2023年八年级暑期话题阅读天天练：语言与文化（含答案）.docxVIP

第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 2023年八年级暑期话题阅读天天练：语言与文化（含答案） 2023年八年级暑期话题阅读天天练：语言与文化（共8题）一、阅读理解题（共8题）My name is Tom and I live in New York with my parents. I would like to introduce my favorite festival to you.Thanksgiving is one of the biggest holidays in the US. It is on the fourth Thursday of November. Many of us will get a seven-day holiday at the end of November. People visit their families to show that theyre lucky to have happiness, health and so on. Every Thanksgiving, my family members make the big meal together. This year, my mom will make a long shopping list on the weekend and my dad will do the shopping. Our traditional menu has mashed potatoes (土豆泥) and green beans.Thanksgiving is also the beginning of the holiday season. There will be sales, new movies, holiday activities and a long winter break for me to look forward to (盼望).Information CardThe country that Tom comes fromThe time of ThanksgivingThe length (时长) of Thanksgiving holidayThe thing that Toms family members do every ThanksgivingThe food that Toms familys traditional menu has(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)These days youd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesnt own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey (调查). Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that its not really necessary and theyre keeping it as a security blanket—19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor (因素)—o