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10.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 corps 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.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 neighbors.But the Canadian thanks-giving day falls on the second Monday in October.

43.Thanksgiving Day is celebratedC.
A.in spring     
B.in summer     
C.in autumn    
D.in winter
44.The first to celebrate thanksgiving wereA.
A.some people from England        
B.the American Indians
C.Sarah Josepha Hale              
D.Governor Bradford
45.We can infer from the passage that New England must beA.
A.in the USA              
B.in Great Britain 
C.in Canada              
D.on some island off the Atlantic
46.The passage mainly tells usB.
A.how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA
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 本文介绍了感恩节.感恩节是美国和加拿大的特别节日,家人和朋友们聚在一起吃饭,并感谢他们的祝福.文章主要描述了感恩节的起源和各国对感恩节不同的庆祝方式.

解答 43.C.细节理解题.根据文章"Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall,after the corps are in"可知,感恩节在深秋庆祝.故选C.
44.A.细节理解题.根据文章"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."可知,第一个感恩节是英国的一些人在美国庆祝的.故选A.
45.A.推理预测题.根据文章"The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,Massachusetts,in 1620"可知,新英格兰的第一个感恩节是在现在的普利茅斯,马萨诸塞州庆祝.马萨诸塞州是美国的一个洲,可推测当时新英格兰人民在美国庆祝.故选A.
46.B.主旨大意题.通读全文.本文主要介绍了感恩节的起源和各国不同的庆祝方式.故选B.

点评 本文是考察学生历史文化类阅读理解文章.这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等.这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上.

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15.[1]"Maybe when I'm 90years old,I'll get used to having everything I do taken for granted,"a young homemaker told a secret to her neighbor,"If Bill would compliment me once in a while,he'd make my life much happier."
[2]Few of us realize how much we need encouragement.Yet we must bask(沐浴于) in the warmth of approval now and then or lose our self-confidence.
[3]All of us need to feel needed and admired.But unless we hear words of praise from someone else,how can we know that we are valued friends or co-workers?
[4]Anyone who wants to improve his relationships with others need only show a sympathetic understanding.The way to express this understanding and to give others the feeling of importance and worthiness boils down to this:always look for something in the other person you can admire and praise and tell him about it.
[5]We each have a mental picture of ourselves,a self-image.To find life reasonably satisfying,that self-image must be one we can live with,one we can like.When we are proud of our self-image,we feel confident and free to be ourselves.We function at our best.When we are ashamed of our self-image,we attempt to hide it rather than express it.We become hard to get along with.
[6]A miracle happens to the person whose self-pride has been raised.He suddenly likes other people better.He is kinder and more cooperative with those around him.Praise is the polish that helps keep his self-image bright and sparkling.
[7]What has this to do with your giving praise?A lot.You have the ability to perform that kind of miracle in another person.When you add to his self-pride,you make him want to like you and to cooperate with you.
[8]In a classic bit of advice,Lord Chesterfield suggested to his son that he should follow the example of the Duke de Nivernoise:"You will recognize that he makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves."
[9]The effects of Praise can be great indeed.A new minister called to a church whose members were jokingly referred to as"a refrigerator"by other ministers decided against criticizing his people for their coolness toward strangers.Instead,he began welcoming visitors and telling them how friendly the members of the church were.Things gradually changed."Praise transformed the ice-cube members into warmhearted human beings,"he said.

66.From paragraph[1]and paragraph[2]we can learn thatA.
A.the young homemaker had a thirst for Bill's praise
B.the neighbor reminded Bill to compliment the homemaker
C.it is well-known that we all need encouragement very much
D.getting other people's approval leads to losing self-confidence
67.According to the passage,we become difficult to get on with probably becauseB.
A.we want to show our self-image
B.we are not satisfied with our self-image
C.a miracle happens to other people
D.we are ashamed of being praised
68.The example in paragraph[8]tells us thatC.
A.Lord Chesterfield advised his son to praise the Duke de Nivernois
B.the Duke de Nivernois made Lord Chesterfield pleased with his son
C.praising other people will help win other people's compliment
D.receiving words of praise should go before praising other people
69.In paragraph[9],"a refrigerator"was quoted probably becauseD.
A.it was always freezing cold in the church
B.the new minister criticized his people coolly
C.the church took the shape of a refrigerator
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But to Anna's surprise,soon after her husband retired,he joined a health club.And one night,when Adam arrived home from exercise class,he announced,"I signed up for the wrestling tournament.I am going to wrestle Friday night."Anna was shocked."Please don't do it,Adam,"she begged."You're not in shape.You will be so beat up that they will have to carry you home!"However,he couldn't be persuaded and she told him that if he went through with his"lame idea",she was not going to watch.
True to her word,she stayed away as Adam wrestled.And just as she predicted,two men practically carried Adam home.He lay down on the couch,every muscle pained and wounded.Before she could speak,he blurted out,"Don't say a word,Anna!This is not the worst of it.I won tonight.I have to wrestle again tomorrow night!"
Nothing changes in your life until you believe you can do things that are important to you.And if you have a low opinion of yourself,nobody else is likely to raise it.

21.How did Adam feel about his retirement?B
A.Worried.    B.Prepared.    C.Annoyed.D.Surprised.
22.What does the"lame idea"in Paragraph 3refer to?B
A.Adam's joining a health club.
B.Going to wrestle Friday night.
C.Being beat up by other wrestlers.
D.Adam's going to be carried home.
23.What can we learn from Adam's story?A
A.What you believe makes a difference.
B.Wrestling is a dangerous game.
C.The retired man is very stubborn.
D.A wife should support her husband.

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