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1、- 1 - Unit1 Festivals around the world 一 阅读理解 A Thanksgiving Day is a 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.
2、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
3、 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 t
4、o 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 (
5、 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 Mo
6、nday in October. 1Thanksgiving Day is celebrated _. Ain spring Bin summer Cin autumn D in winter 2The first to celebrate thanksgiving were _. Asome people from England Bthe American Indians CSarah Josepha Hale DGovernor Bradford 3We can infer from the passage that New England must be _. Ain the U.S.
7、A. Bin Great Britain C in Canada D on some island off the Atlantic 4Which of the following is NOT true? AThanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest. - 2 - BAbraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations. CThanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the
8、American and Indian peoples thanks to God. DTheres little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. 5The passage mainly tells us _. Ahow Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U S.A. Bhow Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celeb
9、rated Cthat Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday Dhow the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places award n奖;奖品;奖金;奖状 生义:vt. 授予;奖励;判定 The teacher awarded Tom a prize. The teacher awarded a prize to Tom. 老师给了汤姆一件奖品。 Dr. Yang Zhenning was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize
10、for physics. 杨振宁博士获得1957 年诺贝尔物理奖。 B There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries.The origins of most of the days are unknown.They were certainly not created by individual people.Other days, however ,especially those celebrated in western countries often o
11、we their origins to a particular person.One of the most popular of these ,even though it is fairly recent,is Mother s Day.Mothers have always been highly regarded in all cultures.The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria, during which children took presents to the temple of the “Mother of t
12、he Gods” The Christian Church adopted this idea and called it Mothering Sunday.However,over the years this custom was gradually forgotten,and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century. Born in 1864 in Virginia,US , Anna Jarvis was a school teacher and believed children should show gratitude(
13、感激 ) to their mothers for all their love and care.Encouraged by a friend,she wrote to thousands of important peoplepoliticians,churchmen, doctors ,city officials and asked them to support her idea :a special day of the year for thanking mothers. In 1910 the Governor of Western Virginia introduced Mo
14、thers Day in the state.The - 3 - date chosen was May 10the second Sunday in May,which is still observed in America today.This date was chosen because May 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis s mother died.In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made May 10 the official date for Mothers Day througho
15、ut the United States. Soon there was a Mothers Day International Association and the custom began to be adopted in many countries of the world. Anna Jarvis,a sad and disillusioned(幻想破灭的 ) woman died in 1948.The custom she had worked so hard to establish and which had become almost universal had lost
16、 its original purpose.It had been taken over by business.As with Christmas , the giving of presents and the sending of cards had become a multi-million dollar industry. 1The passage mainly tells us_. Ahow Mothers Day came into beingB how people celebrate Mothers Day Ca woman named Anna Jarvis DPresi
17、dent Wilson and Anna Jarvis 2Hilaria was a festival in_. AAsia BAmerica CAncient Rome D the Christian Church 3Anna Jarvis intended to establish a festival for mothers because_. Aher students had nothing to do Bshe wanted to know important people in this way Cshe wanted to do something for mothers Ds
18、he wanted people to thank their mothers 4May 10 became the date for Mothers Day because_. AMay 10 was the date on which Anna Jarviss mother died Bit was the second Sunday in May in 1910 CMay 10 is a lucky day DPresident Wilson like the date 5The underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 3 most probabl
19、y means_. Awatched Bfollowed Cruled Dset 现在分词作状语时表示分词所指的动作与主句谓语动词所指的动作同时进行,且它与句 子主语之间的关系为主谓关系,可以表示原因、时间、伴随、结果等。 (1)Being a student, you should work hard.(表原因 ) 作为一名学生你应该努力学 习。 (2)Finishing the work,he went home.(表时间 ) 完成工作后他回家了。 - 4 - (3)They left the classroom,singing and laughing. (表伴随 ) 他们唱着笑着离开了
20、教室。 (4)His parents died, leaving him an orphan.(表结果 ) 他的父母死了,他成了一 名孤儿。 二 完型填空 A Leap (跳跃) to Honor Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it. To perfect her skills, Lola 6 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state champio
21、nships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls. Thats especially impressive.7 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and cant _8 how far away things are. When she was little, her mom 9 that even though she couldnt see 1
22、0 , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 11 right away and gymnastics became her favorite. Though learning gymnastics has been more 12 for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesnt let her _ 13 stop her from doing anyt
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