Question

【题目】In most 【1】 (country), people usually eat 【2】 (tradition) food on special holidays. A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving. It is always on the 【3】 (four) Thursday in November, and is a time 【4】 (give) thanks for food in the autumn. At this time, people also remember the first travelers from England who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These travelers had a long, hard winter, they 【5】 (have) enough food and many of 【1】 (they) died. In the next autumn, they gave thanks for life and food in their new home. These days, most Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by 【7】 (have) a big meal at home with 【8】 (them) family. The main dish of this meal is almost always turkey, a large bird.

Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner.

First, mix together some bread pieces, onions, salt and pepper.

Next, fill the turkey with this bread mix.

Then, put the turkey in 【9】 (a) oven and cook it for a few hours.

When it is ready, place the turkey on a large plate and cover it with gravy.

【10】 (final), cut the turkey into thin pieces and eat the meat with vegetables like carrots and potatoes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】countries

【2】traditional

【3】fourth

【4】to give

【5】didn’t have

【6】them

【7】having

【8】their

【9】an

【10】Finally

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍了感恩节的来历，以及人们怎样庆祝感恩节，并且介绍了火鸡的制作过程。

【1】句意：在大部分国家，在特殊的节日里人们通常吃传统的食物。most后加名词复数。故答案是countries.

【2】句意：在大部分国家，在特殊的节日里人们通常吃传统的食物。故答案是traditional。

【3】句意：感恩节通常是在11月的第四个星期四。用序数词表示顺序。故填fourth。

【4】句意：感恩节是感谢秋天食物的丰收的时候。故填to give

【5】句意：这些旅行者度过了漫长的艰难的冬天，他们没有足够的食物，他们中的很多人死去了。故填didn’t have.

【6】句意：这些旅行者度过了漫长的艰难的冬天，他们没有足够的食物，他们中的很多人死去了。故答案是them.

【7】句意：现在仍然有很多人通过和家人一起吃一顿大餐来纪念感恩节。by doing。故答案是having。

【8】句意：现在仍然有很多人通过和家人一起吃一顿大餐来纪念感恩节。故填their。

【9】句意：然后，把火鸡放在烤箱里，烤几个小时。a / an 用在单数可数名词前面，表示这个人或事物是泛指的不确定的一个，相当于中文的“一个”。a 用在读音为辅音开头的名词之前, 而 an 用在读音为元音开头的名词之前。故填an

【10】句意：最后，把火鸡切成片。表示顺序的词，First, Next, Then, Finally故填.Finally