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Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated ____ the fourth Thursday in November. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food.

We have celebrated the festival ____ the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the ______ century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died and after they landed, their first winter was worse ____ any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans (土著印第安人), taught the pioneers how to grow corn. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.

We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The     is always the most crowded room in our house because we all help prepare the food. We lay the table and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food, ____ we remember why we celebrate the festival. We usually eat too much, but it is only once a year! We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well. When it is all ____, everyone helps wash the dishes.

The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. During the festival, there ___ plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(梅西感恩节大游行) . The parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy's store. Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas season, and we start ____ for presents. Football is ____ important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.

1.A. on        B. in           C.  at           D. of

2.A. since     B. for        C.  as           D. when

3.A. seventeen  B. seventeenth C. seventeen’s   D. seventieth

4.A. then       B. as           C. for           D. than

5.A.  bedroom  B. sitting room C. kitchen       D. living room

6.A. so         B. then          C. when          D. while

7.A.  right     B. over          C. often         D. ready

8.A.   was     B. is           C.  are           D. were

9.A.  asking   B. giving       C. receiving    D. shopping

10.A. too     B.   also        C. either        D. as well

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了美国感恩节的来历。起源于17世纪，有近400年的历史，最初是为了报答当地土著印第安人的帮助，把他们收获来的东西做成美味佳肴，并载歌载舞，共同联欢。后来作为美国的传统节日，定在每年十一月的第四个星期四这一天，举国欢庆。

1.A细节理解及介词辨析题。句意：它在十一月的第四个星期四这一天庆祝。除了D之外，其他三项都有在的意思，具体到某一天用介词on，故答案为A。

2.A细节理解及连词辨析题。句意：自从十七世纪英国的第一批拓荒者乘船来到美国以来，我们就开始庆祝这个节日了。A. since自……以来；B. for 为了；C. as 作为，当……时候；D. when当……时候。此句是讲感恩节的历史有多久。只有A符合题意。

3.B细节理解及序数词的用法。句意：在十七世纪。在多少世纪应该用序数词，故答案为B。

4.D细节理解及连词辨析题。句意：他们的第一个冬天比在英国的任何一个冬天都糟糕。A. then在那时；B. as当……时候；C. for为了；D. than比。句子中有worse，故用连词than，答案为D。

5.C细节理解及名词辨析题。句意：在我们家厨房总是最拥挤的房间，因为我们都帮忙准备食品。 A. bedroom卧室；B. sitting room起居室；C. kitchen厨房；D. living room客厅。做饭应在厨房，故答案为C。

6.A细节理解及连词辨析题。句意：因此，我们都记住为何要庆祝这个节日。A. so 因此；B. then 然后；C. when 当……时候； D. while正当……时候。吃饭之前，爸爸首先要感谢这些做好的美味佳肴，是让我们知道感恩节的来历。故答案为A。

7.B细节理解及形容词辨析题。句意：当这一切都结束时。A. right 正确的；B. over 结束；C. often 通常； D. ready准备好的。be over有结束的意思。故答案为B。

8.C细节理解及时态辨析题。句意：节日期间，还有许多要做要看的事情。根据本段上下文可知，时态都是一般现在时态；things为复数名词，be动词应该用are。故答案为C。

9.D细节理解及动词辨析题。句意：我们开始购物。A. asking要；B. giving给；C. receiving 接收；D. shopping购物。由语境可知，感恩节是圣诞节的前凑，人们开始到商场购买礼物。故答案为D。

10.B细节理解及副词辨析题。句意：感恩节这天，足球这项运动也很重要。四个答案都有也的意思。too用于肯定句，放在句末，前有逗号；also用于肯定句，放在主语之后；either用于否定句；as well用于肯定句，放在句末，前面无逗号。故答案为B。

考点：考查社会文化类短文阅读