2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit 1 Festivals around the world单元综合测评 新人教版必修3.docVIP

Unit 1　Festivals around the world (时间：90分钟　满分：110分) 第一部分　阅读理解(共两节；满分30分) 第一节　(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for Gods blessing. Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But the first thanksgiving 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(盛宴). The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food. As time went by, 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. In 1863, he proclaimed(宣布) the last Thursday of November 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 the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October. Thanksgiving Day is observed by church services and family reunions; the turkey dinner is a reminder of the four wild turkeys served at the Pilgrims first thanksgiving feast. There are slight differences in Canadas and the United States Thanksgiving in dates but the tradition is very similar. Other countries celebrate Thanksgiving Day as well. 语篇解读　本篇文章主要讲了感恩节的来历以及人们庆祝此节日的不同方