【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 cake filled with butter． D．Traditional foods only show a new of good luck． ( ) 2．What did a threefestival in midJanuary in southern parts of India? A．Christmas． B．Pongal． C．New Year． D．Lantern Festival． ( ) 3．In Japan，people all like eating _______ on New year39。s Day． A．turkey B．dessert C．Osechi ryori D．dumplings ( ) 4．The underlined word various in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by _______． A．different B．same C．expensive D．few ( ) 5．The underlined word possibility in Paragraph 5 probably means ________ in Chinese．A．必須性 B．必然性 C．可變性 D．可能性答案： 1．A 由第一段的內(nèi)容可知，人們用不同的傳統(tǒng)食物來慶祝不同的節(jié)日，所以選 A。 2．B 根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可知在印度南部地區(qū)連續(xù)三天的節(jié)日是 Pongal。 3．C 根據(jù)短文第四段的內(nèi)容可知，在日本的節(jié)日里人們習(xí)慣吃御節(jié)壽司，所以選 C。 4．A 根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可以確定 various 是“各種各樣的，豐盛的”，所以選 A。 5．D 根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，possibility 是名詞，可以推斷出是“可能性”，所以選 D。五 On Thanksgiving Day，most of us will sit down to enjoy a turkey dinner．The bird also shows up on the table at Christmas．How did we start with the tradition of savoring turkeys during the holidays? They were fresh，cheap，and big enough to feed a group of people．Americans like having large poultry(家禽) for celebrations because they don39。t need to pay a lot for the birds．Cows were more useful alive than dead，and beef wasn39。t widely offered until the late 19th century．Chicken was more highly regarded than it is today．Venison(鹿肉) would have been another choice，especially during the 17th and 18th centuries．Eating turkey was also a British holiday custom(風(fēng)俗，習(xí)慣) people brought to the New World． Among the big birds，turkey is the most suitable for Thanksgiving．Turkeys were born in the spring．They spend about seven months eating insects on the farm．By Thanksgiving，they have grown to about 10 pounds．Turkeys are cheaper than geese，which are more difficult to raise，and cheaper by the pound than chickens．Cost is an important factor for holiday shoppers，because people will not prepare just one meal．Thanksgiving Day is the time to bake meal and other types of pies．The foods can last through the winter． 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。 ( ) 1．The underlined word savour in Paragraph 1 probably means ________ in Chinese． A．享用 B．欣賞 C．飼養(yǎng) D．清潔 ( ) 2．Why do Americans enjoy eating turkey on Thanksgiving day? A．Turkeys were fresh． B．Turkeys were big． C．Turkeys were cheap． D．All of the above． ( ) 3．How long do turkeys grow to about 10 pounds? A．About three months． B．About eight months． C．About one year． D．About eleven months． ( ) 4．What were more useful alive than dead? A．Turkeys． B．Chicken． C．Cows． D．Geese． ( ) 5．The underlined word factor can be replaced by ________．A．opinion B．reason C．thought D．thing答案： 1．A 根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可以推測是“吃，享用”的意思，所以選 A。 2．D 根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，火雞味道鮮美，價格低廉，個大，所以人們喜歡吃，即選 D。 3．B 根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可知，火雞在春天出生，感恩節(jié)在 11 月份，所以應(yīng)該是 8 個月左右的時間長成十磅。 4．C 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知，活著的奶牛比死的更有用，所以選 C。 5．D 由文中 Cost is an important factor for holiday shoppers，可知成本對于銷售商來說是重要的事情(因素)，所以選 D。六 The New Year is one of the happiest holidays in Russia．Christmas was a very important Russian holiday before．However，in the past one hundred years，the New Year has taken its place． The New Year is also celebrated with a Christmas tree that has begun to be called a New Year tree．Russian people regard the ing year as the beginning of new life，a chance to make dreams e true．There is a tradition to make a wish while drinking champagne(香檳酒)．Actually，champagne is the traditional drink of the first half hour of the New Year．And then beer or vodka(伏特加酒) takes its place．People make a lot of preparations before New Year39。s Day．They clean their houses and cook a lot of food． Russian New Year is different from American Christmas．It is usually celebrated with friends while in America Christmas is usually celebrated with family．The New Year party is usually a very happy party with a lot o