Question

Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is no difference. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I’m sorry to say that the men in the family – my dad, my younger brother and myself – rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over.

Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling (流口水) all over our fancy clothes, but it’s not yet time to eat.

First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances, I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren’t wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university.

But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose.

Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig in. To be sure, the day includes other highlights – visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in.

1.The purpose of the text is to ________.

A．tell what the family do for Thanksgiving Day

B．tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day

C．introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day

D．introduce the American Thanksgiving Day

2.On Thanksgiving Day the author’s family do the following except ________.

A．watching a movie                       B．making visits

C．having a big meal                        D．watching football

3.Why does the author’s mind usually “go blank” when saying a prayer of thanks?

A．He is too thankful to say a word.            B．His mind is on the food before him.

C．He feels too excited to speak.              D．He is shy to speak in public.

4.The underlined phrase “dig in” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”.

A．chat with others                        B．make a hole

C．mix things up                           D．start eating

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文中敘述了美國的一家是如何過感恩節(jié)的，首先母親早起來做飯，做了烤火雞，烤餡餅等，做好后，一家人先禱告，然后吃飯，飯后，去看望朋友，看足球等，過得非常開心的一天。

1.這是寫作意圖題。根據(jù)Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day 可知這篇短文主要敘述的是如何渡過感恩節(jié)，故選B。

2.這是細節(jié)理解題。在感恩節(jié)這天吃飯前要禱告，飯后要拜訪朋友，看足球比賽，故選A。

3.這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose.由于只想著吃美味佳肴了，所以說腦子一片空白，故選B。

4.這是詞義猜測題。根據(jù)all of that food sitting right there under my nose.

Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig in. 禱告完后就開吃了，故選D。

考點：這是一篇記敘文。

點評：詞義猜測題旨在考查學生根據(jù)上下文對生詞做出理解判斷的能力。近幾年來，閱讀理解中的詞義猜測題呈上升趨勢。在閱讀過程中根據(jù)選材、背景、及上下文等線索推測出生詞詞義是真實語言活動中的重要技巧。這一能力可以說是體現(xiàn)閱讀理解能力的一項重要指標。