Question

The winter holiday season is the busiest time of the year in the US, and Thanksgiving is the one holiday this time of year that doesn’t get the attention it deserves — it is often overshadowed by Christmas. However, I still feel the festive atmosphere in my family.

Each year, I attend not just one Thanksgiving dinner, but typically between three and four. Thanksgiving lasts all throughout the second half of the week. I travel to different houses to spend time with different parts of my family. We usually eat a giant amount of traditional Thanksgiving foods such as deviled eggs, ham, green beans, potatoes, and breads. We don’t eat the traditional turkey like many families do, but we have just about everything else that someone would want to eat.

After eating, we sit around and chat. Usually someone has brought a guest, such as a new boyfriend/girlfriend or a new baby, so there’s always a chance to get to know the new family member, as well as catching up with family that I haven’t seen for a long time.

My extended families are very different, which makes for different holiday experiences. My other’s family is very polite and quiet, and that makes the dinner with them seem very formal. My father’s family is the opposite. They’re loud and don’t even try to control what words come out of their mouths. Their Thanksgiving usually includes yelling at whatever football game is on the television. It’s very casual and relaxed. Either way, it’s nice to be able to see my family and spend time with them.

In my eyes, Thanksgiving is a holiday based on being thankful for what you have, spending tine with family, and eating a lot more food than you probably should. Not all these things go with its history, but it makes for a nice tradition.

1. The underlined word“overshadowed”in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. compared

B. celebrated

C. related

D. made to feel less important

2.How does the author usually celebrate Thanksgiving?

a. eating turkey.

b. chatting with her family.

c. watching the annual Thanksgiving shows on TV.

d. attending several Thanksgiving dinners with different parts of her family.

A. a, b.

B. a, c.

C. b, d.

D. c, d.

3.What does the author think of her parents’families?

A. She thinks that her parents’families have a lot in common with each other.

B. She believes that her mother and father’s families should learn from each other.

C. She prefers her father’s family’s casual way of celebrating Thanksgiving to her mother’s family’s way.

D. She enjoys spending time both of her parents’families although they are quite different.

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述作者如何度過感恩節(jié)

1. is the one holiday this time of year that doesn’t get the attention it deserves — it is often overshadowed by Christmas.感恩節(jié)并沒有得到其應得的關(guān)注，可知該詞應表示不那么重要的意思，故選D

2. year, I attend not just one Thanksgiving dinner, but typically between three and four.和第三段第一句After eating, we sit around and chat每年我參加三到四個感恩節(jié)晚餐聚會。飯后，我們坐在一起聊天，故選C

3. way, it’s nice to be able to see my family and spend time with them.無論怎樣，看見我的家人和他們在一起都是很好的，可知兩邊父母她都喜歡和他們在一起盡管他們很不同，故選D考點：考查說明文閱讀