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【題目】Thanksgiving is one of the biggest American holidays. And at the center of Thanksgiving dinner is the turkey. You may wonder why the word "turkey" ______ both a country and a bird that Americans eat for Thanksgiving dinner. Many think the bird comes from the of Turkey. But turkey is not from Turkey. In fact, the fact that the turkey bird is called by that name is one big mistake. We could say it is a case of identity.

First of all, "Turkey" has meant the "land of the Turks" since _____ times. The word turkey, _______ to the bird, first appeared in the English language around 1540. And the misunderstanding ______ the word turkey happened because of birds that look _________.

There is an African bird called the guinea fowl. This _____ bird came to Europe through Turkish lands. So, the English mistakenly called the male bird the "turkey cock" and called the bird the "turkey hen." It became to eat the bird for Christmas dinner.

When the moved to North America, they saw a bird that looked like the guinea fowl, which at that time was called the "turkey cock" and _____ gave it the same name. So we now call this North American bird turkey even though it has no at all with the country Turkey.

And there is another piece to the puzzle. The case of mistaken identity crosses land and language____.The Turkish, for their part, call the North American bird "hindi," the Turkish name for India. The reference to India probably comes from the old, wrong idea that the New World was in Eastern Asia. Sometimes, that is _____ language changes over time by mistakes.

Another interesting fact about the turkey is that it became the national bird of the United States. Some people thought it should be the of the U.S.Founding father Benjamin Franklin did not think the eagle was a ______ icon for the new country. He thought the eagle was "lazy" and "of character" because it stole food from others. He thought that the turkey was a "more ________ bird" and a "true original native of America."

【1】A. explains B. presents C. recognizes D. describes

2A. name B. bird C. nation D. tradition

3A. mistaken B. right C. real D. unknown

4A. ancient B. past C. gone D. future

5A. applying B. turning C. appealing D. referring

6A.on B. to C. over D. in

7A. like B. same C. similar D. equal

8A.foreign B. beautiful C. strange D. local

9A. baby B. female C. other D. American

10A. trend B. delicious C. popular D. well-known

11A. Europeans B. Africans C. Americans D. English

12A.but B. because C. and D. so

13A. question B. difficulty C. connection D. business

14A. study B. borders C. link D. conflict

15A. Why B. Which C. When D. how

16A. almost B. just C. never D. merely

17A. bird B. sign C. symbol D. leader

18A. moral B. fair C. spiritual D. considerate

19A. good B. bad C. logical D. legal

20A. representative B. respectful C. respectable D. responsible

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【5】D

【6】C

【7】C

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【11】A

【12】D

【13】C

【14】B

【15】D

【16】A

【17】C

【18】A

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】主旨大意:文章主要介紹了火雞被錯稱為turkey的由來.歐洲人因為在美洲看到了當時被稱為turkey cock的guinea fowl才將它稱為turkey.實際上火雞與土耳其這個國家沒有關系.

1考查動詞的辨析和上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是:你可能不知道為什么turkey這個詞既描述一個國家又表示一種我們感恩節(jié)晚餐會食用的禽類A. explains 解釋,B. presents 呈現C. recognizes 認出,D. describes 描述;綜合上下文和句意,這里應該填D 描述。

2考查名稱辨析和上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是:許多人認為這種鳥來自土耳其這個國家.A. name 名字,B. bird C. nation 國家 D. tradition 傳統(tǒng),綜合上下文和句意,這里應該填C 國家。

3考查形容詞辨析以及上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是:我們可以說這是弄錯的例子,A. mistaken弄錯的,B. right對的,C. real真的,D. unknown不為人知的,故選A。

4考查形容詞辨析以及上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是:首先,turkey從古代開始就意味著土耳其人之地。.A. ancient 古代的 B. past 以前的 C. gone 過去的 D. future 將來.這里應該填形容詞,所以排除D項.綜合上下文和句意,這里應該填A 古代的

5考查動詞的辨析和上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是:指這個鳥的turkey這個單詞第一次是在1540年出現在英語語言中. 詞組:refer to所指,故答案為D

6考查詞的辨析和上下文聯系理解,……的誤解,用介詞over,故答案為C. over

7考查形容詞的辨析和上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是對于turkey這個詞的誤解是由于長相相似的鳥.A. like 象, B. same 一樣的 C. similar 相似的 D. equal 相等的.首先這里應該填相似的而不是一樣的,因為不同種類的鳥不可能長得完全一樣.其次A項錯誤,因為應該使用alike而不是like.所以這里填C 相似的。

8考查形容詞的辨析和上下文聯系理解,根據上文:There is an African bird called the guinea fowl. 可知這是外國的鳥,A.foreign外國的,B.beautiful美麗的,C.strange 奇怪的,D.local當地的,故答案為A。

9考查形容詞的辨析和上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是:英國人誤將雄鳥叫做turkey cock而將雌鳥叫做turkey hen.A. baby 幼兒 B. female 雌性的C. other 其他的 D. American 美國的. 根據cock是公雞而hen是母雞可以推知前后兩句說的是雌雄兩種鳥.所以填B 雌性的

10考查形容詞的辨析和上下文理解聯系,這句話的意思是:圣誕晚餐吃這種鳥變得流行起來.A. trend 趨勢 B. delicious 美味的 C. popular 流行的 D. well-known 著名的.首先這里應該填形容詞,A項的名詞trend排除.綜合上下文和句意,這里應該填C 流行的。

11考查上下文理解聯系,這句話的意思是:當歐洲人移居到北美,他們看到了很像guinea fowl的鳥. A. Europeans 歐洲人B.Africans 非洲人,C. Americans 美洲人,D. Japanese 日本人.根據上文的This foreign bird came to Europe through Turkish lands可知,這里認錯鳥類的是歐洲.所以填A 歐洲人。

12考查形容詞的辨析和上下文聯系理解,這句話的意思是:他們看見一鳥看起來guinea fowl而且叫"turkey cock",因此叫它是同樣的名字A.but 但是,B. because因為,C.and并且,D.so因此,故答案為D.

13考查名詞的辨析和上下文理解聯系,這句話的意思是:所以我們現在稱這種鳥為turkey,即便它和土耳其這個國家并沒有聯系.A. question 問題 B. difficulty 難處 C. connection 聯系D. business 事情.綜合上下文和句意,并聯系固定搭配 have connection with,這里應該填C 聯系。

14考查名詞的辨析和上下文理解聯系,這句話的意思是:這個錯誤的身份跨越了土地和語言邊界,A. study學習,B. borders邊界,C. link聯系,D. conflict沖突,故答案為B

15考查疑問詞的辨析和上下文理解聯系,這句話的意思是:這就是這么長時間語言怎么變化的, how. 故選D。

16考查副詞辨析和上下文理解聯系 這句話的意思是另一個關于turkey的有趣事實是它幾乎就會成為美國的國鳥。A. almost 幾乎B. just 剛剛 C. never 從未D. merely 僅僅.綜合下文有關于turkey和eagle品格的討論,這里應該填A 幾乎。

17考查名詞辨析和上下文理解聯系這句話的意思是:有些人認為它應該成為美國的象征。A. bird B. sign 標志 C. symbol 象征 D.leader 領導者.根據下文的did not think the eagle was a good icon for the new country,可知這里應該填icon的近義詞,所以選C 象征

18考查形容詞辨析和上下文理解聯系,這句話的意思是:他認為鷹很懶惰并且道德品質惡劣.A. moral 道德的, B. fair公平的, C. spiritual 精神的 D. considerate考慮周到的. 這里應該填A 道德的。

19考查形容詞辨析和上下文理解聯系,這句話的意思是:他認為鷹很懶,品德不好,A.good好,B.bad壞,C.logical 邏輯的,D.legal合法的,故答案為B.

20考查形容詞辨析和上下文理解聯系這句話的意思是:他認為火雞是更值得尊敬的鳥。A. representative 有代表性的B. respectful 尊敬的C. respectable 值得尊敬的D. responsible 有責任感的.根據下文的"true original native of America可知這里說的是火雞值得尊敬,所以填C 值得尊敬的

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