2015年職稱英語考試模擬測試題

Feast On Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving

Four weeks ago US children dressed as monsters and asked for was

Halloween.‘In a few weeks American houses will be red and green and filled with Christmas.

As if all this isn’t enough，on Thursday this week，America will enjoy another festival—Thanksgiving.

Children will have two days off school，shops will close and houses will be filled with families enjoying mountains of food. Every year, in Gainesville，Florida，all entire class celebrate Thanksgiving class dresses up and puts on plays for their r the plays the families share a feast of traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey and pumpkin pie.

Dean Foster, an 1 1-year-old boy will take part in this said：‘I love Thanksgiving because it means time off school，lots of nice food and a happy family.’’

His brother Ben，nine，said：‘the best thing about Thanksgiving，is that when it is finished，it is time to start Christmas.’

But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another Thursday evening，Dean and Ben’s family will make a basket and put it on the table as they eat their evening meal.

Each of them will write a 1ist of things that they are thankful for and place the paper in the family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and each other for providing them with comfortable and happy lives.

Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started in 1621，when the first pilgrims arrived in the US to start a new r a hard year, they had a big autumn held a feast and invited the native American Indians along to thank God for giving them enough food.

Many countries celebrate often fall after the fields have been harvested and the crops collected for winter.

1. On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as

A)ghosts

B)players.

C)pilgrims.

D)visitors.

are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten?

A)On Halloween.

B)On Thursday.

C)On Thanksgiving.

D)On Christmas Day.

ksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for

A)looking after them.

B)providing them with comfortable and happy lives?

C)clothing them.

D)protecting them

children in the United States like Thanksgiving because

A)they call stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food?

B)they can dress up like monsters.

C)they can put on plays.

D)they call visit American Indians.

first pilgrims settled in the United States in

A)1621.

B)1620.

C)1622.

D)1619.

答案：1 A 該題問的是：在10月31日之夜’，美國兒童常常打扮成什麼樣子?文章的第一段第一個句子説“四周前，美國兒童打扮成怪物，四處要糖吃。”“鬼”(ghosts)跟“怪物”(monsters)比較接近，因此A正確。

2. C. 該題問的是：火雞和南瓜餅是什麼時候吃的? 火雞和南瓜餅是感恩節的傳統食品。這一信息可以從第4段的最後一個句子中找到。

3 B;該題問的是：感恩節是美國人的什麼樣的日子? 選項B説的是：是感謝上帝為他們提供了舒適、幸福生活的日子。該答案可以從文章的倒數第三段中找到。

4.A.該題問的是：許多美國兒童喜歡感恩節的原因是什麼?選項A説的`是：他們可以呆在家裏，跟父母在一起，並且會吃到很多好吃的東西。答案可以從第三段和第五段找到。

5 A該題問的是：第一批朝聖者是什麼時候到美國來定居的? 答案可以在倒數第二段的第1個句子中找到。