【正文】 joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn39。 B My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn39。通讀全文可知，文章主要講述了感恩節(jié)的來歷以及人們慶祝此節(jié)日的不同方式。s about that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday. 39。s about how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U． . 39。 39。由第三段前兩句 “The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth，Massachusetts， in 1620” 以及常識可推知， Massachusetts 是美國的一個州且這個州位于新英格蘭地區(qū)。根據(jù)第二段的最后三句可推知，在美國第一批對上帝表示感恩的人來自英格蘭，故答案為 A。 Thanksgiving in dates but the tradition is very similar. Other countries celebrate Thanksgiving Day as well. 語篇解讀 本篇文章主要講了感恩節(jié)的來歷以及人們慶祝此節(jié)日的不同方式。 first thanksgiving feast. There are slight differences in Canada39。s blessing. Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But the first thanksgiving in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4,1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic. The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year, they had a good harvest. So Governor Bradford declared a three－ day feast(盛宴 ). The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food. As time went by, other colonies(殖民地 ) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. In 1863, he proclaimed(宣布 ) the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbors. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October. Thanksgiving Day is observed by church services and family reunions。 Unit 1 Festivals around the world (時間： 90分鐘 滿分： 110分 ) 第一部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)；滿分 30 分 ) 第一節(jié) (共 10小題；每小題 2分，滿分 20分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C和 D)中，選出最佳選項。 A Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for God39。 the turkey dinner is a reminder of the four wild turkeys served at the Pilgrims39。s and the United States39。 first group of people in America to have thanksgiving were ________. people from England American Indians Josepha Hale Bradford 答案與解析： A 推理判斷題。 can infer from the passage that New England must be ________. the U． . Great Britain Canada some island off the Atlantic 答案與解析： A 推理判斷題。故選 A。s the passage mainly about？ 39。s about how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated. 39。s about how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with time and places. 答案與解析： B 主旨大意題。故選 B。t like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn39。t going to support that law！ Did I mention that I was a priest (牧師 )? One of my favourite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies — secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candle173。t serve in the army D. he helped young people get married secretly 答案與解析： D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 of the fo