In most countries, people usually eat traditional food on special holidays. A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving. It is always on the fourth Thursday in November, and is a time to give thanks for food in the autumn. At this time, people also remember the first travelers from England who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These travelers had a long, hard winter, and many of them died. In the next autumn, they gave thanks for life and food in their new home. These days, most Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their family. The main dish of this meal is almost always turkey, a large bird.
Making a turkey dinner
Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner.
First, mix together some bread pieces, onions, salt and pepper.
Next, fill the turkey with this bread mix.
Then, put the turkey in a hot oven and cook it for a few hours.
When it is ready, place the turkey on a large plate and cover it with gravy.
Finally, cut the turkey into thin pieces and eat the meat with vegetables like carrots and potatoes.
1. What is a special day in the United States?
2. When is the special day?
3. Why do people celebrate it?
4. How do people celebrate it now?
5. What is the main dish of the meal on that day?
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2 . It is nice sunny day. In the morning, Mrs. Lin phones her mother and wishes her a happy Mother’s Day. Later, her family drive down the country roads to pick some flowers. Her sons, Bob and Dean, find many beautiful flowers on the hill and they pick some for their mother for the special day.
On their way home, they see an old woman sitting alone (独自) in front of an old people’s home. Mrs. Lin stops and gets off the car, walks to the old woman and puts the flowers in her hands. The old woman is very happy to get the flowers. She smiles and thanks Mrs Lin for the gift.
When Mrs. Lin comes back to the car, her children ask her, “Who is that old woman? Why do you give our flowers to her?”
Their mother says, “I have you and your love. I feel happy every day. I just want to share (分享) my love and happiness as a mother with her. She is also a mom.”
Then, Bob and Dean gets off the car, too. They run to the old lady and say: “________”
1. What special day is it?| A．Father’s Day. | B．Women’s Day. | C．Mother’s Day. | D．New Year’s Day. |
| A．The old lady is sad because her child isn’t with her. |
| B．Mrs. Lin feels happy every day because of her sons’ love |
| C．Bob and Dean only give flowers to Mrs. Lin on Mother’s Day. |
| D．Bob and Dean are angry because their mom gives away their flowers. |
| A．The flowers are for you! | B．We love our mom! |
| C．You also have kids! | D．Happy Mother’s Day! |
| A．Give flowers to your mom. | B．Don’t forget Mother’s Day. |
| C．Share your love from one to another. | D．Love our own mom, and love the old lady. |
3 . Christmas is a Christian (基督教) holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. No one knows the exact date of Christ’s birth, but most Christians celebrate it on December 25th. On this day, many people go to church, they can take part in special religious (宗教的) services. In Britain, Christmas dinner is eaten at noon. During the Christmas season, they also exchange gifts and decorate (装饰) their homes.
One German couple tried their best to prepare for their Christmas decorations in a different way. Thomas and Susanne decorated the outside of their house with a few simple Christmas decorations. From the outside, their house looks normal. However, the inside of the house is so different from the outside.
They started decorating in October. It took them 8 weeks to set everything up. They put 100 Christmas trees into their small house! They decorate the trees with small coloured electric lights and 16, 000 baubles (小玩意).
They did not always have so many trees. In the beginning, they had a small Christmas collection. As time went on, they grew their collection rapidly. They started decorating in early October. It’s so special that even the bathroom has a Santa Claus toilet seat.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Do all the people celebrate Christmas on December 25th?
2. What are the names of the German couple?
3. How long did it take the couple to set everything up?
4. How many baubles did the couple use to decorate the trees?
5. When did they start decorating the house?
A: Kelly, could you please tell me something about Easter?
B: Yes.
A:
B: We celebrate it in March or April. It’s on March 27th this year.
A:
B: We make lots of Easter eggs. We color the eggs and then paint some designs (图案) on the eggs. Eggs are very important on Easter Day because an egg is the start of new life.
A: Is there anything else special?
B: Of course. The Easter Bunny (兔子).
A: Thanks for telling me so much.
B: You’re welcome.
| A．When do you celebrate it? |
| B．We love everything about Easter dinner. |
| C．Easter is an important festival in Western countries. |
| D．Like eggs, rabbits are close to the ideas of new life. |
| E．We also go to church to pray. |
| F．How do you celebrate it? |
A: Susan, Christmas is coming. It’s time for gift giving and celebrations. Have you decorated your house?
B: Yes. But you know, holiday season usually
A: It worries me, too. It’s time to think about using the materials the that can be
B: I can’t agree more. But I never come up with good solutions.
A:
B: Like what?
A: Reusable bags. You can also wrap gifts in old maps, pages from magazines, and art paper. And
B: So many new ideas! How
A: See? Everyone can make a difference if he thinks carefully. As for holiday cards, experts advise digital, or electronic cards.
B: But sending handwritten cards on holiday has become a
A: Comparing to the paper cards, I think people may get
B: Yes, and on the other hand, it’s good for
A: Yeah! The greener choice would be buying a
B: The experts really inspire me. If we do buy a false plastic tree, we can plan to use it for many years.
A: You said it! But before all these, expert Ozawa says that now more than ever we should be asking ourselves: Do I really want this? Will I use it a second time? And how will it affect the planet?
6 . When you were young, who rode you around on the back of a bike? Who played football and flew kites with you
Who helped you work out the
It’s your dad. Now it is your turn to do something for him. The third Sunday in June is Father’s Day. So why not do something to thank your dad for all his love and
The idea of Father’s Day
Her father was born in June, so she wanted to hold the first Father’s Day celebration (庆祝) on his birthday in 1909. In 1924, Father’s Day became a festival in America
There are many
| A．happily | B．quietly | C．angrily | D．nervously |
| A．easy | B．difficult | C．boring | D．funny |
| A．problem | B．skill | C．difference | D．model |
| A．luck | B．support | C．energy | D．food |
| A．got down | B．took off | C．came from | D．grew up |
| A．strange | B．foolish | C．busy | D．special |
| A．successfully | B．brightly | C．shortly | D．carefully |
| A．camera | B．ways | C．animals | D．palaces |
| A．agree | B．win | C．believe | D．laugh |
| A．remember | B．forget | C．decide | D．continue |
7 . What’s your favorite holiday? We asked this question to children from different countries. And here are some of their answers.
 Lara | I think the best holiday in my home country is Christmas. It is on 25th, December. It often snows a lot during the Christmas season. The snow gives us a romantic (浪漫的) feeling. There are all kinds of special markets during the holiday. We have great fun visiting these markets with our friends. Of course, we can enjoy some delicious food, like candies, biscuits and cheese. |
 Mingming | In my opinion, the best holiday is the Spring Festival. It often happens in January or February. It is one of the main festivals in my country. My family gets together and enjoy traditional food, such as dumplings. We also visit our relatives and friends. The kids receive red envelopes with money inside. |
 Amy | I would say that the best holiday is Thanksgiving. It is the fourth Thursday of November each year. Families get together and talk about things they are thankful for. But I don’t like some aspects (方面) of this holiday. For example, there is so much delicious food at the big dinner and I always eat too much of it. |
 Silva | My favorite holiday? My answer is Carnival (狂欢节). It usually happens in February. During the holiday, we wear brightly colored clothes, play music and dance in the streets. People, young or old, men or women, love to dance Samba (桑巴舞) in my country. Everyone is happy and crazy about it. |
| A．Christmas. | B．Spring Festival. | C．Thanksgiving. | D．Carnival. |
| A．South Africa. | B．China. | C．U.S.A. | D．Malaysia. |
| A．Lara | B．Mingming | C．Amy | D．Silva |
8 . ①April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
②One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
③In another famous trick in England was when a TV show reported the discovery of special water. They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
④Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day. He asked her to marry him. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said “yes”, he replied, “April Fool!” That little joke didn’t have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
⑤One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．The origin (起源) of April Fool’s Day. |
| B．The tradition of April Fool’s Day. |
| C．Some stories about famous tricks and jokes on April Fool’s Day. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
| A．Not all the jokes and tricks happened on April Fool’s Day. |
| B．The TV star’s joke had a happy ending. |
| C．The special water could help people lose weight. |
| A．①—②③④—⑤ | B．①—②③④⑤ | C．①—②③—④⑤ |
9 . Christmas is the most important holiday in most Western countries. On Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Day, children put stockings（长袜） at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Because they think Father Christmas will put presents in their stockings. Father Christmas is a fat man with a long white bear d and he wears a red suit. He visits people on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and give presents to children.
Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. Children can’t wait to open the presents in their stockings. After they open all the presents, the family will usually have a delicious breakfast.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的填A，错误的填B。
1. Christmas is not the most important holiday in Western countries.
2. Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas Day.
3. Father Christmas visits people on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
4. Christmas Day always begins after breakfast.
5. On Christmas Day, children get presents in their stockings.
10 . April Fools’ Day is on April 1st. People can play jokes on others on this special day. If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you laughs too. And he will never be angry with you.
Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to thank mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a good rest.
Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21st. It’s also called Easter Sunday. It’s said that on that day Jesus Christ (耶稣) comes back to life. Many people go to church and children often get presents such as toys.
Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November in the USA. It’s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get together and have a big dinner.
Christmas Day comes on December 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be seen everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的填A，错误的填B。
1. When you play jokes on April Fools’ Day, people will always be angry with you.
2. Mother’s Day is a day to give thanks for the food and the good things in life.
3. On Easter Day, many people go to church and children often get presents.
4. Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day are both in December in the USA.
5. You can see that five months are mentioned (提及) in the passage.
