题目内容
1．A．Corn Dollies．B．Celebrations in churches．
C．A big meal called a harvest supper．
D．Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations in England．
E．History of Harvest Festival．
F．When is Harvest Festival？
76．D
In England，we have given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times．We celebrate this day by singing，praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food in a festival known as"Harvest Festival"，usually during the month of September．Harvest Festival reminds Christians of all the good things God gives them．This makes them want to share with others who are not so fortunate．
77．F
Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon．This moon is the full moon which falls in the month of September，at or around the time of the Autumnal Equinox，about Sept.23．Unlike the USA and Canada，the UK does not have a national holiday for Harvest Festival．
78．E
Harvest Festival used to be celebrated at the beginning of the Harvest season on 1st August and was called Lammas，meaning"loaf Mass"．Farmers made loaves of bread from the new wheat crop and gave them to their local church．They were then used as the Communion bread during a special mass thanking God for the harvest．The custom ended when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church，and nowadays we have harvest festivals at the end of the season．
79．B
The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches as we know it today began in 1843，when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service for the harvest at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall．Victorian hymns such as"We plough the fields and scatter"，"Come ye thankful people，come"and"All things bright and beautiful"helped popularise his idea of harvest festival and spread the annual custom of decorating churches with home-grown produce for the Harvest Festival service．
80．A
The making of corn dollies goes back many thousands of years．It was a Pagan custom and evolved from the beliefs of the corn growing people who believed in the Corn Spirit．Corn dollies were made at Harvest time from the last sheaf of corn cut．The Corn Spirit was supposed to live or be reborn in the plaited straw ornament or corn doll and was kept until the following spring to ensure a good harvest．The corn dolly often had a place of honour at the harvest banquet table．
分析 本文属于文化类的短文阅读．主要介绍了感恩节的来历，历史、庆祝的时间规定，庆祝活动以及方式等．
解答 76-80 DFEBA
76．D．考查上下文的理解能力．分析句子We celebrate this day by singing，praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food可知，这部分主要描述的感恩节的庆祝方式和活动；故选D．
77．F．考查上下文的理解能力．通过后面的描述Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon可以及…at or around the time of the Autumnal Equinox，about Sept.23知，这一段主要是介绍的感恩节的时间，故选F．
78．E．考查上下文的理解能力．通过文中的描述meaning"loaf Mass"．Farmers made loaves of bread from the new wheat crop and gave them to their local church．They were then used as the Communion bread during a special mass thanking God for the harvest可知，这一段主要是说明的感恩节的历史，经历的变迁，在亨利八世（Henry VIII）摆脱天主教（Catholic Church）之后的变化等；故选E．
79．B．考查上下文的理解能力．开头一句The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches…began in 1843，when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service for the harvest at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall说明感恩节里在教堂的庆祝活动；故选B．
80．A．考查上下文的理解能力．由开头一句The making of corn dollies goes back many thousands of years可知，这是叙述的稻草人（corn dollies）的历史，故选A．
点评 对于选句填空这种题型要搞明白上下文之间的逻辑关系，要根据对话者所说的语气及语义关系来做出判断；只要符合文章的结构、通顺合理即可．
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