Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I   26   . I buy a present（禮物） for my mother on Mother’s Day and of course on Father’s Day I give my father   27  , too.” But what about the other days of a year?

I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day I go to see her. We has a nice talk（談話）. Then she wants to   28  . So she dials（撥號） the number, but then she puts down the phone. After about fifteen   29  , she dials the number again. “Hi, Mom…”

Then I ask her, “   30   do you dial the number twice?” She smiles, “My parents are old and slow. They can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call  31  . I just want to give them enough（足夠的）time to   32   the call.”

My friend is a good girl. She is   33   thinking about her parents. You also want to be a   34   child, right? Please always remember to   35   your parents in every situation（場合）, not just on some important days.

（  ）26. A. will          B. do             C. won’t            D. don’t

（  ）27. A. a cake        B. a kiss          C. some money       D. a present

（  ）28. A. make a call    B. go sightseeing   C. have a rest         D. go for a walk

（  ）29. A. seconds（秒） B. weeks         C. hours             D. days

（  ）30. A. How         B. What          C. Why              D. When

（  ）31. A. they         B. them           C. me               D. her

（  ）32. A. move        B. bring           C. take              D. answer

（  ）33. A. always       B. never           C. seldom（很少）   D. sometimes

（  ）34. A. bad          B. clever          C. good             D. strict（嚴格的）

（  ）35. A. protect       B. look after       C. think of           D. listen to

 

　　Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in the U．S．A．It is celebrated（慶祝）every year on the fourth Thurs- day of November. On Thanksgiving Day members and friends get together for a turkey dinner. People living in cities, if their relatives live out of town, leave work early on Wednesday afternoon and drive their cars to distant places for a family reunion（團圓）. Many people also take Friday off and make it a long weekend because most Americans don’t work on Saturdays and Sundays. During the holiday travel between big cities can be a headache.

　　The Thanksgiving Day’s holiday began in 1621. When the first English settlers arrived in New World, they didn’t have enough food, and the Indians helped the white men and taught them how to grow corn and vegetables. So in the autumn after they came to the New World, they had a good harvest. The English settlers decided to celebrate, and they invited their Indian neighbors to banquet（赴宴）in order to go to give thanks to them for their help and to the God.

(1) Thanksgiving Day means ________.

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A．to give thanks to the Indians and the God

B．to give thanks to their neighbors

C．to give thanks to the nature

D．to give thanks to the weather

(2) When the first English settlers arrived in America, _______.

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A．the Indians didn’t have enough food

B．they had a good harvest

C．they learned how to grow crops from the Indians

D．they were good at planting crops

(3) As usual, it’s difficult to travel by cars between big cities on_______.

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A．Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday

B．Friday, Saturday and Sunday

C．Saturday afternoon and Sunday

D．Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

(4) If November 1, 1994 is Friday, then Thanksgiving Day will be ________.

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A．November 21	B．November 26
C．November 27	D．November 28

(5) The festival began in_______.

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A．1862	B．1621
C．1761	D．1921

句型轉(zhuǎn)換

Long long ago, there was a swan（天鵝）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house  21 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round,   22 still,they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough  23 to buy food.

The swan was 24 to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my  25 to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she  26 to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying  27 .From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much  28 

than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy（貪婪）.She said to her  29 .“The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all  30 feathers when she comes next time.”

“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will  31 the swan. She helps us a lot !” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the  32 came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers  33 chicken feathers. Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Woman, I came to  34 you,but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will  35 come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

1.	A．a(chǎn)bove B．over C．near D．under

 

2.	A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．if D．or

 

3.	A．money B．time C．room D．energy

 

4.	A．happy B．surprised C．sad D．scared

 

5.	A．presents B．golden coins C．feathers D．collections

 

6.	A．flew B．ran C．climbed D．walked

7.A. something   B. everything       C nothing         D anything

8.	A．duller B．better C．busier D．harder

 

9.	A．brothers B．sisters C．sons D．daughters

 

10.	A．his B．her C．their D．our

 

11.	A．hurt B．save C．protect D．refuse

 

12.	A．woman B．daughter C．chicken D．swan

 

13.	A．heard of B．changed into C．looked for D．came from

 

14.	A．trouble B．help C．teach D．invite

 

15.	A．sometimes B．a(chǎn)lways C．usually D．never

 

句型轉(zhuǎn)換
Long long ago, there was a swan（天鵝）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house  21 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round,   22 still,they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough  23 to buy food.
The swan was 24 to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my  25 to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she  26 to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying  27 .From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much  28 
than before.
But day after day, the woman became greedy（貪婪）.She said to her  29 .“The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all  30 feathers when she comes next time.”
“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will  31 the swan. She helps us a lot !” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the  32 came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers  33 chicken feathers. Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Woman, I came to  34 you,but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will  35 come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

【小題1】

A．a(chǎn)bove B．over C．near D．under

【小題2】

A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．if D．or

【小題3】

A．money B．time C．room D．energy

【小題4】

A．happy B．surprised C．sad D．scared

【小題5】

A．presents B．golden coins C．feathers D．collections

【小題6】

A．flew B．ran C．climbed D．walked

【小題7】A. something   B. everything       C nothing         D anything

【小題8】

A．duller B．better C．busier D．harder

【小題9】

A．brothers B．sisters C．sons D．daughters

【小題10】

A．his B．her C．their D．our

【小題11】

A．hurt B．save C．protect D．refuse

【小題12】

A．woman B．daughter C．chicken D．swan

【小題13】

A．heard of B．changed into C．looked for D．came from

【小題14】

A．trouble B．help C．teach D．invite

【小題15】

A．sometimes B．a(chǎn)lways C．usually D．never