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高中英语外研(2019)版必修二Unit2 Let′s celebrate单元自测卷word版(含答案)

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Unit2 Let′s celebrate单元自测卷 时间:100分钟   满分:120分  选择题部分 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing. Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims (清教徒) from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic. The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year, they had a good harvest. So Governor Bradford declared a three?day feast. The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food. In time, other colonies (殖民地) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. He proclaimed (宣布) the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October. 1.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated _____. A.in spring B.in summer C.in winter D.in autumn 2.We can infer from the passage that New England must be _____. A.in the USA B.in Great Britain C.in Canada D.on some island off the Atlantic 3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A.Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest. B.Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on the thanksgiving celebration. C.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people's thanks to God. D.There's little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving. 4.The passage mainly tells us _____. A.how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA B.that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday C.how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated D.how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places B Briton Andy Park has probably the rarest addiction in the world. He's addicted to celebrating Christmas. Park, 45, is known as “Mr Christmas” in Britain. He has been celebrating the December 25 holiday on a daily basis for the past 12 years. He's eaten 4,380 turkeys and 87,600 pies, drunk 4,380 bottles of champagne (香槟酒), and 5,000 bottles of wine, given 21 ... ...

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