C

   Thanksgiving Day is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.It is the most traditional American holiday.The first Thanksgiving was held in Massachusetts in 1621.After a year off great hardship,the colonist(殖民者)wanted to give thanks to God for their first harvest.They invited their Indian friends to join,them in a big feast(盛宴)。Today the holiday is still celebrated as a day for giving thanks.But it Wasn’t a regular national holiday until President Lincoln declared that the last Thursday in November would thereafter(从那时以后)be Thanksgiving Day in 1863.It is a day of reunion and it is customary(惯例的)to invite friends to share the meal.In some large cities,there are important football games that are played on Thanksgiving Day.

   For Americans,Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when the entire family gets together.Everyone is glad to see everyone else and there is a very busy exchanges of greeting.The women soon disappear into the kitchen to help prepare the dinner.The men,meanwhile,settle down to watch a football game on television,or to discuss business or politics.If weather permits,some of the more athletic men go outside to play ball with the children.Then everyone will sit down to dinner.in which traditional Thanksgiving foods such as stuffed turkey(加料的火鸡),sweet potatoes,chestnuts,and pumpkin pie(南瓜饼)are served. After dinner,people will sit around and talk.

42.Which of the following statements about Thanksgiving Day is FALSE?

   A.It falls on the same day in November every year.

   B.It is the most traditional American holiday after 1863。

   C.It is a regular national holiday after 1863.

   D.It is a day of family reunion.

43.All of the following are customs connected with Thanksgiving Day EXCEPT

       

    A.family members usually get together on Thanksgiving Day

    B.people send greeting cards to each other

    C.in some cities,there are important football games   .

D.people usually have Thanksgiving dinner served with traditional Thanksgiving

   foods

44.President Lincoln is mentioned because      .

     A.it is President Lincoln who made Thanksgiving Day a regular national holiday

     B.President Lincoln once took part in the celebration of Thanksgiving Day

     C.President Lincoln introduced the Indian holiday to the Americans

     D.President Lincoln is the first US President

45.The text is about         .

     A.Thanksgiving dinner        B.thank God for.a good harvest

     C.Thanksgiving foods         D.the origin and prom(盛况)of Thanksgiving

B

  We use both words and gestures to express our feelings,but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.It is true that a smile means the same things in any language.So does laughter or crying.

   Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world.In Chinese and in English literature.a phrase like“he went pale and began to tremble” suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock.However,”“he opens his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese while in English it means surprise.In Chinese“surprise”can be described in a phrase like“they stretched out their tongues”.But in English it is an insulting

gesture or expresses strong dislike.

   Even in the same culture,people differ in ability to understand and express feelings.Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear,anger,love and happiness on people’s faces.Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.

38.According to the passage,           .

     A.we can hardly understand what people’s gestures mean

     B.we can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings

   in words or gestures

     C.words can be better understood by older people

     D.gestures can be understood by most of the people While words can not

39.In the same culture,        .

     A.people have different ability to understand and express feelings

     B.people have the same understanding of something

     C.people never fail to understand each other  

     D.people are equally intelligent

40.From this passage,we can conclude        

   A.words are used as frequently as gestures

   B.words are often found difficult to understand

   C.words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings

   D.gestures are more efficiently used than words

41.The best title fur this passage may be        .

   A.Words and Feelings  B. Words,Gestures and Feelings

   C.Gestures and Feelings D.Culture and Understanding

A

  When friends come to visit us in the evening,they,spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches.It isn’t that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven’t got a television.People think that we are very strange.“But what do you do in the evening?”they are always asking. The anser is very simple.Both my wife and I have hobbies.We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls.My wife enjoys cooking and,painting and

often attends evening classes in foreign languages.This is very useful as we often go abroad for our holidays.I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.

   Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house.This does not worry us.We just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before.Our friends,however,are lost-no television! So they don’t know what to do.On such evenings our house is very full:they all come to us.They all have a good time.Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television,everybody talks and plays games.

36.The couple have not got a television because      .

A.they are not rich enough

    B.they are strange people

    C.they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

    D.they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

37.The best title for this passage is      .

A .Why Do We Need a Television? 

B.Candle! But No Electricity!

C.Different Friends,Different Hobbies.  

D.We Go Without Television

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