2015_2016高中英语Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld单元综合测评新人教版必修3英语练习题.pdfVIP

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