完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)

    阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“A robbery ...” a voice came from the radio.John was driving home late last night from a trip, and now he was having trouble staying    36    .He turned   37   the radio and tried to fix his attention on the   38   , but his eyes kept on closing.

  It was   39   that he noticed the hitchhiker (搭便车者) by the road.  40   even thinking about what he was doing, he stopped the car.

  “To Midrille?” “Get in.” The hitchhiker got in and immediately John was   41    that he had picked him up.The young man    42    a strange face and long hair.When John asked him questions about himself, he changed the   43  

  John   44   the news.He began to sweat  and his thoughts   45   nervously to all the money he was   46  

  At the next small town he stopped his car and said, “I’m sorry.I’m so   47    that I can’t drive you to Midrille.I think I’ll find a   48   and spend the night.”

  The young man slowly   49   into his pocket.“This is it!” thought John.At that   50 moment he considered shouting for help, but instead of a gun, the hitchhiker pulled out several    51    .“Oh, no.I don't want your money.Just get out.Okay?”

  The young man looked    52   .He insisted on   53   John the money.John watched until his   54   had disappeared from sight, then stepped on the    55   and drove out of town.

A.asleep  B.early    C.strong   D.awake

A.on B.off  C.up   D.over

A.outside     B.news     C.speed    D.way

A.there   B.earlier C.then     D.moment

A.Without     B.After    C.By   D.For

A.happy   B.sad C.angry    D.sorry

A.wore    B.owned    C.had D.made

A.place   B.subject C.question     D.face

A.remembered B.thought C.heard    D.forgot

A.got     B.arrived C.changed D.turned

A.paying B.having   C.carrying     D.borrowing

A.afraid B.hungry   C.cold     D.sleepy

A.restaurant B.shop     C.hotel    D.station

A.reached     B.forced   C.got D.put

A.important   B.very     C.long     D.short

A.knives B.photos   C.handkerchiefs    D.bills

A.frightened B.puzzled C.worried D.curious

A.giving B.offering     C.handing D.returning

A.driver B.friend   C.passenger    D.thief

A.door    B.gas C.window   D.motor

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.

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated      .

  A. in spring              B. summer

  C. in autumn             D. in winter

The first to celebrate thanksgiving were      .

  A. some people from England

B. the American Indians

  C. Sarah Josepha Hale

D. Governor Bradford

We can infer from the passage that New England must be      .

  A. in the U. S. A.    B. in Great Britain

  C. in Canada       D. on some island off the Atlantic

Which of the following is NOT true?

  A. Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.

  B. Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations.

  C. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people’s thanks to God.

  D. There’s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

The passage mainly tells us      .

  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

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