The Christmas shopping season begins答案解析

The sixth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney will be released on November 15th, just in time for the Christmas shopping season. The book is titled Cabin Fever and will continue the funny story of middle school kid Greg Heffley.

The story begins with Greg and his friend Rowley being accused of damaging school property. It wasn't really their fault, but the authorities don't see it that way. Just when they are about to get caught, the city gets hit by a giant blizzard （暴风雪）. This is a good thing, right? Well, not so fast! Greg is now stuck at home with his family and all this gives him a bad case of cabin fever.

Kinney says that the book is not only about the claustrophobia （幽闭恐怖症） of being stuck at home for days without being able to leave, but also about getting stuck with an identity. Sometimes we get stuck a certain way when we are young and it's hard to change people's feelings of us. That's some pretty deep stuff （东西）, but we expect the book to mostly be full of silly and funny stuff that will make us laugh.

The first printing of Cabin Fever will print 6 million copies of the book. Many kids who don't like to read like the Wimpy Kid books because of the combination of cartoons, story, and comedy. Cabin Fever, like the other five, will have 224 pages of cartoons and funny events in the life of Greg Heffley as he sits out his holidays snowbound at home.

    They are generally recommended for kids 8 to 11 years of age, but older kids（even adults） may find them funny as they remember what it was like to be in middle school.

60．The underlined phrase "not so fast" in Paragraph 2 probably means that _____.

       A．Greg got away with breaking the rules so fast.

       B．Greg hadn't thought the weather changed suddenly.

       C．Things developed in a quite different way.

       D．Good luck the blizzard brought came slowly.

61．What can we know about Cabin Fever?

       A．It continues the story of a middle school student Rowley.

       B．It will appear on the market on Christmas Day.

       C．It is about an exciting public winter holidays.

       D．It contains a lot of pictures and funny stuff.

62．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

       A．Jeff Kinney has written six books in all.

       B．Jeff Kinney intends the book Cabin Fever for kids only.

       C．Wimpy Kid books are printed 6 million copies altogether.

       D．Cabin Fever has a lot in common with other Wimpy Kid books.

63．The purpose of writing the passage is to ______.

       A．promote sales                        B．give opinions

       C．offer information                        D．make a comment

                             

 Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday that Amer­icans 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 (调味) 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 tur­keys raised in the United States came from six states ： Minnesota,North Carolina,Arkansas,Missouri,Vir­ginia 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 No­vember has a fifth Thursday.

  The season traditionally begins with a busy shop­ping 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 Bran­denberger 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 Novem­ber.

   B. He didn't want to shorten the Christmas holi­day 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.