题目内容
5.There are many festivals in the United States and Canada,among which Thanksgiving Day is a quite special one.Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall,after the crops are in.But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest.On December 4,1619,the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City,Virginia.They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.
The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,Massachusetts,in 1620.They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel.Many of the Pilgrims died.But the next year,they had a good harvest.So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast(盛宴).The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast.Everyone brought food.
In time,other colonies(殖民地)began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving.But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day.During the Civil War,Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it.He declared the last Thursday of November 1863as a day of thanksgiving.Today,Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November.Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbors.But the Canadian thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.
24.The first to celebrate thanksgiving wereC.
A.Sarah Josepha Hale
B.the American Indians
C.some people from England
D.Governor Bradford
25.Thanksgiving Day is celebratedA.
A.in autumn
B.in summer
C.in spring
D.in winter
26.We can infer from the passage that New England must beB.
A.in Great Britain
B.in the U.S.A.
C.in Canada
D.on some island off the Atlantic
27.The passage mainly tells usD.
A.how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U.S.A.
B.how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places
C.that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday
D.how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated.
分析 本文讲述了感恩节这一传统节日的由来,以及人们如何以各种不同的方式过感恩节的.
解答 24.C 细节理解题.根据文章第二段的内容On December 4,1619,the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City,Virginia.They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.可知,第一批过感恩节的是来自英国的人,故选C.
25.A 细节理解题.The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest以及They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel.Many of the Pilgrims died.But the next year,they had a good harvest.可知后来的感恩节是为了庆祝丰收,而粮食的丰收应该是在秋天,由此推断,感恩节在秋天,故选A.
26.B 推理判断题.根据文章第三段的内容The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,Massachusetts,in 1620.可知,清教徒迁移到了现今的美国马萨诸塞州,因此可判断New England 应属于美国,故选B.
27.D 主旨推断题.文章内容讲述了感恩节的由来,以及人们对其的庆祝,D选项符合对其的概括,故选D.
点评 本文是历史文化类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.
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