高中英语 Unit1 Festivals around the world练习 新人教版必修3.docx

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高中英语Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld练习新人教版必修3

Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld

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A

ThanksgivingDayisaspecialholidayintheUnitedStatesandCanada.Familiesandfriendsgathertoeatandgivethanksfortheirblessing.

ThanksgivingDayisreallyaharvestfestival.Thisiswhyitiscelebratedinlatefall，afterthecropsarein.ButoneofthefirstthanksgivingsinAmericahadnothingtodowithagoodharvest.OnDecember4,1619，thePilgrimsfromEnglandlandednearwhatisnowCharlesCity，Virginia.TheykneltdownandthankedGodfortheirsafejourneyacrosstheAtlantic.

ThefirstNewEnglandThanksgivingdidcelebratearichharvest.ThePilgrimslandedatwhatisnowPlymouth，Massachusetts，in1620.Theyhadadifficulttimeandthefirstwinterwascruel.ManyofthePilgrimsdied.Butthenextyear，theyhadagoodharvest.SoGovernorBradforddeclaredathreedayfeast（盛宴）．ThePilgrimsinvitedIndianfriendstojointhemfortheirspecialfeast.Everyonebroughtfood.

Intime，othercolonies（殖民地）begantocelebrateadayofthanksgiving.ButittookyearsbeforetherewasanationalThanksgivingDay.DuringtheCivilWar，SarahJosephaHalepersuadedAbrahamLincolntodosomethingaboutit.Heproclaimed（宣布）thelastThursdayofNovember1863asadayofthanksgiving.

Today，AmericanscelebratethishappyharvestfestivalonthefourthThursdayinNovember.CanadianscelebrateThanksgivingDayinmuchthesamewayastheirAmericanneighbours.ButtheCanadianThanksgivingDayfallsonthesecondMondayinOctober.

1．ThanksgivingDayiscelebrated________.

A．inspringB．insummerC．inautumnD．inwinter

2．Thefirsttocelebratethanksgivingwere________.

A．somepeoplefromEnglandB．theAmericanIndians

C．SarahJosephaHaleD．GovernorBradford

3．WecaninferfromthepassagethatNewEnglandmustbe________.

A．intheU.S.A.B．inGreatBritainC．inCanadaD．onsomeislandofftheAtlantic

4．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A．ThanksgivingDayusedtobeaholidaytocelebrateagoodharvest.

B．AbrahamLincolnwasnotthefirsttodecideonthanksgivingcelebrations.

C．ThanksgivingDayiscelebratedtoexpresstheAmericanandIndianpeople’sthankstoGod.

D．There’slittledifferencebetweentheAmericanwayandtheCanadianwaytocelebrateThanksgivingDay.

5．Thepassagemainlytellsus________.

A．howThanksgivingDayiscelebratedintheU．S.A.

B．howThanksgivingDaycameintobeingandthedifferentwaysitiscelebrated

C．thatThanksgivingDayisinfactaharvestholiday

D．howthewaytocelebrateThanksgivingDaychangedwiththetimeandplaces

awardn．奖；奖品；奖金；奖状

生义：

vt.授予；奖励；判定

TheteacherawardedTomaprize.＝TheteacherawardedaprizetoTom.

老师给了汤姆一件奖品。

Dr.YangZhenningwasawardedthe1957NobelPrizeforphysics.

杨振宁博士获得1957年诺贝尔物理奖。

B

Thereareanumberofspecialdaysoftheyearthatarecelebratedindifferentcountries.Theoriginsofmostofthedaysareunknown.Theywerecertainlynotcreatedbyindividualpeople.Otherdays，however，especiallythosecelebratedinwesterncountriesoftenowetheiroriginstoaparticularperson.Oneofthemostpopularofthese，eventhoughitisfairlyrecent，isMother’sDay.Mothershavealwaysbeenhighlyregardedinallcultures.TheancientRomanshadafestivalknownasHilaria，duringwhichchildrentookpresentstothetempleofthe“MotheroftheGods”．TheChristianChurchadoptedthisideaandcalleditMotheringSunday.However，overtheyearsthiscustomwasgraduallyforgotten，andalmostdisappearedbytheendofthe19thcentury.

Bornin1864inVirginia，US，AnnaJarviswasaschoolteacherandbelievedchildrenshouldshowgratitude（感激）totheirmothersforalltheirloveandcare.Encouragedbyafriend，shewrotetothousandsofimportantpeople—politicians，churchmen，doctors，cityofficialsandaskedthemtosupportheridea：

aspecialdayoftheyearforthankingmothers.

In1910theGovernorofWesternVirginiaintroducedMother’sDayinthestate.ThedatechosenwasMay10—thesecondSundayinMay，whichisstillobservedinAmericatoday.ThisdatewaschosenbecauseMay10wasthedateonwhichin1908AnnaJarvis’smotherdied.In1914PresidentWoodrowWilsonmadeMay10theofficialdateforMother’sDaythroughouttheUnitedStates.

SoontherewasaMother’sDayInternationalAssociationandthecustombegantobeadoptedinmanycountriesoftheworld.

AnnaJarvis，asadanddisillusioned（幻想破灭的）womandiedin1948.Thecustomshehadworkedsohardtoestablishandwhichhadbecomealmostuniversalhadlostitsoriginalpurpose.Ithadbeentakenoverbybusiness.AswithChristmas，thegivingofpresentsandthesendingofcardshadbecomeamultimilliondollarindustry.

1．Thepassagemainlytellsus________.

A．howMother’sDaycameintobeingB．howpeoplecelebrateMother’sDay

C．awomannamedAnnaJarvisD．PresidentWilsonandAnnaJarvis

2．Hilariawasafestivalin________.

A．AsiaB．AmericaC．AncientRomeD．theChristianChurch

3．AnnaJarvisintendedtoestablishafestivalformothersbecause________.

A．herstudentshadnothingtodo

B．shewantedtoknowimportantpeopleinthisway

C．shewantedtodosomethingformothers

D．shewantedpeopletothanktheirmothers

4．May10becamethedateforMother’sDaybecause____.

A．May10wasthedateonwhichAnnaJarvis’smotherdied

B．itwasthesecondSundayinMayin1910

C．May10isaluckyday

D．PresidentWilsonlikethedate

5．Theunderlinedword“observed”inParagraph3mostprobablymeans________.

A．watchedB．followedC．ruledD．set

现在分词作状语时表示分词所指的动作与主句谓语动词所指的动作同时进行，且它与句子主语之间的关系为主谓关系，可以表示原因、时间、伴随、结果等。

（1）Beingastudent，youshouldworkhard.（表原因）作为一名学生你应该努力学习。

（2）Finishingthework，hewenthome.（表时间）完成工作后他回家了。

（3）Theylefttheclassroom，singingandlaughing.（表伴随）

他们唱着笑着离开了教室。

（4）Hisparentsdied，leavinghimanorphan.（表结果）他的父母死了，他成了一名孤儿。

二完型填空

ALeap（跳跃）toHonor

Leapingonanarrowbalancebeam（平衡木）isnoteasy.ButLolaWalter,a13-year-oldgymnast,isanexpertatit.

Toperfectherskills,Lola6forfourhoursaday,fivedaysaweek.AtthestatechampionshipsinMarch,shefinishedseventhoutof16girls.

That’sespeciallyimpressive.7sheislegallyblind,bornwitharareconditionthatcauseshereyestoshiftconstantly.Sheoftenseesdoubleandcan’t_8howfarawaythingsare.

Whenshewaslittle,hermom9thateventhoughshecouldn’tsee10,shewasfearless.Sohermomsignedherupforgymnasticswhenshewasthree.Shelovedthe11rightawayandgymnasticsbecameherfavorite.

Thoughlearninggymnasticshasbeenmore12forherthanforsomeofhertournaments,shehasneverquit.Shedoesn’tlether_13stopherfromdoinganythingthatshewantsto.

Shelikesthedeterminationittakestodothesport.Herbiggest14_isthebalancebeam.Becauseshehasdoublevision,sheoftenseestobeams.Shemustusehersenseoftouchtohelpherduringherroutine.Sometimessheevencloseshereyes.“Youhaveto15_yourmindthatit’lltakeyouwhereyouwanttogo.”saysLola.

Tobeatop-levelgymnast,onemustbebrave.Thebeamisprobablythemost16foranyonebecauseit’sfourincheswide.Atthestatecompetition,Loladidn’tfall17thebeam.Infact,shegotan8.1outof10----herhighestscoreyet.

Loladoesn’twanttobe18differentlyfromtheothergirlsonherteam.Atthecompetitions,thejudgesdon’tknowabouthervision_19.Shedoesn’ttellthem,becauseshedoesn’tthinktheyneedtoknow.Hermomisamazedbyher_20attitude.

Lolaneverthinksabout21__.Sheispresentlyatlevel7whilethehighestislevel10ingymnastics.Her22istoreachlevel9.Shesaysshewantstobeagymnasticscoachtopassdownwhatshe’slearnedtootherkids23shegrewup.

Lolais24ofallherhardworkandsuccess.Shesaysit’shelpedherovercomeproblemsinherlifeoutsidegymnastics,too.Her25forothersis“justbelieveyourself”.

6.A.runsB.teachesC.trainsD.dances

7.A.sinceB.unlessC.afterD.though

8.A.tellB.guessC.assumeD.predict

9.A.suspectedBrememberedC.imaginedD.noticed

10.A.deeplyB.wellC.aheadD.closely

11.A.taskB.sportC.eventD.show

12.A.boringB.enjoyableC.differentD.unsatisfactory

13.A.talentB.qualityC.natureD.condition

14.A.doubtB.advantageC.challengeD.program

15.A.examineB.expressC.openD.trust

16.A.fearfulB.harmfulC.unfairD.inconvenient

17.A.toB.onC.offD.against

18.A.greetedB.treatedC.servedD.paid

19.A.painsB.stressesC.injuriesD.problems

20.A.positiveB.friendlyC.flexibleD.caution

21.A.defendingB.quittingC.winningD.bargaining

22.A.standardB.rangeC.viewD.goal

23.A.untilB.asC.whenD.before

24.A.proudB.tiredC.ashamedD.confident

25.A.planB.adviceC.rewardD.responsibility

三单句填词

1．Sheisawomanwho________（原谅）easily.

1．Sheis________thetable.（擦）

2．Thecitywas________bytheflood.（淹没）

3．Youcouldhavehelpedtheoldman.Whyshouldyoujuststandtherelikea________（傻瓜）?

4．It’s________thatifeveryonecansaveadropofwater，wecansavealotofpeople.（显然）

5．Please_________meofthetimeofsettingoff.（提醒）

6．She________forthelossofhermother.（哭泣）

7．Itwaswithgreats________thatwelearnedofhisdeath.（悲伤）

8．He________toherforbeinglate.（道歉）

9.Hegotalotof__________forhisexcellentstudy.（奖状）

10.Hewas__________upanddowninthestreet.（溜达）

11.Tom____________totheteacherforbeinglate.（承认）

12.Heisan___________boy,heenjoyssports.（精力充沛）

13German,FranceandGreeceareall__________countries.（欧洲）

14.ColumbusDayismeanttoce