6.Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United States and Canada.Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.
Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall,after the crops are in.But one of the first thanksgivings 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.The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast.Everyone brought food.
In time,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.He proclaimed(宣布)the last Thursday of November 1863as 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 thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.
28.Thanksgiving Day is celebratedC.
A.in spring
B.in summer
C.in autumn
D.in winter
29.The first to celebrate thanksgiving wereA.
A.some people from England
B.the American Indians
C.Sarah Josepha Hale
D.Governor Bradford
30.We can infer from the passage that New England must beA.
A.in the U.S.A.
B.in Great Britain
C.in Canada
D.on some island off the Atlantic
31.The passage mainly tells usB.
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.thatThanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday
D.how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places.
分析 本文介紹了感恩節(jié)的來歷及不同的慶祝風(fēng)俗.
解答 28.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段第二句This is why it is celebrated in late fall可得知感恩節(jié)是在秋天慶祝,故C正確.
29.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段one of the first thanksgivings 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.可得知第一批慶祝感恩節(jié)的人來自英國,所以A正確.
30.A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.而且從全文看都是介紹美國的感恩節(jié)的來歷,所以可推斷New England一定是在美國,所以答案選A.
31.B 主旨大意題.縱觀全文,都在介紹感恩節(jié)的來歷以及不同的慶祝風(fēng)俗.所以答案選B.
點(diǎn)評 本文是一個文化歷史類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).