【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 e can infer from the passage that New England must be . A. in the U. S. A. B. in Great Britain C. in Canada D. on some island off the Atlantic 59. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest. B. Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations. C. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people’s thanks to God. D. There’s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. 60. The passage mainly tells us . A. how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U. S. A. B. how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated C. that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday D. how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places B Customs are social habits. They have been handed down through generations (代 ) among groups, social classes, etc. Customs can be described as ways of doing things. They are particularly (特別 ) strong in social practices on the occasions (場合 ) of births, marriages and deaths. In China, these days, some people in cities are learning from Western customs. For example, some brides dress in the long white dress that is usual bridal wear in many Western countries. Every people (民族 ) has special customs for New Year. The Han people have many interesting Spring Festival customs. And now, quite a number of people living in the cities have followed the Western customs of sending New Year greeting cards for January 1st. One interesting custom in China is that mothers wrap (包 ) up their babies tightly (緊緊的 ).This is not the custom in Western countries, where babies are usually dressed in loose garments. 61. It is true that customs . A. have been formed during a short time B. have been formed little by little C. have been quickly formed and changed D. have never been changed 62. In this passage, the word “garment” is . A. a kind of food B. a bed C. a sort of clothes D. a room 63. How do the Chinese young people learn from Western countries at their marriages? A. The brides（新娘） have on the white clothes. B. Men wear the white coats. C. Their parents all have attended their marriages. D. Their marriages are only held in the men’s homes. 64. From this passage we know . A. the people all over China spend New Year in the same way B. people in the villages and cities send New Year greeting cards to each other C. each people has his special custom for New Year D. most of Chinese people take Spring Festival seriously 65. The difference about clothing between Chinese and Western babies is that . A. Chinese babies are usually dressed in new clothes B. Chinese mothers are used to dressing their babies in colourful clothes C. Western babies are dressed in bigger clothes while Chinese babies are usually wrapped D. Western babies have more clothes than Chinese babies C Our daughter Kerrin, a student at Boston University, had been home for a weekend visit, and I dropped her off at the bus station just in time for her back to college. After Kerrin’s bus had gone and I was driving away, I noticed that she had left her purse on the passenger seat. Worried that she would arrive in Boston without money or keys to her room, I called my wife, Bette Jean, on the car phone, explaining why I would be late. As I was following the bus, Bette Jean phoned me back to say she had phoned the bus dispatcher（調(diào)度員） on the other line and he, in return, had phoned the bus driver on yet another phone. The driver asked me to wave out of my window to show where I was. Then he pulled over at a rest stop, and I did the same. Kerrin jumped off the bus, and I handed her the purse and went on my way. 66. The writer saw his daughter’s purse right after . A. seeing her off at the bus station B. starting his car again C. she got off the car D. she got on the bus 67. Kerrin didn’t find her purse missing until . A. the bus started off B. her mother told her C. the bus stopped again D. she returned to the university 68. In which order did the following persons know about the loss of the purse? A. driver— writer— Better Jean— Kerrin B. Kerrin— writer— Better Jean— driver C. writer— driver— Kerrin— Better Jean D. wri