【正文】 ic holiday. Businesses have normal opening hours. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 each year to honor the United States flag. On the same day, the United States Army celebrates its birthday. Although Flag Day is a great celebration across the country, it is not a public holiday.（1）If you are a stay﹣at﹣home parent, what can you do to relax on PTCW Day？ A.Take a day off.B.Go to work earlier.C.Look after children.D.Do some housework.（2）Which is a public holiday？ A.PTCW Day.B.Kamehameha Day.C.D﹣Day.D.Flag Day.（3）When is the United States Amy39。s birthday？ A.On June 6.B.On June 11.C.On June 14.D.On June 25.（4）What can we know about D﹣Day？ A.It is celebrated in France.B.The WWⅡ ended before 1944.C.Businesses are closed for it.D.The Normandy landings happened in 1944.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】大意：本文分別講述了Work Day, Kamehameha Day, D﹣Day和Flag Day等節(jié)日時(shí)間，以及它們的意義。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一句Please Take my Children to Work Day（PTCW Day） first began as a holiday for hard﹣working and tired stayathome mothers to take a day off. 帶孩子工作日（PTCW日）最初是作為一個(gè)在家里勞累的媽媽們休息一天的節(jié)日。 可知，這一天媽媽們可以休息一天，故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Kamehameha Day is held on June 11 each year. Kamehameha Day is a public holiday in Hawaii，and this is a day off for people ?？拦拦帐窍耐牡墓布偃?，這是人民學(xué)校的休息日?？芍?，卡美哈美哈日是個(gè)公共假期， 故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 each year to honor the United States flag On the same day，the United States Army celebrates its birthday，國旗日是每年6月14日慶祝美國國旗的同一天，美國陸軍慶祝其生日，可知，美國陸軍是6月14日，故選C。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段DDay is celebrated in the U. S. to memorize the Normandy landings in France on June 6，在美國慶祝諾曼底登陸日，紀(jì)念諾曼底登陸法國?？芍Z曼底登陸是在1944年， 故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解能力，細(xì)節(jié)題、是閱讀理解題中常考題型。細(xì)節(jié)題要從文中尋找答案。9．閱讀理解 Interesting festivals in the worldThrowing tomatoesSpain（西班牙）Spain takes tomato fights to a whole new level. But the tomatoes are being thrown, not eaten. The festival takes place on the last Wednesday in August, Trucks（卡車） carry tomatoes into the square. People rush to the tomatoes and throw them into the crowd. Rolling cheese EnglandThis festival is celebrated in May. It takes place on Copper39。s Hill. A large wheel of cheese（奶酪） is rolled down Copper39。s Hill, The festival is actually a race where people run down the hill after the rolling cheese. The first person to cross the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. Burning man The United StatesThe Burning Man Festival is held annually, spanning from the last Sunday in August to the first Monday in September（Labor Day）. The festival takes place in Black Rock Desert. The best part of the festival is the burning of a large sculpture of a man. Pouring waterThailandThe Songkran Festival is the celebration of the New Year in Thailand. Rather than a single day, Thailand celebrates the New Year from April 13th to April 15th. Thai people run after each other, pouring water. Songkran is one of the most important reasons why foreigners travel to the beautiful land. （1）Where will you probably go to enjoy one of the festivals above in May? A.Spain.B.England.C.The United States.D.Thailand.（2）Which activity is held in Black Rock Desert? A.Throwing tomatoes.B.Rolling cheese.C.Burning man.D.Pouring water.（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.The tomatoes are thrown into the crowd to eat.B.Not all the festivals above fall on a single day.C.Burning a large real man is the best part of the Burning Man Festival.D.Songkran is the only reason for attracting lots of tourists.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B 【解析】【分析】文章大意：短文介紹了世界上有趣的節(jié)日：西班牙的扔西紅柿節(jié)、英格蘭的滾奶酪節(jié)、美國的火燒人狂歡節(jié)和他國的潑水節(jié)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)Rolling cheese EnglandThis festival is celebrated in May.可知五月份可以去英國，故答案是B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù) Burning man The United States The festival takes place in Black Rock Desert. 可知火燒人狂歡節(jié)放生在黑巖沙漠，故答案是C。 （3）正誤判斷題，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，哪一個(gè)節(jié)日也不是在一天之內(nèi)結(jié)束的，因此B的陳述是正確的，故答案是B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題和正誤判斷題。細(xì)節(jié)理解題可以直接從文中尋找答案；正誤判斷題屬于細(xì)節(jié)理解題的一種，也需要根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容進(jìn)行判定。10．閱讀理解 When you enter my home for the first time, you will always be impressed with a small and white envelope（信封）. No name, no address. It has hung on our Christmas tree for about 10 years. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn39。t hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the mercial（商業(yè)的） way of it, spending too much on the usual Christmas gifts, such as rushing into a store to buy a tie for Uncle Harry. Knowing he felt this way, I decided not to buy the usual gifts, such as shirts and sweaters. I reached for something special for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way. Our son Kevin, 12, was wrestling（摔跤） at the school. Before Christmas there was a match against a team helped by a city church, mostly poor kids. As the match began, I was surprised to see the other team wrestling only wearing the old clothes because they couldn39。t afford the wrestling uniforms, while our boys in their blue and gold uniforms. Of course, we ended up with beating them. Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, I wish just one of them could have won. In fact, they could if they had worn the uniforms. They have talent for wrestling, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them. Mike loved kidsall kids and he knew them, having trained kids football and baseball. At that time, I thought of the idea for the gift. That afternoon, I went to a store and bought some wrestling uniforms and sent them to the city church for the kids without leaving my name. On Christmas Eve, I put the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and telling him that this was his gift from me. His smile was the greatest thing about Christmas that yea