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1、会宁四中2014-2015学年度第二学期期中考试高一级英语 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C或D）中，选出最佳选项A.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 celebrate
2、d 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 （新来的移民）from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlanti
3、c.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 thr
4、ee-day feast（盛宴）. 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 A
5、braham Lincoln to do something about it. He proclaimed（宣布）the last Thursday of November 1863 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
6、 the Canadian thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.1. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated . A. in spring B. in summer C. in winter D. in autumn2. The first to celebrate thanksgiving were . A. the American Indians B. Sarah Josepha HaleC. some people from EnglandD. Governor Bradford3 Whi
7、ch of the following is NOT true? A. Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest. B. Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations. C Theres little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. D. Thanksgiving
8、Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian peoples thanks to God. 4. The passage mainly tells us . A. how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U. S. A. B. that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday C. how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places D. ho
9、w Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebratedBIn the last 500 years nothing about peoplenot their clothes, ideas, or languages has changed as much as what they eat. Chocolate (巧克力) drink was first made from the seeds of the cacao (可可) tree by South American Indians. The
10、Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became popular, In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought
11、 it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent (依赖的) on it that thousands of Irish people starved (挨饿) when the crop failed during the years of 18451846, and thousands more were forced to go to live in America.There are many other foods that have traveled from S
12、outh America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s. According to an
13、 Arabic story, coffee was discovered when a goat keeper named Lakdi noticed that his goats were eating red fruits on a coffee tree. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake (彻底清醒的)” feeling that one third of the worlds population now starts the day with.5. According to the passage, which of the
14、following changed more than others? A. Clothes. B. Languages. C. Foods. C. Ideas.6. Chocolate drink was first invented in while coffee was first invented in _. A. South America; the Old World C. Spain; BrazilB. Spain; Ethiopia D. London; Rent7 In 1845, thousands of Irish people were forced to live i
15、n America mainly because . A. Ireland became dependent on the potato B. the potato was brought to Europe from Peru C. the production of potatoes reduced(减少) D. they could easily get potato in America8. From the passage we can conclude (得出结论) that millions of people drink coffee . A. at noon C. in the morningB in the afternoon D. in the eveningC A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of food is very important. It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.There are four main food groups al
