Question

 Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday that Amer?icans celebrate on the fourth Thursday in November. This autumn festival is traditionally celebrated with family and friends over a big meal that takes hours to prepare.

  The meal usually includes turkey served along with dishes like sweet potatoes,green beans and pumpkin pie. The turkey is usually seasoned (調(diào)味) and roasted in an oven,but some people fry the bird in oil or cook it on a grill (烤架) or in a smoker.

  The National Turkey Federation estimates that Americans ate 46 million birds for last year's holiday. The government expects turkey production to increase two per cent this year. About two-thirds of the tur?keys raised in the United States came from six states ： Minnesota,North Carolina,Arkansas,Missouri,Vir?ginia and Indiana.

  Turkey is eaten all year,and Americans have been eating more of it over the years,though chicken,beef and pork are still more popular. Federation president Joel Brandenberger says 2012 will not be as profitable for turkey farmers as the last two years were. Feed costs are up while turkey prices are about the same.

  In 1939,as the Great Depression was ending,President Franklin Roosevelt established the holiday on the fourth Thursday. He did not want to shorten the Christmas holiday shopping season in years when No?vember has a fifth Thursday.

  The season traditionally begins with a busy shop?ping day on the Friday after Thanksgiving,although some stores are now opening on the holiday itself.

  One of the America's founders,Ben Franklin,thought the turkey would better represent the country as its official bird than the bald eagle. But Joel Bran?denberger disagrees.

  "I think we're better off having the bald eagle on our coins and the Thanksgiving turkey on our dinner table.”

1. The big meal on Thanksgiving Day includes the fol- lowing dishes EXCEPT        .

   A. sweet potatoes   B. green beans

   C. pumpkin pie   D. baked sausages

2. The underlined word "profitable" in the fourth par- agraph probably means "        ”.

   A. beneficial   B. convenient

   C. boring   D. comfortable

3. From the passage,we can know        .

   A. Americans don't like eating pork

   B. Americans prefer to eat the turkey fried in oil

   C. the turkey is only eaten on Thanksgiving Day

   D. most of the turkeys raised in America came from six states

4. Why did Franklin establish Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday?

   A. There is a fifth Thursday sometimes in Novem?ber.

   B. He didn't want to shorten the Christmas holi?day shopping time.

   C. He thought the fourth Thursday in November was a good day.

   D. The Great Depression was over on the fourth Thursday in November.

5. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

   A. We can see the bald eagle on the American coins.

   B. The bald eagle is the American official bird now.

   C. Ben Franklin established the American official bird was the turkey.

   D. Joel Brandenberger wanted the turkey to be still on the dinner table.

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了美國(guó)的感恩節(jié)以及感恩節(jié)餐桌上的火雞。

1. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的"The meal usually in?cludes turkey served along with dishes like sweet pota?toes,green beans and pumpkin pie."可知，只有D項(xiàng)未被提及，故選D項(xiàng)。

2. A詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第四段的最后一句話"Feed costs are up while turkey prices are about the same.”可知，詞料的價(jià)格上漲而火雞的價(jià)格幾乎一樣，所以農(nóng)民們不可能像前兩年那樣獲得利潤(rùn)。故選A項(xiàng)。

3. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的"About two-thirds of the turkeys raised in the United States came from six states …"可知選D項(xiàng)。

4. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中的"He did not want to shorten the Christmas holiday shopping season in years when November has a fifth Thursday.”可知答案為B項(xiàng)。

5. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的"…BenFranklm,thought the turkey would better represent the country as its official bird than the bald eagle. But Joel Branden-berger disagrees."可知，Ben Franklin想要把火雞確立成美B的國(guó)鳥，但是Joel Brandenberger不同意，而現(xiàn)在美國(guó)的國(guó)鳥仍然是白頭鷲。故選C項(xiàng)。