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The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House website. The lucky turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden and posed for the cameras at the presidential podium(讲台).
The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621. That’s when English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave thanks for the progress they had made after a hard winter in their new country. As America grew, Thanksgiving customs also spread and got bigger. George Washington declared that the first national Thanksgiving would be on November 26, 1789. In the decades to follow, however, people celebrated Thanksgiving locally, with no official date. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November 1863 a national day of Thanksgiving. It stayed that way until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it one week earlier. He wanted to lengthen the shopping period before Christmas to encourage gift-buyers and to help businesses. So Congress（议会） ruled that, after 1941, Thanksgiving would be an official federal holiday falling on the fourth Thursday of November.
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November. Millions of Americans got together to give thanks with friends and family. The lucky turkey, Courage, was one of them. After his pardon, Courage would be sent to Disneyland Resort in California, where he would be the grand assemble of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
小题1:That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by ________.| A．George Bush | B．Congress |
| C．President Truman | D．the public |
小题2: The first Thanksgiving Day was held to ________.| A．celebrate the harvest of British settlers |
| B．celebrate the progress of Americans |
| C．encourage the struggle with British settlers |
| D．celebrate the joy of all Americans after a hard winter |
小题3: We can infer(推断)from the passage that ________.| A．President Obama pardoned a turkey before Thanksgiving because of the economic crisis |
| B．the turkey named Courage was pardoned by President Roosevelt before Thanksgiving |
| C．the pardoned turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden on Thanksgiving eve |
| D．the pardoned turkey will appear in a celebrating parade of Thanksgiving Day |
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小题1:D小题2:A小题3:D解析
试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了一个叫Courage的火鸡，感谢奥巴马总统在感恩节的前一天拯救了它的生命。在感恩节这一天，数以百万计的美国人聚集在一起，给家人和朋友的感谢。小题1:细节理解题。通读全文可知土耳其被赦免，勇气是由公众决定。故选D。小题2:细节理解题。根据第三段，The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621.，第一个感恩节是为庆祝丰收的。可知应选A。小题3:细节理解题。通读全文可知该赦免火鸡将出现在一个庆祝的感恩节游行。故选D。核心考点
试题【 A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on t】；主要考察你对社会历史类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Some people are ____ about the new development. Others, however, don’t think that 3G mobile phones will replace the old __ of shopping and communicating.
Let’s look at books, for example. Some people believe that one day we won’t read books made of paper. ____, we’ll read books by using 3G mobile phones. These mobile phones will store the contents（内容）of many different books at the same time. We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be ____. Is the Internet shopping as fun as traditional shopping? Many people say it’s not. It’s __ _ to go into shops and look at things. It’s also___ that most people will want to read books on their 3G mobile phones. Maybe 3G mobile phones won’t change these two habits.
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Long ago, people did not need money. They lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants. As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families produced more than they needed, so they started to trade with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, etc.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a long time. Later, countries began to make their own coins.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as early as the 11th century. The Italian traveler Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries did not start using paper money until 1600s.
Today, we have many ways to pay for things. We do not use coins or paper money. Often, people prefer to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.
小题1: People used ________ as a means of exchange before the 7th century BC.
A. paper money B. card
C. large stone D. coins
小题2:From the passage, we know that European countries used paper money in the ________.
| A．11th century | B．12th century |
| C．16th century | D．17th century |
| A．Marco Polo was from Canada. |
| B．Chinese used paper money earlier than Italy. |
| C．Today people often prefer to pay for things by salt. |
| D．Carrying around much “real” money is easier and safer than Paying with a card. |
小题2: . It once helped people find fire, when lighting hit a forest and started a fire. 小题3: The fire kept them warm, and also frightened wild animals. Soon people found the food cooked tasted much better, so they began to use the fire to cook food.
But people still didn"t know how to make a fire. When they got a fire from the forest they tried to keep it burning. 小题4:
But later they found different ways to make fire. For example, they made fire by burning wood or knocking two pieces of stones.
Today it"s easy for people to make fire because they have matches, lighters and different kinds of heaters. 小题5:
根据短文内容，把A-E五个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。
| A. If it went out, they had to wait for years. B. The skins keep them warm. C. They can make fire at any time they need. D. People took some of this fire to their homes. E. Nature is people"s good friend.. |
A years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.
About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.
小题1: From the text we know that a spark can _______.| A．fire any leaves | B．burn anything |
| C．burn dry leaves | D．keep fire burning |
小题2:We can also get a fire by ________.| A．making a hole on a big piece of wood |
| B．putting a smaller stick into the hole |
| C．turning the stick hard for a while |
| D．all above together |
小题3: Matches have been used ________.| A．for about two thousand years |
| B．for about two hundred years |
| C． since people began to use fire for cooking |
| D． since people used the heat from the sun |
小题4: From the text, we know that _______.| A．electric fire starters are widely used |
| B．people haven’t used matches since they had electric fire starters |
| C．today there are only two ways to make fire |
| D．some forest fires happen from lightening |
小题5: Which of the following is the right order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?a. with a match b. from the sun
c. from lightening d. by rubbing
e. with an electric fire starter
| A．a, b, c, d, e | B．b, c, a, e, d |
| C．c, d, b, a, e | D．d, a, c, b, e |
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