阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第53至第57小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
注意：每空不超过3个单词。
Thanksgiving Day
Many people believe Thanksgiving is a Western holiday, but in fact, it is only an American holiday held every fourth Thursday of November although Canada holds their own unique Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. Some of the family will have to travel by air and others will make long motor trips with the children. Sons and daughters away at college use their four-day holiday to go home, and employees take extra days from their work so as to be able to make the trip for the annual reunion. The Thanks-giving dinner menu today is somewhat the same as it was on Thanksgiving Day in 1863. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts and grapes. There will be pudding (布丁), mince（肉末）pie, other varieties of food and squash（鲜果汁）. The rest and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.
In true Thanksgiving spirit the family circle is often enlarged to include friends known to be alone, foreign visitors, or servicemen away from home. Orphans, the aged and the homeless also have the traditional turkey dinner, provided either by some charitable (慈善的) individual or a church group.
Thanksgiving Day
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The dates |
In the USA |
Every fourth Thursday of November |
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53. ________ |
Every second Monday of October |
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54. _______ |
The big family dinner |
Planned months ahead |
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All family members |
Expected to get home for 55. ________ |
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The dinner menu |
Roast turkey and pumpkin pie, apples, oranges, chestnuts, grapes, other varieties of food and etc |
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The Enlarged spirit |
People invited to Thanksgiving Dinner |
Friends known to be alone, 56. ________, or servicemen away from home |
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People provided with 57. ________ |
Orphans, the aged and the homeless |
I don’t like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry,” said Liu Dan, a middle school student in Beijing. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children’s eyes?
One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he or she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself? It’s easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else later than usual. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.
1.The writer of the passage doesn’t agree that _______.
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A．parents want you to grow up healthily |
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B．parents don’t want you to make some bad friends |
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C．parents worry about everything about you |
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D．parents want to control you |
2.Some of the children are angry with their parents in the passage because ________.
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A．the parents think they eat too much |
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B．the parents don’t like the friends that their children have made |
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C．the children don’t live with their parents |
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D．the children are limited by their parents |
3.“They are still practicing being parents.” means _______.
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A．parents are not always right |
B．parents should practice more |
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C．parents have many mistakes |
D．parents are always right |
4.The main idea in this passage is that _______.
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A．some of the parents in China don’t love their children |
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B．children and parents should understand more about each other |
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C．parents should worry too much about their children |
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D．children should bear everything their parents arranged |
There is an old saying in English： "Laughter is the best medicine". Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to investigate laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people's health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films, while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing； it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be capable of reducing the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which tolerated the pain for the longest time was 'the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins （内啡肽） in the brain. These are natural chemicals which diminish both stress and pain.
There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body's immune(免疫的)system, that is, the system which fights infection. In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group - in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells, that is, the cells which fight infection.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists （精神病学家） in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
1. We learn from the first paragraph that laughter____________________.
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A．is good for one's health |
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B．is related to some illness |
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C．has been investigated long since |
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D．has no effect on the body |
2.Doctors have found that laughter_______________________.
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A．keeps down blood pressure. |
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B．has similar effects to physical exercise |
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C．decreases the heart rate |
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D．increases stress |
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter, according to the passage?
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A．It reduces pain. |
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B．It exercises the body. |
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C．It improves the body's immune system. |
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D．It can cure cancer. |
4.The writer's attitude towards laughter is__________.
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A．critical |
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B．doubtful |
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C．positive |
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D．negative |
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Dear Mr. Takashhi,
I am writing to apologize for any misunderstandings that occurred when I showed you around Beijing the other day. I noticed that you were a bit 31 when I put the business card you gave me in my 32 without looking at it. And 33 did not know why you kept making an OK sign and why you 34 so many things. After reading a magazine article, I know that Japanese people give out their business cards 35 they greet others and they would like others to look at their cards carefully. So I should have read your 36 before I put it in my pocket. And I also know why you bought so many things 37 . Because gift-giving is expected in Japan and on a trip, you must bring back lots of 38 . As for the OK sign, I now know it is a request for small change.
I feel very sorry for not having known these 39 habits earlier. I hope you can forgive me for all these misunderstandings. I hope 40 our next meeting will be happier.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hualing
1. A. pleased B. upset C. excited D. encouraged
2. A. hand B. box C. watch D. pocket
3. A. I B. you C. we D. nobody
4. A. made B. saw C. bought D. eat
5. A. unless B. before C. after D. when
6. A. faces B. books C. cards D. clothes
7. A. there B. here C. home D. everywhere
8. A. gifts B. photos C. pictures D. sweets
9. A. strange B. rare C. unusual D. cultural
10. A. which B. that C. when D. where
I knew that the lady _____ Bill when she spoke of a bright young fellow.
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A．referring to |
B．was referring to |
C．pointed at |
D．was pointing at |
I could have turned to Mr. Smith for help, but he ______ too busy then.
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A．is |
B．was |
C．should be |
D．has been |
