Question

【題目】Thanksgiving in the United States

In most countries, people usually eat traditional food on special holidays. special day in the United States is Thanksgiving. It is always on the fourth Thursday in November, and is a time to give thanks for _____ in the autumn. At this time, people also remember the first travelers from England who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These travelers had a long, _____ winter, and many of them died. In the next autumn, they gave thanks for life and food in their new home. These days, most Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their _____ . The main dish of this meal is almost always turkey, a large bird.

Making a turkey dinner

Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner.

First, mix together some bread pieces, onions, salt and pepper.

Next, fill the turkey with this bread mix.

Then, put the turkey in a hot oven and cook it for a few hours.

When it is ______ , place the turkey on a large plate and cover it with gravy.

Finally, cut the turkey into thin pieces and eat the meat with vegetables like carrots and potatoes.

【1】A. foodB. clothesC. housesD. weather

【2】A. dryB. hardC. busyD. boring

【3】A. groupB. neighborsC. friendsD. family

【4】A. hotB. goodC. readyD. fresh

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文介紹了感恩節(jié)的來歷，習俗以及制作火雞晚餐的方法。

【1】A

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. food 食物， B. clothes 衣服， C. houses 房子， D. weather天氣。句意：它總是在十一月的第四個星期四，是在秋天感謝食物的時候了，根據(jù)后文的they gave thanks for life and food in their new home.可知他們?yōu)槭澄锖蜕�活而表示感謝，故選A。

【2】B

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. dry干燥的，B. hard辛苦的，C. busy 忙碌的，D. boring無聊的。句意：這些旅行者度過了一個漫長而又辛苦的冬天，他們中的許多人都死了。根據(jù)and many of them died可知他們中很多人都死了，因此他們過了一個辛苦的冬天，故選B。

【3】D

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. group 群， B. neighbors鄰居， C. friends 朋友，D. family家人。句意：現(xiàn)在，大多數(shù)美國人仍然通過和家人一起在家共進大餐來慶祝感恩節(jié)。根據(jù)by having a big meal at home可知此處表示在家共進大餐，應是和家人一起，故選D。

【4】C

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. hot 熱的， B. good 好的， C. ready準備好的， D. fresh新鮮的。句意：當準備好了，把火雞放在一個大盤子上，上面蓋上肉汁。根據(jù)place the turkey on a large plate and cover it with gravy可知把火雞放在大盤子上，上面蓋上肉汁，應是火雞準備好了，故選C。