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　　Passage 1

　　On the fourth Thursday in November, Americans celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving. This feast is a time when the family comes together for a meal and gives thanks to God for the blessings they have received. The first thanksgiving feast was celebrated by the early American settlers who started the feast to give thanks to God for their good harvest.

　　In America thanksgiving is the family holiday. It is on that holiday that all the family members make a special effort to gather together . The feast is always held on Thursday and most people have a four-day holiday from school and work. Thus they are able to travel a great distance to be with their family.

　　The thanksgiving meal is traditionally turkey which was a large bird valued as food for the first time. The table is filled with fruits, walnuts and many types of vegetables. For the sweet dish the main choice is usually pumpkin pie. The meal is a time for the members of the family to talk to each other. There will be talking before the meal, during the meal and long after the meal.

　　On thanksgiving morning there are in many cities sporting events and parades to mark the day. The family dinner is usually held in the afternoon around 4p.m. . The mother will prepare the meal and the father will carve the turkey. He will be seated at the head of the table. The meal will begin with a short prayer of thanksgiving to God for the blessings the family received. The father will also thank the family for coming together on this day. During the meal there is plenty of food for everyone present. The meal is a very joyful time. When the meal is finished some will help with the dishes and others will return to the living room to talk or watch television.

　　In many ways the feast of thanksgiving is similar to the Chinese feast of Mid-Autumn Festival. It is the time for the family to gather together to give thanks and to share in meal.

　　6. Thanksgiving is said to be the family holiday in America because _B____.

　　A. each family has its own way of celebrating traditional holidays

　　B. people will try to get back to be with their family wherever they are

　　C. people celebrate this holiday only at home and abroad

　　D. it is a holiday for those who have a family

　　7. What is one similarity between thanksgiving and Mid-Autumn Festival in China? B

　　A. They are celebrated at about the same time for the year.

　　B. Family members make a special effort to gather together.

　　C. People have the same traditional foods on both occasions.

　　D. The celebration activities are more or less the same.

　　8. What is best title for this passage? C

　　A. Traditional holidays B. Thanksgiving and Mid-Autumn Festival

　　C. Thanksgiving splendid meal D. History of thanksgiving

　　9. There are plenty of foods mentioned in the passage for Thanksgiving spendid meal except ____C___.

　　A. turkeys B. vegetables C. cakes D. fruits

　　10. What’s the symbol of the festival? D

　　A. Sporting events B. parades C. an evening party D. both A and B

　　Passage 2

　　Sometimes a book can help change history. One book that certainly did was Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was a book that spoke out against slavery.

　　As Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her book, there were over 3.5 million slaves in the United States. Slaves were usually in the cotton-growing states of the South. The Northern States has ended slavery. Yet most northerners were not strongly against slavery. They did not mind that slavery continued in the South.

　　Stowe decided to make people understand that slavery was very bad. Each night after putting her six children to bed, she worked on her book. She told the owner. She also told how the slaves tried to run away for freedom. Uncle Tom’s Cabin first came in 1852. Over 300,000 books were sold out in a year.

　　People had different ideas about the book. In the North, many people finally believed that slavery must be ended after they read the book. In the South, many people were very angry at the people in the North. By 1861 the two parts of the country were at war. The Civil War, which lasted until of cease, was made to happen by many things. Yet Uncle Tom’s Cabin surely played a part. Stowe met President Linclon in 1862. As Linclon took her hand, he said, “So you are the woman who starred the big war.”

　　11. Before Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, most Northerners ___B___.

　　A. were slaves in the South B. did not know how bad slavery was

　　C. kept slaves in their homes D. understood that slavery was wrong

　　12. While many Northerners agreed with Harriet Beacher Stowe ,___C___.

　　A. many southerners wanted war

　　B. many southerners had not read the book

　　C. many southerners were angry at her

　　D. some slaves tried to run away from North

　　13. From the text, we can infer that ____D___.

　　A. Stowe was a very young woman

　　B. Stowe’s husband was dead when she wrote the story

　　C. Stowe wrote her book with stories from her six children

　　D. Stowe could not work on her book at all during the daytime

　　14. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was ____C___.

　　A. a book about Harriet Beecher Stowe

　　B. a history book

　　C. a book that helped change history

　　D. a book about the American Civil war

　　15. Harriet Beecher Stowe __B_____.

　　A. was a little woman who started the American Civil War together with Abraham Linclon

　　B. was strongly against the slavery

　　C. helped some slaves to run away from the South

　　D. met Abraham Lincoln before the Civil War