Thanksgiving day is celebrated mainly in America and Canada. Much like the annual harvest festivals celebrated in other countries throughout the world, Thanksgiving Day was meant to pay our homage to the Almighty for this bountiful harvest. While the purpose and origin of the concept remains the same, the day of its celebration differs from country to country. In the United States, the holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November while in Canada (which has an early harvest cycle and season), the holiday is observed on the second Monday in October, known as the Columbus Day. Much like the Christian Thanksgiving day, it is celebrated with pomp and show.

Since 1930, the end of Thanksgiving season marks the beginning of Christmas shopping season. In Canada, Thanksgiving holiday lasts for only three days but the time period may vary in the US. Let's have a look at the brief history of Thanksgiving in North America, U.S. and Canada:

In North America: Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated on September 8, 1565 in St. Augustine when Pedro Menendez de Aviles and his men shared a feast with the natives. After that Pilgrims held a three days feast to make merriment on their enormous harvest.

In United States: The immigrants who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower were basically members of the English Separatist Church (a Puritan sect). They took shelter in Netherlands but soon were disgusted by their lifestyle. They settled in United States with a desire for a better lifestyle. But their beginning was horrendous. The climate was unfavorable and many of them died. But in 1621 they hard turmoil bore fruits for them as there was a huge harvest. They celebrated it with a feast with 91 Indians who had helped them during their harsh times.

Thanksgiving was celebrated after that at irregular intervals until Franklin Roosevelt, had set it one week to the next-to-last Thursday of November in order keeping an eye on commercial benefits as Christmas was nearby. Allegations were brought against this decision, which made the President to move Thanksgiving back to its original date two years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally set by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.

In Canada: Probably the Americans who migrated to Canada after American Independence brought with them the practices of Thanksgiving. Initially it was celebrated in English Canadian Society but later it became a countrywide practice. Formally, Canadian Thanksgiving Day was celebrated on April 5, 1872 on behalf of the Prince of Wales' recovery from illness. Innumerable transformations took place before the date of celebration finally settled on the second Monday in October in 1957.

With Funny Faces, you can shape a mouth into a happy smile, or you can make a sad face. If you want to show an angry face, you can make it appear to be fierce（兇狠的）. The eyebrows (眉毛) move up and down, the eyes turn from side to side, and the ears move slightly.

It is lots of fun to play with Funny Faces, by yourself or with your friends, make up stories about the different faces, put on a Funny Faces show and invite your friends to watch it.

A Funny Faces toy costs only five dollars. It is a super toy that every child should have. Buy Funny Faces today! You will find it in many stores in your city or town.

And if you buy Funny Faces now, we will send you a FREE gift. It is a special case for your toy. You will not find this case in stores. Here is all you have to do:

Cut off the top of the Funny Faces box. It writes “A Great New Toy!”

Write your name and address on a piece of paper.

Mail both pieces to the Funny Faces address on the front of the box.

Act today! This offer is good only until June 30.

【1】According to the passage, what is Funny Faces?

A. A kind of toy. B. A box.

C. A special show. D. A picture.

【2】 With Funny Faces, we can _____.

A. make our friends angry

B. write names and address

C. shape a mouth into a smile

D. turn our eyes from side to side

【3】Why does the author write this passage?

A. To tell us how to get a free gift.

B. To encourage us to buy Funny Faces.

C. To show us how to enjoy Funny Faces.

D. To advise us to put on an interesting show.

【4】We can see the passage is _____.

A. a story B. a news report

C. a letter D. an advertisement

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每次錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號()，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

I almost didn’t wake up in time for school this morning. I stayed up late last night, prepare my lessons. The alarm clock does go off, but I didn’t hear them because I was too tired.

It was already 7 o’clock when I opened my eye. The first thing I was aware was that I would be late. Terrified, I ran to school and without having breakfast. I didn’t want to be criticized by the teacher, nor I want to be laughed at by my classmates. Lucky, I rushed into the classroom in the last minute. We had a test today, for that I was well-prepared and it was so easy a exam that I got high marks. What an exciting experience!

A. I Heard It from Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden

Juanita Havill

Illustrated by Chirstine Davenier

2006, Chronicle Books, $15.95. Ages 4 to 8. Reviewers: Jean Borren, Ph.D.

B. Busy in the Garden

George Shannon

Pictures by Sam Williams

2006, Greenwillow/ HarperCollins, $15.99 and $16.89.

Ages 3 – 5. Reviewers: Sheilah Egan.

C. The Biggest Fish in the Lake

Margaret Carney

Illustrated by Janet Wilson

2001, Kids Can Press, $15.95. Ages 4 to 8. Reviewers: Sue Reichard.

D. The Little Fish that Got Away

Bernadine Cook

Illustrations by Crockett Johnson

2005(org.1956), Harper Collins, $14.99. Ages 3 to 7. Reviewer: Barbara I Taleroft

E. A Grand Old Tree

Mary Newell Depalma

2006, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, $16.99. Ages 2 to 5.

F. Tree of life: the incredible biodiversity of life on earth

Roebelle Strauss

Illustrated by Margot Thompson

2004, Toronto. Kids Can Press, $16.95. Grades 3 – 6

下面是這些書的簡要內(nèi)容。請把相關的內(nèi)容與它們的書名匹配起來。

【1】This picture book explores the life of a tree that has deep roots，long arms，and many children. She provides shelter for many animals and bears fruit. The author uses colorful, simple，yet detailed watercolor illustrations to convey her words. The charming pictures show the many aspects in the life of a tree down to the caterpillars that eat the leaves. It is good for pre-school children.

【2】This charming picture book highlights the life of a garden，from planting seeds to harvesting. With the narrator as guide，the reader is led through a variety of free verse and occasionally rhymed poems that fill in the story of a garden and its inhabitants. The pictures. delightful watercolors in bright pastels，add to the whimsical feel of the poems. Young readers will certainly enjoy this fun and fanciful text.

【3】This is a story from 1956 which introduces a little boy who likes to go fishing with a tree limb，a woman，and a pin. Although he never catches anything，on this particular day he finally does hook three big ones，but the little one gets away. The boy pulls them home in his wagon and his mother cooks them for supper. The swinging rhythms of the text and the good humor evident in the illustrations remain fun for the youngest readers.

【4】This useful，attractive，oversize volume uses its height well，employing a tree metaphor to show the earth’s various kinds of life and how all living things. from bacteria to the largest mammals，are related. Each spread covers one branch of the animal kingdom. To make the enormity of species understandable. Strauss equates individual species（e. g. ，1 0，000 bacteria）with one leaf on the tree.

【5】This is a story about how a grandfather teaches his eager granddaughter to catch speckled trout from the stream in springtime. After a whole day on the lake，only Grandpa is lucky. The next morning the young fisherman hurries to the dock alone，and soon she hooks the catch of a lifetime. Young readers will appreciate this story that celebrates the special bond between the older and younger generation，while brilliant watercolor illustrations capture the beauty of the natural world

【1】There is no need for us to ______ about the rumor.

【2】Looking after 30 children can really ____ me ____.

【3】It was the driver who ______. He was drunk while driving.

【4】The governor ______ when he heard that no measures were taken to help the refugees.

【5】There are lots of things happening during Carnival, so don’t ______ the fun!

Select the 'City Tour in Foreign Languages and All Loops Tour' and get an extra value of the All Loops Tour Pass!

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us no later than 48 hours prior to departure.

【1】 If you (age 10) and your parents choose the tour, how much will you pay for the online tickets?

A. $212 B. $197 C. $187 D. $128

【2】You live in the 8th Avenue, and which tour is best for you to Chinatown?

A. Downtown Loop Plus

B. Uptown Loop Plus

C. Night Tour

D. The Gray Line New York Eat and Play Card

【3】Which of the statement is Not true according to the Ads?

A. The tour is comfort and luxury.

B. You can enjoy the sightseeing in your own language.

C. The online tickets are available for one year and can get refund if you like.

D. Inform the agency in more than 48 hours before departure if you have any requirements.

【4】If you like to enjoy the The Gray Line New York Eat and Play Card, ________.

A. you can save 10-50% off the entire bill

B. you can use the web vouchers at 100+ of NYC's best restaurants, lounges, and more

C. the Average Visit Time is not applicable

D. you can use the web vouchers for your card at anyplace

Everything I Never Told You：A novel by Celeste Ng

Series: Alex Awards (Awards)

Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: Penguin Press; 1St Edition(June 26, 2014)

Language: English

In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet . . .” So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother’s bright blue eyes and her father’s jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue—in Marilyn’s case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James’s case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every party.

When Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos. James, consumed by guilt, sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to find a responsible party, no matter what the cost. Lydia’s older brother, Nathan, is certain that the neighborhood bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it’s the youngest of the family—Hannah—who observes far more than anyone realizes and who may be the only one who knows the truth about what happened.

A profoundly moving story of family,history, and the meaning of home, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, exploring the divisions between cultures and the rifts within a family, and uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.

【1】What type of writing is this passage?

A. An exhibition guide. B. An announcement.

C. A book review. D. An advertisement.

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. James wants his daughter to be a homemaker.

B. In Hannah’s opinion, Jack is actually the real killer.

C. Lydia takes on the high expectations of the whole family.

D. The family members always live in harmony with each other.

【3】How many people in the Lee family are mentioned according to the passage?

A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.

Completing Silent Spring took Carson four years.First published in The New Yorker in June 1962，the book alarmed readers across America.It described how DDT entered the food chain and accumulated (堆積) in the fatty tissues of animals，including human beings，and caused cancer and genetic damage.

Carson begins by describing exactly these effects in the first chapter，creating strong images and drawing the readers in.As the book continues，she gives various examples of how insecticides(殺蟲劑) are not only unsuccessful，but actually very costly and damaging.She also explains about the biological controls which are less expensive and much more efficient.

A single application on a crop，she wrote，killed insects for weeks and months，and not only the targeted insects but countless more，and remained poisonous in the environment even after it was washed out by rainwater.Carson concluded that DDT and other pesticides had definitely harmed birds and animals and had destroyed the entire world's food supply.The book's most famous chapter，A Fable for Tomorrow，described a nameless American town where all life—from fish to birds to apple blossoms to human children—had been “silenced” by the harmful effects of DDT.

The most important effect of Silent Spring，though，was a new public awareness that nature was so easily destroyed by human intervention(干預)．Rachel Carson had made a brave proposal：that，at times，technological progress is so basically at odds with(與……不一致) natural processes that it must be prevented.

【1】What are Rachel Carson's books mainly concerned about?

A．The relationship between man and nature.

B．The balance of natural systems.

C．The interconnection of nature and living things.

D．The pollution of the environment.

【2】According to the text，Silent Spring________.

A．didn't draw the readers' attention when first published

B．mainly describes people's quiet lives in an American town

C．effectively tells people how to keep the balance of nature

D．showed the harmful effects of DDT on nature

【3】Rachel Carson thinks that the more efficient way to kill insects is to use ________.

A．DDT

B．human controls

C．biological controls

D．technical progress

【4】The publication of Silent Spring makes people ________.

A．understand the author's outstanding writing talent

B．realize the importance of technical progress

C．a(chǎn)ware of the necessity of environmental protection

D．rethink the harmful effects of developing industry

首先閱讀以下學校各社團的介紹。

閱讀以下學生的相關信息。匹配適合他們的社團。

【1】Tom is a first year geography student who would like to learn more about the geography of the local area. He is also worried about passing the English test that all students must take at the end of their first year of study. He has to return to his home to help his parents every weekend, so he is only free during weekdays.

【2】Cherry is majoring in drama and wants to be a scriptwriter when she graduates. She is interested i discovering new stories that she may one day be able to turn into movies. As her home is far from the university she is only free during the day to take part.

【3】David is a new student at the university, whose major is English literature. He is a little shy so he is hoping to join a club that can help him get to know new people and build his confidence.

【4】Bonnie wants to join a club that will keep her fit and active but because she has a part-time job every workday evening she is only available to take part on the weekends.

【5】Mary is studying film making and one day hopes to become a director. But she thinks her ability to create beautiful visual images is not strong enough so she has recently purchased a camera to help her practice.

要求：

根據(jù)以上信息寫一篇圖書介紹，內(nèi)容包括：

1.圖書的基本信息

2.圖書的相關報道

3. 100詞左右。