题文

阅读理解。

The celebration of Thanksgiving will be not perfect without turkey. It gets its name from the turk turk sounds it makes when frightened. Turkey was at one time being considered as the national symbol (象征) of America. Benjamin Franklin felt that turkey was the, right choice because it was a good runner and had good eye.         It is said that pilgrims (清教徒) had a large meal with cooked turkey after their first harvest in the year 1621.It continued for three days and included ninety Indians.           Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England ate roast goose (烤鹅) during a harvest festival. From then on, goose became a favorite bird at harvest time in England. However,when the pilgrims arrived in America, they replaced(用......替换) the roast goose with roast turkey as it was easier to find.       Today,every house cooks turkey as the main dish during the celebration. The festival completes with the ' Turkey Song' .

1. Why did Benjamin Franklin feel that turkey could be considered as the national symbol of America?

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2. How many Indians were there during the large meal served by the pilgrims in 1621?

3. What does the underlined word "it" refer to in the third paragraph?

4. What's the best title of this passage?

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

1. Because it was a good runner and had good eyesight. 2. 90/Ninety. 3. Turkey. 4. Why do People Eat Turkey during Thanksgiving Day? (答案不唯一)

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 The celebration of Thanksgiving will be not perfe..”主要考查你对  历史文化类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

历史文化类阅读

考点名称：历史文化类阅读

• 历史文化类阅读：
  本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
  阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

• 初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：
  一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。
  切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。
  因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。
  
  二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。
  切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。
  
  三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。
  切记：一想当然，就会出错。