【正文】 ew year39。s Eve．And even children try not to go to sleep for as long as they can．People go out into the streets at night，light New Year trees and put them all around the town． Russians can have a lot of fun on New Year39。s Day．They clean their houses and cook a lot of food． 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． 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。 4．C 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。 2．D 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。 D．thing答案： B．reason ( B．Chicken． ) 4．What were more useful alive than dead? D．About eleven months． B．About eight months． ) 3．How long do turkeys grow to about 10 pounds? D．All of the above． B．Turkeys were big． ) 2．Why do Americans enjoy eating turkey on Thanksgiving day? D．清潔 B．欣賞 ) 1．The underlined word savour in Paragraph 1 probably means ________ in Chinese． 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．t need to pay a lot for the birds．Cows were more useful alive than dead，and beef wasn39。 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? 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。 4．A 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。 2．B 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。 D．可能性答案： B．必然性 ( C．expensive A．different ( C．Osechi ryori A．turkey ) 3．In Japan，people all like eating _______ on New year39。 D．Lantern Festival． C．New Year． A．Christmas． ( C．In France，Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter． A．people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals． ( 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。 In most Asian countries，the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar(陰歷的) month．Each place has its special food to wele the ing year：People in China prepare their food ahead of time to avoid the possibility that using a knife during New Year39。t need to cook during the festival．On New Year39。 In southern parts of India，there is a threeday festival in midJanuary called Pongal．It includes rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with families and friends． Around the world，people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals．Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health： 根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可以找出 Zhenia 是來自烏克蘭，即 C。 4．D 根據(jù) Pat 的介紹可知在 4 月 13 — 15 日，他們可以把水潑在別人身上，所以確定是潑水節(jié)，選 D。 2．B 根據(jù)第一個學(xué)生的話可以確定 Sandy 最喜歡的節(jié)日是中秋節(jié)，即選 A。 D．Thailand．答案： C．Ukraine． ) 5．Where does Zhenia e from according to the passage?A．Taiwan． D．a(chǎn)ll of the above B．weal new clothes ) 4．In order to celebrate Deepavali，we can ________． D．潑水節(jié) B．新年 ) 3．What does the underlined word Songkran probably mean in Chinese? D．exercise C．present A．hope ( C．Deepavali． B．New Year39。s favorite holiday? ( 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。 Pat from Thailand says： Yagna from India says： My favorite day is New Year39。 My favorite holiday is the MidAutumn festival．I always visit my grandfather and grandmother，and we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain to hold jubilation．At night，we always have a barbecue，and watch the moon together．I enjoy it a lot． opinions．三 5．A 根據(jù)文中 It means e together，