第1题
A.Because the party for Thanksgiving Day is beginning.
B.Because they have to rush to the dancing party.
C.Because she has talked so much about festivals.
D.Because she will be late for the class.
第2题
A.Cyber Monday
B.Thanksgiving Day
C.Black Friday
D.November 11
第3题
听力原文:M: Come in and have a seat please, Ann. Please make yourself at home.
W: I am really grateful for your invitation. I know Thanksgiving is a very traditional family holiday and I am so glad to be with an American family on this occasion.
M: on the fourth Thursday of November every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. You know its origin (20) ?
w: Yeah, it has something to do with the first settlers and Indians (20) .
M: Right. The first settlers in Massachusetts started this custom. And large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.
W: Do you have traditional dishes that you serve every year?
M: Yes, we do. The traditional foods of Thanksgiving meal include roast turkey, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and bread pudding (20) . I hope you have a good appetite today.
W: What do men do while women are doing the cooking?
M: It's the same every year'--football. We watch one game after another on Thanksgiving (21) . I always think we'd better go out and get some exercise, but every year we fail. We are glued to the tube! When I was young, I always went hunting with my father on Thanksgiving Day morning.
W: What do you do after the meal?
M: After dinner we'd like to go bowling. It's a fan thing to do together as a family (22) . After a couple of games, we go back home and eat the leftovers.
W: I think that Thanksgiving and Christmas are the most important holidays in the States, just like Spring Festival in China.
(23)
A.How to spend Thanksgiving Day.
B.Preparing food on Thanksgiving Day.
C.The origin of Thanksgiving Day.
D.What to do after Thanksgiving meal.
第4题
B、Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to proclaim the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving
C、October in 1777 marked the first time that all 13 colonies joined in a thanksgiving celebration
D、The people who sailed to America aboard the Mayflower were originally Englishmen
第5题
A、Independence Day.
B Thanksgiving Day.
C Mid-Autumn Day.
D Dragon Boat Festival.
第6题
B、Pumpkin pie
C、Turkey
D、Plum pudding
第7题
What has Victoria Birkett done in order to deal with the economic situation?
A.She has reduced the goods in stock.
B.She has special Thanksgiving gifts on sale.
C.She will try to attract more tourists.
D.She will move her shop to Washington D.C.
第8题
听力原文: Thanksgiving Day is one of the biggest holidays in America. Every family comes together at their parents' house, and talks about their lives. They also have a big party. Usually, they cook a big turkey and many side dishes such as pumpkin pie. And they have a nice holiday with their family.
It originated in the 1600's. The Pilgrims, who were a group of people from England, arrived in America and some Indians helped them. The Indians taught them how to plant grain such as corn, vegetables and pumpkins. So, after that, the Pilgrims had a party for their Indian friends every year.
During this holiday, many shops have promotions and big sales. The day after Thanksgiving Day, which is called "Black Friday", almost every store displays their cheapest prices. Almost every American goes shopping to catch the cheapest goods before others. It should be described as a "Shopping War". If you wait and go shopping on Sunday, it will be too late! You won't be able to buy many things, because many goods will be sold out already. But, sometimes window shopping is a nice experience on Thanksgiving holiday.
In Korea, there is a very similar holiday, which is called "Chu-suk". This holiday also expresses thankfulness for ancestors. People will give thanks for the plentiful harvest that year. Almost all Koreans come together with their family, see relatives who live far away and have an ancestor-memorial service with many kinds of food. Chu-suk is almost the same as Thanksgiving Day.
Every human seems to feel thankfulness for their ancestors, and once a year, they celebrate their good harvest and health. The styles of these two holidays are a little different but the feelings and emotions are the same.
(33)
A.England.
B.Korea.
C.France.
D.America.
第9题
W: It is supposed to be the fourth Thursday of November.
M: So, let's see ... it will be November 23 this year. What are you going to do that day?
W: I will be home with my family, of course.
M: To thank God for a good harvest like the earlier settlers did centuries ago?
W: Oh, that's history. True, every year we still tell our school kids the story of that famous Pilgrim feast. but for most of us, it's just time for family reunions.
M: You usually eat roast turkey and potatoes for dinner. That's what I've read.
W: Yes, and a lot of other things. It's always a huge meal. That's the tradition we still keep after so many years.
M: Sounds like our Mid-Autumn Festival. In the evening, the whole family gathers together to enjoy the bright moon while eating mooncakes.
W: Do you celebrate Christmas in China?
M: No, we don't. We have our own Chinese New Year. We call it Spring Festival. How do you celebrate Christmas?
W: Besides Christmas dinner, we attend Church service and sing Christmas carols. Children hang their stockings near their beds or in the living room so that Santa Claus can fill them with candy and toys.
M: I know you have many other holidays.
W: Yes, we have Lincoln's birthday, Valentine's Day, Easter Sunday, April Fool's Day, but let's call it quits for now. The dancing party must have already begun. We have to rush.
(23)
A.What is so-called Thanksgiving Day.
B.How to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
C.The exact time of Thanksgiving Day.
D.The history of Thanksgiving Day.
第10题
根据以下资料,回答1~10题。After having a day-long Buddhist retreat, the author decided to __ A) stop complaining about the state of the world B) think about how to cook the Thanksgiving dinner C) concern more about the social problems D) take a break from the daily grind