题目内容
5.Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United States and Canada.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 proclaimed(宣布)the last Thursday of November 1863 as 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 neighbours.But the Canadian thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.
21.Thanksgiving Day is celebratedC.
A.in spring
B.summer
C.in autumn
D.in winter
22.The first to celebrate thanksgiving wereA.
A.some people from England
B.the American Indians
C.Sarah Josepha Hale
D.Governor Bradford
23.We can infer from the passage that New England must beA.
A.in the U.S.A.
B.in Great Britain
C.in Canada
D.on some island off the Atlantic
24.The passage mainly tells usB.
A.how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U.S.A.
B.how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated
C.that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday
D.how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了感恩节的由来以及在美国和加拿大庆祝感恩节的差别.
解答 21.C.细节理解题.根据第二段1,2行Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall,after the crops are in.可知感恩节是在秋天进行的,故C正确.
22.A.细节理解题.根据第三段前4行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).说明庆祝感恩节的是来自欧洲的清教徒,故A正确.
23.A.推理题.根据第三段1,2行The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,Massachusetts,in 1620.说明这里的new England就是指现在的美国,故A正确..
24.B.主旨大意题.根据第一段Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United States and Canada.Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing可知本文主要讲述的是感恩节的由来以及在美国和加拿大庆祝感恩节的差别.故B正确.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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A.Ford and Volkswagen
B.Audi and BMW
C.Audi and Volkswagen
D.BMW and Ford
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C.Instrumental Tests
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