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1、课后能力测评(一).完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。字数：359完成时间： 15分钟难度：St.Patricks Day is Irelands greatest national holiday as well as a holy(神圣的) day.Each year, millions of people worldwide celebrate this _1_on March 17, the date of St.Patricks death.It is a happy holiday for the Irish livi
2、ng in Ireland and _2_.The day is celebrated with parades(游行), speeches, festival dinners, and dances._3_ is the colour of the day, with thousands of little cloth shamrocks(三叶草) on. St.Patrick was born in Britain to _4_ parents near the end of the fourth century.At the age of sixteen, Patrick was tak
3、en prisoner by a group of Irish raiders(入侵者) _5_ his familys wealth.So he had to _6_ a shepherd, outdoors and away from people._7_lonely and afraid, he turned to his religion(宗教) and became a Christian.The first St.Patricks Day parade _8_ not in Ireland, but in the United States.Irish soldiers in th
4、e British army _9_ through New York City on March 17, 1762 with Irish music.Since then, St.Patricks Day parades have become a way for Irish Americans to show their _10_every year.In 1948, President Truman _11_the New Year Citys St.Patricks Day parade, which was a _12_moment for many Irish people who
5、se fathers and grandfathers had to fight against people who disliked them to find _13_ in America.It was in Boston where the Day was first celebrated in a public way. _14_ since 1762, the New York Citys parade on St.Patricks Day has _15_ more than one million people each year.Meanwhile, the city of
6、Chicago has _16_ a special tradition of colouring the river water green.It started in 1962 when 100 pounds of green paint was _17_ its rivers, enough to keep them green for a week.The _18_ has continued till today.Now, 40 pounds of a green food colouring keeps the rivers green for only a few hours.H
7、istorically, _19_the shamrocks and things green has become a _20_ symbol of declaring the Irish national and cultural identity(特性)1A.holidayBfestivalChonorDdate2A.places Babroad CEngland Daboard3A.Green BBlue CGrass DRed 4A.poor Bcruel Cunhealthy Dwealthy5A.giving Bstealing Cattacking Dprocessing6A.
8、serve in Bstand for Cwork as Dact for7A.Feeling BKeeping CRemaining Dperforming8A.held up Btook place Cwas occurred Dhappened9A.advanced Bmarched Cprocessed Dprogressed10A.existence Banger Cstruggle Dimportance11A.led Battended Cjoining Dacting12A.responsible Bforgettable Cproud Dunthinkable13A.rece
9、ption Bacceptance Crefusal Dresistance14A.Celebrated BCompletedCHeld DPerformed15A.attempted Bdrawn Cdriven Demployed16A.developed Bcreated Cbuilt Dinvented17A.added up Badded up to Cadded to Drisen to18A.custom Btradition Chabit Dpractice19A.making up Bdressing inCwearing Dhaving20A.abstract Bpract
10、ical Cfalse Dpowerful.阅读理解 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。A字数：212完成时间： 5分钟难度：The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world.The celebration usually lasts for 15 days.There is a lot to do. On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have
11、big meals.Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings. Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes.People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck.It makes the house ready for good luck. The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival.People think red is a happy colour and
12、will bring them a bright future.People wear red, too.They decorate their homes with pieces of red paper.Kids get a lot of “hong bao”It is a red paper bag with money in it.Usually, older people give younger ones “hong bao”They think it brings good luck. The Spring Festival is the time to make everybo
13、dy happy.So dont say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For instance, youd better not say any bad words like “death”Dont break anything.People think that it means your luck is running_out. Also, dont borrow or lend money on these days.If you have borrowed money
14、, return it before the Spring Festival.1How long does the celebration of the Spring Festival last?A. Only one day. BTwo days.C15 days. DOne week. 2What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?AFamily members gather for a big meal.BFriends eat dumplings together.CThey borrow money from fr
15、iends.DThey give each other “hong bao”3Which of the following things is NOT supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?AReturning money before the Spring Festival.BSaying words that have to do with death.CWearing red clothes. DDecorating houses with red paper.4The underlined phrase “running out” in the sixth paragr
