单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s)
for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. Many of the traditions of the modern American Thanksgiving
come from that first Thanksgiving celebration more than 390 years ago. The
{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}Thanksgiving turkey is much like the
ones {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}were hunted in the forests
around Plymouth. Squash and com, which were also {{U}} {{U}} 3
{{/U}} {{/U}}by the early Pilgrims, appear on the Thanksgiving table. Pumpkin
pie and Indian pudding(a custard made from com)are {{U}} {{U}} 4
{{/U}} {{/U}}Thanksgiving desserts. The first Thanksgiving
lasted three days. Massasoit and ninety Indians {{U}} {{U}} 5
{{/U}} {{/U}}the Pilgrims for it. On the first day, the Indians {{U}}
{{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}most of the time eating. On the second and
third days, they wrestled, {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}races,
sang, and danced with the young people. Today, for many Americans, it is a
holiday lasting four days. Schools {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}on
Thanksgiving Day and the day after. Many adults have {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}Thursday and Friday off from work. {{U}} {{U}} 10
{{/U}} {{/U}}from other cities, students who have been away at school, and
many other Americans {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}long distances
to spend the holiday at home. Going home for Thanksgiving is a
national custom, {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}every Thanksgiving
about 10,000 Americans take a {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}}
{{/U}}journey into early American history by visiting Plymouth, a modem city that
{{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}its past. In Plymouth Harbor,
sightseers tour Mayflower Ⅱ, a recently constructed ship {{U}} {{U}}
15 {{/U}} {{/U}}to the original Mayflower. They see but not allowed to
touch the famous Plymouth Rock. Then they spend a few hours walking through a
faithful {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}of the original Pilgrim
village as it looked in 1627. They enter the homes of famous {{U}} {{U}}
17 {{/U}} {{/U}}like Miles Standish and John Alden, and talk to the
"residents" dressed in Pilgrim garb. The primitive living conditions reveal
{{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}very little the Pilgrims possessed
in the way of material comforts. Modern Americans take great pride in these
courageous forefathers who had so little by today's {{U}} {{U}} 19
{{/U}} {{/U}}, but who were deeply thankful to God for giving them the things
they valued most-a good harvest and the freedom to live and worship as, they
pleased. The half-million tourists who come to Plymouth every year find here
a(n) {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}moving and inspiring
experience.
【答案解析】[解析] 语义关系
本段主要讲述了首次感恩节的庆祝活动。意为“马萨索伊特和九十名印第安人与清教徒们一起参加了首次感恩节的庆典”，因此选项B为正确答案。
选项C与原文无关，可轻松排出；选项D的常用搭配为congratulate sb. on sth. ，因此也排除；干扰项较强的是A选项attend意为“出席，参加”，后面常接地点或具体事件，因此可排除。
单选题
A. enjoyed
B. cost
C. spent
D. expended
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配
本题考查动词固定搭配，spend常用搭配为spend time doing sth.，因此选项C为正确答案。
选项A和原文无关，可轻松排除；选项B、C、D虽为同义词，都有“花费”的意思，但只有spend time doing sth．这一固定搭配，因此选项C正确。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义关系
本空所在句子的上一句话为“对许多美国人而言，感恩节是一个为期四天的节日”，由此可以判断“学校会在感恩节放假”。因此选项B为正确答案。
本题的关键在于联系上文含义来把握本句大意。选项D与原文无关，可首先排除；选项C的主语一般是节日；选项A的主语常常是人，例如She was unfairly dismissed from her post．她被无理免职。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义关系
本空所在的句子为“10 from other cities，students who have been away at school，and many other Americans {{U}} (11) {{/U}} long distances to spend the holiday at home”，其中本空和后面的students，many other Americans并列，from other cities用来修饰本空中的名词。既然是在家中团聚的节日，那么应该指家庭关系中的亲戚。因此选项A为正确答案。
本题的关键在于对常识的把握。感恩节是家人团聚的节日，因此外地的亲戚、在外读书的孩子都会回家团聚。
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配
本题考查形容词和介词的固定搭配。形容词similar和介词to连用，意为“与……相似”，因此选项B为正确答案。
选项A的常用搭配为sth.be familiar to sb. ；sb. be familiar with sth.，意为“某人对某物熟悉”；选项C一般不和介词to连用；选项D的常用搭配为be imitative of“效仿，模仿”。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义关系
结合上下文本段随后提及“Miles Standish and John Alden”，由此可以推断该处括号内的两个人指的是美国人的先辈，即殖民者，因此选项C为正确答案。
本题的四个选项词义差异很大，需要联系上下文来进行选择。后文提到美国人以这些勇敢的先辈而自豪，他们是早期的殖民者，由此可排除干扰，得出正确答案。