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【题目】阅读理解
The Thanksgiving Day ,the fourth Thursday in November, is coming in America. But do you know something about the annual(每年的)Macy's Thanksgiving Parade(游行) in New York?
There are thousands of bystanders(看热闹的人)and millions of television viewers. The Parade is as traditional as turkey. The year 2016 was the 90th year of Macy's parade. It featured 15 huge balloons in the shape of cartoon and pop culture characters, 1,200 dancers and cheerleaders, 900 clowns(小丑),10 marching bands and nearly 9,000 workers, almost all of whom were volunteers.
The floats(彩车)and balloons have been getting larger ,more colorful and more surprising since Macy's immigrant (移民的) workers organized the first Thanksgiving Day Parade.
In 2016, school children were invited to the Macy's parade studios(画室) outside New York City, for a first look at several just completed floats.
Bella was excited to be there. “I think it's great because I get to see all of these floats before anyone else does in the parade,” said Bella.
John Piper is the president of Macy's Studio. He said his work was fun all the time. “It's a lot of work. All year long, the artists at Macy's Studio all build these floats. We create them from scratch(涂抹). I have the finest carpenters(木匠), metal workers, painters all cooperating(合作) together,” said Piper.
The floats were supposed to advertise for commercial sponsors(赞助商) for the start of the Christmas season. But Amy Kule, the event producer said, “ And the floats are used to keep the beauty and the majesty(庄严)of the parade. A Thanksgiving parade is always about giving back and entertaining(娱乐). But most importantly, it's about leaving it for the next generation.”
(1).What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A.Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a custom held each year.
B.The way of celebrating Thanksgiving Day isn't changed each year.
C.There must be turkeys in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
D.Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is as important as turkey.
(2)Which of the following statements is Not true according to John Piper?
A.It isn't boring to create these floats.
B.All the workers at Macy's Studio work on the floats separately.
C.The artists build the floats one year before the parade.
D.It needs lots of work to build these floats.
(3)Which part of a website is the passage possibly taken from?
A.travel
B.culture
C.literature
D.art

【答案】
(1)A
(2)B
(3)B
【解析】【本文是一篇说明文,介绍一年一度的感恩节游行。
(1)考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“The Thanksgiving Day ,the fourth Thursday in November, is coming in America. But do you know something about the annual(每年的)Macy's Thanksgiving Parade(游行) in New York?”由此可推知Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade是每年要举行的一个风俗习惯。故选A。
(2)考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“All year long, the artists at Macy's Studio all build these floats. We create them from scratch(涂抹). I have the finest carpenters(木匠), metal workers, painters all cooperating(合作) together,” 可知工人们在彩车上合作工作而不是独自工作。B项是错误的。故选B。
(3)考查推理判断。Macy's Thanksgiving Parade属于风俗习惯,是一种传统文化,这篇文章来自网站的“culture”,故选B。

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