中考英语阅读理解练习题：Thanksgiving Day

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　　中考英语阅读理解练习题：Thanksgiving Day

　　Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, where this festival is called Harvest Festival, people celebrate it earlier in the year, in September.

　　A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North America and Britain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the autumn. In these countries and other Christian places, people give thanks to God on a special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.

　　The first thanksgiving service (仪式) in North America took place on December 4th, 1619 when 38 English people, arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journeys. The next year, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. they decided to celebrate it with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked every­thing outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.

　　A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on the same day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named November 26th as the Day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed the date, and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.

　　Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.

　　1. Is Thanksgiving Day celebrated on the same day in North American countries?

　　2. When did the first thanksgiving service take place in North America?

　　3. Who made the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day in the USA?

　　4. What does the word “fortunately” mean in Chinese?

　　5. Translate the sentence "They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had." into Chinese.

　　中考英语阅读理解练习答案：

　　1. No, it isn’t. 回答一般疑问句用Yes或No回答。

　　2. On December 4th, 1619. 细节题。见第3段第一句。

　　3. President Abraham Lincoln 细节题。见第4段最后一句。

　　4. 幸运地，词义猜测题。根据前后的转折关系可推测出。

　　5.翻译：他们感谢上帝在这一年中赐给他们的好运和给他们带来的好收成。

　　中考英语阅读理解练习题：教育费用

　　Nearly all American students in colleges and universities pay for their education. There are many expenses. First of all, there is tuition (学费). At some schools, the tuition is very high, ten thousand dollars a year or more. At other schools, it may only be a few hundred dollars a year. At some community (社区) colleges, tuition is free. There are other expenses as well. Many students leave their homes to go to schools in other cities. They may live in dormitories or apartments ( flats), and they must pay for it. Finally, students must buy textbooks for their courses. Some families start saving money for their children’s education when the children are small. Many students work to save money for tuition. They can also get loans (贷款) from the government. They pay the money back to the government when they finish their education.

　　阅读短文，回答问题或完成答句，每题词数不超过5个

　　1. Which students pay for their education?

　　_______________ in colleges and universities pay for their education.

　　2. How much is the higher tuition?

　　It is _______________ or more.

　　3. Are there any free tuition colleges?

　　___________________________.

　　4.Why do many students live in dormitories or apartments?

　　Because they_______________.

　　5. What must students buy finally?

　　They must _______________.

　　6. When do many students pay back their loans from the government?

　　They pay them back_______________.

　　文章大意：几乎所有的美国大学生都要支付教育费用。首先是学费。有些学校的学费很贵，高达一万美元一年甚至更多。还有其它的费用，如住宿费。最后还有教材费。有些家庭在孩子还小的时候就开始积攒教育经费，很多学生通过工作来挣钱支付学费，他们也可以向政府借贷，毕业后再还。

　　中考英语阅读理解练习答案：

　　1. Nearly all American students

　　2. ten thousand dollars a year

　　3. Yes, there are some

　　4. study in other cities / leave their homes to study / study away from their homes / don’t study near their homes

　　5. buy textbooks for their courses

　　6. when they finish their education