way, supporters cheer him on, 56 him meals or a place to stay overnight. But in order to stay 57 , Bastoni always leaves at dawn.
“Walking backwards is meant as a 58 to Indonesians to reflect on the 59 and remember how national heroes 60 for the good of the country,” he said. 41. A. outwards 42. A. shrinking
B. regularly B. flooding B. fancy
C. naturally
D. backwards D. growing
C. expanding C. tough
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43. A. wonderful
D. single
44. A. theme 45. A. sad
B. belief B. tired B. afraid
C. goal C. hungry C. nervous C. change C. selling C. reduce
D. direction D. excited D. willing
46. A. likely 47. A. effect 48. A. losing 49. A. enjoy 50. A. talk about 51. A. problem
B. difference B. planting B. take
D. effort
D. protecting D. seek D. get close to D. benefit D. reaching D. prevents D. runs D. applied D. show D. on schedule D. relief D. situation D. fought
B. meet with B. cause B. varying B. escapes B. walks
C. say goodbye to C. method
52. A. surrounding 53. A. suffers 54. A. cycles 55. A. attached 56. A. lend
C. including C. benefits C. drives C. exposed C. watch
B. compared B. offer B. in time B. story B. reality B. waited
57. A. in order 58. A. chance 59. A. scene 60. A. prepared
C. on purpose C. signal C. past C. cared
第II卷
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral de Paris has raised questions about the condition of thousands of other cathedrals and historic 61 (structure) across Europe. It also raises questions about whether European government are doing enough 62 (keep) up and care for such buildings. Tibor Navracsics, the European Union’s top cultural official, told The Associated Press that “we are so used to our outstanding cultural heritage in Europe that we tend to forget that it 63 (need) constant care and attention.” Some people say the fire was a wake-up call, not just for Europe, 64 for the whole world. Large fires have long robbed humanity 65 knowledge, art and treasures. In 2015, the German engineering company Siemens 66 (find) that Scotland had about ten damaging fires a year, while England lost at least a dozen listed buildings a year. In Germany, seventy historic buildings have been 67 (heavy) damaged since 2000. Experts say that 68 is needed is continuous attention and maintenance. Some say world-famous monuments like Notre-Dame are the 69 (drive) force behind tourism and should get more respect. - 10 -
2020届云南省玉溪一中高三上学期第四次月考英语试题
