题文

A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned(赦免)the bird on Thanksgiving eve. The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House website. The lucky turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden and posed for the cameras at the presidential podium(讲台). The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621. That’s when English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave thanks for the progress they had made after a hard winter in their new country. As America grew, Thanksgiving customs also spread and got bigger. George Washington declared that the first national Thanksgiving would be on November 26, 1789. In the decades to follow, however, people celebrated Thanksgiving locally, with no official date. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November 1863 a national day of Thanksgiving. It stayed that way until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it one week earlier. He wanted to lengthen the shopping period before Christmas to encourage gift-buyers and to help businesses. So Congress（议会） ruled that, after 1941, Thanksgiving would be an official federal holiday falling on the fourth Thursday of November. This year we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November. Millions of Americans got together to give thanks with friends and family. The lucky turkey, Courage, was one of them. After his pardon, Courage would be sent to Disneyland Resort in California, where he would be the grand assemble of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 小题1:That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by ________. A．George Bush B．Congress C．President Truman D．the public 小题2: The first Thanksgiving Day was held to ________. A．celebrate the harvest of British settlers B．celebrate the progress of Americans C．encourage the struggle with British settlers D．celebrate the joy of all Americans after a hard winter 小题3: We can infer(推断)from the passage that ________. A．President Obama pardoned a turkey before Thanksgiving because of the economic crisis B．the turkey named Courage was pardoned by President Roosevelt before Thanksgiving C．the pardoned turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden on Thanksgiving eve D．the pardoned turkey will appear in a celebrating parade of Thanksgiving Day

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题1:D 小题2:A 小题3:D

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了一个叫Courage的火鸡，感谢奥巴马总统在感恩节的前一天拯救了它的生命。在感恩节这一天，数以百万计的美国人聚集在一起，给家人和朋友的感谢。 小题1:细节理解题。通读全文可知土耳其被赦免，勇气是由公众决定。故选D。 小题2:细节理解题。根据第三段，The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621.，第一个感恩节是为庆祝丰收的。可知应选A。 小题3:细节理解题。通读全文可知该赦免火鸡将出现在一个庆祝的感恩节游行。故选D。

据专家权威分析，试题“ A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for s..”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。