Question

July 4 is the birthday of the United States of America. Since 1776, people have   36   the Independence Day holiday every year.

What do people   37  on Independence Day? Many colorful and interesting things. They have fireworks shows in the evenings and sing songs. Some families organize picnics with barbecues (燒烤). Kids can   38   much delicious food like hotdogs.

And these parties are a good time to dress up. Some kids make July 4 hats   39   the stars and stripes(星條) of the country’s flag on them. And Independence Day is in summer. Many kids use stars and stripes fans to keep themselves   40  .

It’s a great day, but no one forgets that it’s   41   too. US people are proud of their   42  and proud of what the founders did for it. On Independence Day everyone gets the chance to show it.

36. A. spent                    B. celebrated                   C. decorated

37. A. do                       B. make                     C. give

38. A. smell                    B. sell                     C. eat

39. A. for                      B. with                     C. at

40. A. hot                      B. warm                     C. cool

41. A. funny                    B. serious                  C. boring

42. A. country                  B. school                   C. home

Answer 1

【主旨大意】1776年7月4日是美國誕生日，每年美國人都會隆重紀念自己的國慶日。文章詳細表述了慶祝過程中，人們會穿上盛裝，舉辦焰火表演，享受燒烤美食。當然，國慶日對每一個美國人來說也是一個嚴肅的日子，人們在為祖國自豪的同時也不會忘記緬懷創(chuàng)立者的豐功偉績。

36、B根據(jù)句意，人們每年都要慶祝獨立日。Spent表示度過這個節(jié)日，decorated是“裝飾”的意思，與原文意思不符，故選B。

37、A 根據(jù)下文的表述，可以知道這是本段的首括句:人們會在慶祝日做些什么呢？

38、C家庭組織燒烤野營，孩子們當然會享受美食了。故選C。

39、B考查定語。With短語作后置定語，帶有星星和星條的帽子。

40、C許多孩子為了裝酷，用帶星星和星條的扇子。Hot 和warm不符合文意。

41、B 本句承上啟下，在歡慶的同時，人們沒有忘記這也是一個嚴肅的日子。

42、A 人們?yōu)樽鎳�而感到驕傲，本文是圍繞國慶日進行表述的，B、C不切題意。