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大学英语（三）复习题 阅读理解 1 Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations Why did the pilgrims sail to the New World? Because they questioned the beliefs of the Church of England. Why was their first winter in the New World difficult? Because theyarrived so late that they couldn’t grow any crops. Why did the colonists plan a feast in the autumn of 1621? Because they harvested bountiful crops. Who suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day? B. George Washington. Who decided the accurate date of Thanksgiving on which all Americans hold celebrations? B. Abraham Lincoln. 2 A federal program in the United States called Reading First has received one billion dollars a year for the past several years. The money has gone to school systems to get them to use scientifically based ways to teach reading. The goal is to help all children read at or above grade level by the end of the third grade. The Bush administration’s education law, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, established Reading First. Now, the Department of Education has released findings from a study of the program. On average, teachers using it increased the time they taught reading skills like phonics and vocabulary. But the study also found, on average, little or no effect on test scores in reading comprehension. Government researchers say they are not sure how to explain the results. Another new report listed the books read most often last year by students in American schools. The Renaissance Learning company based the report on its reading programs used in many schools. Students read books and then took computer quizzes to see if they understood them. There are tests for more than one hundred fifteen thousand books. Th