题目内容
12.阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息.A. | Father's Day Shortchanged?Humble History,Fewer Gifts With Father's Day 2011 here,find out how the holiday started,why Dad doesn't mind being shortchanged on gifts,and more. | |
B. | Why Mother's Day Horrified,Ruined Its Own Mother Born of war,Mother's Day grew to horrify its own mother,whose fight to fix the holiday"cost her everything,financially and physically." | |
C. | Valentine's Day Facts:Gifts,History,and Love Science Where did Valentine's Day come from?What does it cost?And why do we fall for it,year after year? | |
D. | Thanksgiving 2010 Myths and Facts Before the big dinner,debunk the myths-for starters,the first"real"Thanksgiving wasn't until the 1800s-and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010. | |
E. | 4th of July Facts:1st Fests,Number of Fireworks,More How did Founding Fathers Celebrate 4th of July?How many 4th of July fireworks explode each year?Answers and more. | |
F. | Earth Day at 40:What Good Is It Now? After 40 years,outsourced activism is replacing traditional Earth Day activities,and green's gone mainstream,experts say.So what's the point? |
46.Where did this most popular day for couples come from?And how does it come into beings,year after year?Noel Lenski,professor of the University of Colorado,said the lovers'holiday traces its roots to raucous annual Roman festivals held every year on February 15and remained wildly popular well into the fifth century A.D.C
47.The first Earth Day in 1970was a raucous,radical teach-in that helped spur clean-air,clean-water,and endangered species legislation in the United States.Now,40years later,Earth Day is every day,as the saying goes.The thing is,it's also everyday-environmentalism has become a routine with greenness as much a marketing tactic as a moral pursuit.F
48.Some 242million turkeys were raised in the U.S.in 2010for slaughter,according to the U.S.Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.Last year's birds were worth about U.S.﹩3.6billion.Before the big dinner,debunk the myths,we need to know that the first"real"U.S.Thanksgiving wasn't until the 1800s and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010.D
49.Father's Day traditionally takes a backseat to Mother's Day,and,for the most part,dads are cool with that,experts say.Nevertheless,as traditional roles around the house gradually change,fathers are gaining more attention on their special day,at least as measured in the monetary value of gifts estimated to be given on June 19,2011,when the holiday will be celebrated in dozens of countries.A
50.Cookouts,fireworks,and,of course,a chance to wish Uncle Sam a big"happy birthday"-the day means summer in full swing across the United States and beyond.Besides the founders of the US,Fireworks,first authorized by Congress in 1777,are another legacy.More than 14,000fireworks displays light up U.S.skies each year.E.
分析 本文讨论了美国的几个节日.
A是排在母亲节之后的父亲节,现在很多国家的人都在庆祝父亲节;B是开始于战争期间的母亲节;C是在二月十五日庆祝的浪漫的情人节;D是开始于十七世纪的感恩节;E是每年七月四日举行的国庆节;F是第四十个地球日.
解答 46.C.根据46题中的Where did this most popular day for couples come from?And how does it come into beings,year after year和the lovers'holiday 可知本段讨论情人节的来历,所以答案是C,因为Valentine's Day 是情人节.
47.F.根据47题中的The first Earth Day in 1970was a raucous,radical teach-in that helped spur clean-air,clean-water,and endangered species legislation in the United States. 可知本段讨论地球日,所以答案是F,因为F项的题目是Earth Day at 40.
48.D.根据48题中的that the first"real"U.S.Thanksgiving wasn't until the 1800s and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010可知本段讨论感恩节,所以答案是D,因为它的题目是Thanksgiving 2010
49.A 根据49题中的Father's Day traditionally takes a backseat to Mother's Day和fathers are gaining more attention on their special day,at least as measured in the monetary value of gifts estimated to be given on June 19,2011.可知本段讨论的是父亲节而不是母亲节,所以答案是A.
50.E.根据50题中的a chance to wish Uncle Sam a big"happy birthday和More than 14,000fireworks displays light up U.S.skies each year可知本段讨论美国国庆日的活动,所以答案是E,因为它的题目是4th of July Facts:1st Fests,Number of Fireworks,More.
点评 考查阅读配对.感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)(十一月的最后一个星期四)
11月的第四个星期四是感恩节.感恩节是美国人民独创的一个古老节日,也是美国人合家欢聚的节日,因此美国人提起感恩节总是倍感亲切. 感恩节的食品富有传统特色.火鸡是感恩节的传统主菜,通常是把火鸡肚子里塞上各种调料和拌好的食品,然后整只烤出,由男主人用刀切成薄片分给大家.此外,感恩节的传统食品还有甜山芋、玉蜀黍、南瓜饼、红莓苔子果酱等.