阅读与表达。

  Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American holiday in the United States.

  In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, sailed to America on the May Flower.They wanted to find a place where they could have freedom to worship(敬拜)God.

  During their first winter, over half of the settlers died because they were cold and hungry.Those alive began sowing(播种)in the first spring.

  All summer long they waited and finally the fields produced a rich harvest.And so they decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord should be fixed.Years later, President of the Unite States proclaimed(宣布)the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year.The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been on that date until today.

  The Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years.The big family dinner is planned months ahead.On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes.There will be varieties of food.The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie.They are the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day.

1.Choose the best word which means “settlers”?(  )

A.visitors

B.Pilgrims

C.people

D.Americans

2.Why did half of the settlers die?

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3.On which day do people celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

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4.What is the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day?

____________________

5.What should we think of and say to our family and friends on Thanksgiving Day?

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Dear Students,
I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.
I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __46__ this job so I could travel the world,but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __47__. I have seen famines(饥荒),earthquakes,poorness and death. But I have __48__ seen courage,hope and happiness.
In India,I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the __49__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year,she was __50__ two hundred children. She clothed them,fed them and taught them. She gave them __51__.
__52__ time,I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place,I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue(救援) workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __53__ hope. For four days,she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __54__ she found her son. He was alive.
Here in China,I met a young boy who was seriously ill. He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __55__,but when I met him,his smile was so warm and welcoming.
In life,we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult,I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

【小题1】
A.foundB.had C.choseD.liked
【小题2】
A.interestingB.importantC.easyD.difficult
【小题3】
A.neverB.also C.everD.already
【小题4】
A.hotelsB.streetsC.housesD.classrooms
【小题5】
A.looking overB.looking afterC.getting on well withD.paying for
【小题6】
A.moneyB.food C.medicineD.hope
【小题7】
A.OneB.AnotherC.The otherD.Other
【小题8】
A.give outB.give upC.give backD.give away
【小题9】
A.untilB.whileC.whenD.after
【小题10】
A.happyB.unluckyC.sad D.friendly

阅读短文, 根据其内容回答问题。

A type of bird that is now extinct (消失) is the passenger pigeon. The passenger pigeon lived in the eastern part of North America. Scientists believe that in the year 1500 there were as many as five billion of these birds living from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. They flew at great speeds and would travel to many places to look for food. Passenger pigeons grew to be about 16 inches long.

Settlers who came to North America killed the passenger pigeon for food and for its feathers. The forests where they lived were cut down to clear the land for farming. Because the passenger pigeon laid only one egg at a time, their population did not grow quickly. The last passenger pigeon died at Cincinnati Zoological Gardens in 1914.

Another type of bird that has become extint is the dodo. The dodo lived on an island called Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It had short, stubby legs and wings and a large curved beak. The dodo was about the size of a large turkey. It was acturally related to the pigeon, but it could not fly. Like the passenger pigeon it laid only one egg at a time. Dodos became extinct because they were eaten by sailors and animals, such as pigs and monkeys, that the sailors brought to the island. The dodo is believed to have died out in 1680.

Another flightless bird that has become extinct is the moa. The moa lived on the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Like the dodo, the moa’s legs were shorter, but some of these birds grew to be more than ten feet tall. And the causes of its extinction is the same as the dodo’s.   The moa is believed to have died out sometime during the 1700s.

1. Were there many passenger pigeon in the year 1500?

2.When did the last passenger pigeon die at Cincinnati Zoological Gardens ?

3.Where did the dodo live before it died out?

4. How many kinds of birds have died out in the passage?

5. Why have these birds died out?

 

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