英语 沙坪坝区2017年高三第一次月考-重庆市南开中学 月考

Munich sincerely invites you to join the 2016 0ktoberfest—the biggest celebration of its kind in Europe. Drink beer by the liter, eat traditional Bavarian food, listen to traditional Bavarian music as well as more up-to-date music, and enjoy yourself with hundreds of other people from all over the world, dancing and singing the hours away.

Oktoberfest 2016 begins on Saturday 17th September and runs through to Monday 3rd October 2016. Don't miss the events during Oktoberfest!

Grand entry of the Oktoberfest landlords and breweries

Date: Saturday, 17th September 2016

Duration: about 45 minutes

This is the official prelude to the opening of the Oktoberfest and involves about 1,000 participants, including the landlords' families in decorated carriages, the magnificent horse-drawn drays, waitresses on decorated floats and all the beer tent bands.

Oktoberfest Costume and Riflemen-s Parade

Date: Sunday, 18th September 2016

Duration:2-2 1/2 hours, about 8000 performers,7 km distance

A varied succession of regional costume groups, "troops" in historical uniforms, marching bands, riflemen, thoroughbred horses, oxen, cows, goats, floats displaying typical local traditions and historic carriages all pass by in a 7-kilometer-long procession through the streets of the city center.

Open-Air Oktoberfest Music

Date: Sunday, 25th September 2016

Place: on the steps of the Bavaria statue

At the traditional open-air concert on the second Sunday of the Oktoberfest, all the instruments that make up typical Bavarian wind band music can be heard. The bands from all of the tents come together at the steps under the Bavaria statue to play the most well-known songs and marches of Oktoberfest together while being conducted by distinguished Munich personalities.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。作者介绍了欧洲最大盛世Oktoberfest2016年的举办情况，活动内容。

I discovered the power of fear when I became stuck to my driveway, as if my feet were crazy—glued to the cement（水泥）．As much as I tried, I could not move them. The realization that my daughters were playing in Nancy's house, just one-half block away, paralyzed（麻痹） my legs, making me unable to move when I neared the end of our driveway. Dense, black smoke was rising from behind the Sycamore Maple trees on the other side of the street and was enveloping three houses, making them barely visible. Nancy's house was one of them.

I tried to call out for my daughters hoping to see them run safely to my arms, but my voice was also stuck - stuck in my throat with no intention of coming out. There I stood, helpless, paralyzed and silenced by fear, unable to protect the two little girls I loved more than even I had realized.

Although trapped in a body that couldn't move or speak, I could still hear. I could hear other mothers anxiously calling their children. I could hear a frightening silence that covered the neighborhood instead of the usual happy voices of children. And, finally, I could hear the alarm of the fire engine. As the alarm announced, "We're on our way," it instantly dissolved the crazy glue that had held my feet to the cement and it unlocked the soundproof box that had silenced my voice. I was free to make sure my daughters were safe.

As I continued down the driveway, two little girls, my two little girls, ran toward me from across the street. They had come home to tell me about the fire in the garage next to Nancy's house. Not only did my feet and voice work now, but my eyes were also in good working order and had no trouble producing tears.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了她在开车接女儿的途中看到房子起火了，因为恐惧而不能说话，不能动了，但是能听的到。后来女儿从朋友家里安全跑到她车子这里，她又恢复了正常。她觉得恐惧力量太巨大了。

At the entrance to one of the ruined temples of Petra in Jordan, there is an inscription（题字） in the soft red rock. It looks as if it has been there for centuries. It could have been carved by one of King Herod's soldiers, when they were imprisoned in the town in 40 BC. But closer examination reveals that it is not so ancient after all. It reads: Shane and Wendy from Sydney were here. April 16th 1996,

The ruins of Petra were discovered in 1810 by a Swiss explorer, and a recent report has just concluded that they are in grave danger of being destroyed by the unstoppable march of tourism". More than 4,000 tourists a day pour into Petra's rocky tombs. They wear away the soft red sandstone to powder and (occasionally!) scratch their names into the rock.

It is not just Petra that is under threat of destruction. With more than 60,000 visitors to Venice each day, cruise ships that have made Venice tourists' top destination bring one of the most significant dangers to the city, leading to tides that are further damaging the foundation of the Venetian structures.

The prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux in France were being slowly ruined by the breath and bacteria from 200,000 visitors a year. The caves have now been closed to the public and a replica(复制品） has been built, Will there be more replicas like in Lascaux? There already are. Heritage theme parks are springing up everywhere. Many of the great cities of Europe are finding that their historic centers are fast becoming theme parks, filled with clicking cameras and whirring camcorders, abandoned by all local residents except for the souvenir sellers.

Until recently, we all believed that travel broadened the mind, but now many believe the exact opposite: "Modem travel narrows the mind".

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。作者介绍了一些旅游景点因为游客不文明行为遭到损坏。

Many people hate wet, sticky August, but to some, it's an especially bitter time. A new working paper finds that, March and August are the months in which divorce filings peak.

For the paper, the University of Washington's Brian Serafini and Julie Brines analyzed the most recent years of divorce filings in Washington and drew their conclusion: divorce rises sharply in March and August. The result is supported by some nation-wide, anecdotal evidence. Online searches for "divorce" and "child custody"（抚养权） dramatically grow early in the year, peaking in March, they point out.

The authors guess that unhappily married couples schedule their divorce filings around both the winter holidays and Valentine's Day, as well as summer vacations. (More Americans vacation in July than any other month.)

There are a few explanations why people might time their marital dissolutions this way, It might just be too difficult to announce a divorce around family-oriented Christmas time, especially if there are kids involved, so many couples weigh the decision to divorce around the new year and progress from there. February is a period in which couples tend to look around for representation on legal sites. And by March, they're prepared to file for divorce.

But the authors think the more likely reason is that people decide their differences are irreconcilable right after a big trip. It could be that people don't want to ruin a family getaway, or that vacations are so stressful that they drive the already-dissatisfied to divorce. ("I told you to pack your suitcase last night; now we've missed the train!")

Then there's the "broken promise" theory. “People are discontent with their marriages, they look at vacation as an opportunity to give it one last shot, and what they were hoping would happen didn't occur,” explained Brines, an associate professor of sociology.

It's not you; in other words, it's your failure to print the boarding passes.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。作者说明了月份和离婚的关系。

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。

Children and adults need to develop six important skills to succeed in the modem global economy.

Those skills all begin with the letter C. They are:

Collaboration: the ability to work with others, to have social-emotional control, and to form communities. Collaboration is the starting point for human learning. bd blank

Communication: the ability to develop strong reading, writing, listening and language skills.

Content: competencies in subject areas, but also in learning to learn.

Critical thinking: the ability to gather information intelligently and to weigh evidence.

Creative innovation: the ability to use information in new ways and to solve problems.

Confidence: bd blank

With these skills, children and adults can better function in the 21st century.

Thus, we should reconsider what success in education means. bd blank As a result, many people view educational success in a narrow way: a good score on a reading or math test. One problem with this view is that children learn to be parrots rather than human beings. bd blank

Experts advocate for changing the education systems of many countries around the world, Education should aim to develop people who will be the creators, collaborators and citizens of the future. bd blank

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。作者成人和儿童要在现代全球经济中取得成功就要掌握的6大技能。

A. the ability to have a strong belief in strengthening a skill.

B. the ability to learn from failure and to persist in a problem.

C. It will sharpen your skills and make you more and more creative.

D. It is also a highly desired skill in both public and private sector jobs.

E. Most education currently focuses on reading, writing and basic math.

F. Therefore, schools need to help people develop a broader set of skills man just reading and math．

G. In other words, people learn to memorize and repeat, but do not learn to think creatively, find information, or collaborate.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

Rosa Parks is called the mother of the American civil rights movement. She was born in 1913 and left high school bd blank to care for her bd blank grandmother and mother. She married Raymond Parks, a barber, who was a civil rights activist.

On Dec. 1,1955, Rosa Parks and three other black people were bd blank in the middle area of a bus bd blank a white person got on the bus and wanted a seat. The bus driver bd blank that all four black people leave their seats so the white person would not have to sit _ bd blank any of them. The three other blacks got up, but Rosa bd blank , She was arrested.

Until 1960s, black people in many parts of the United States didn't have the same civil rights as white people. Laws in the American South bd blank black people to attend separate schools, live in separate areas of a city and sit m separate areas on a bd blank . The first rows of seats on city buses were for white people only. Black people sat in the bd blank 0fthebus.Both groups could sit in a middle area. bd blank , black people sitting in that part of the bus were expected to leave their seats if a white person bd blank to sit there.

Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat just because she was tired of accepting bd blank treatment. This act of bd blank disobedience started protests in Montgomery that continued for 381 days and bd blank legal changes in minority rights in the United States.

Rosa Parks died on Oct 24, 2005. Her body lay bd blank in the United States Capitol building in Washington. She was the first American woman to be so honored,

Some people say that Rosa Parks' bravery serves as a(n) bd blank of the power of small acts. But her small act of bravery meant bd blank for many American people. She sat down in order that the others might bd blank and she opened the doors on the Long journey to bd blank .

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。作者介绍了美国人权运动之母Rosa Parks的一生。

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。

Think about the different ways people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power bd blank (resource), as well as one of the bd blank (old). Evidence shows that windmills began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East bd blank knowledge of using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to grind(唐碎)wheat into flour bd blank pump water from deep underground. When electricity bd blank (discover) in the late 1800s, people bd blank (live) in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity.

This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s bd blank electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were bd blank (rare) used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming bd blank (concern) about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered. bd blank it means higher costs, there is still a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。作者介绍了人类对风力的使用。

71.短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（八）并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

In recent years we have seen a tendency tourism is growing fast in China. According to a recent survey made by some experts, about 47% urban residents travel regular, and 28% rural residents also make his tours across the country. The survey also shows that more people are interested on tourism, and will join the army in the future. Facing this tendency, we can't help explore some underlying factors that are responsible. First, Chinese people's living standard had been greatly improved, that allows most of them to travel around. What's more, it is believing that people now take a more positive attitude to tourism, and regard it as a life style. In an addition, transportation develops faster, and many scenic spots are available now

72.书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是李华，你所在的新华中学今年将举行80周年校庆。请给你的笔友Rose写一封信介绍你的学校，信的具体内容包括：

1）地理环境； 2）社会影响力； 3）教育特色。

注意： 1）词数100左右，信的开头和格式已为你写好。

2）可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。