Question

7．Almost every child likes sweet things，such as candies，chocolate，ice cream and desserts．But do you know there is a holiday called Sweetest Day in the USA？Does it mean people can eat lots of sweets on that day？
   Sweetest Day is a popular holiday for Americans．People celebrate it on the third Saturday in October．On that day，people show their love to the elderly，children，their good frinends or anyone else they want to help．Orphans （孤兒） and patients can also enjoy people's greetmgs．In fact，anyone may get a gift on that day．It is just a day that offers people a chance to show their love and care to others．
  How did the holiday originate （起源）？Here is a story．In 1922，a very kind man in Cleveland，a city in Ohio of America，thought that many poor people in the city needed care from others．He wanted them to be happy and he hoped they would find people always remembered them and cared about them．So he gave them boxes of sweets or small gifts to show his love．He also asked his friends and neighbours to help him do these things．Many people thought it was a great idea．After that，more and more people in Cleveland began to do things like  him every year．Gradually（逐漸地） it become a popuular holiday for 1ots of Americans．

46．The underlined（劃線的） word"desserts"in Paragraph 1（第1段） probably meansD．
A．eggs   
B．salty food
C．beef            
D．sweet food
47．Oct.4 is the first Saturday in October this year，so Sweetest Day will be celebrated onC．
A．Oct.4  
B．Oct.11  
C．Oct.18  
D．Oct.25
48．Paragraph 2 mainly talks aboutB．
A．what the Americans do to make friends
B．how Americans celebrate Sweetest Day
C．why the elderly and children are helped
D．where orphans and patients are greeted
49．Sweetest Day has a history of aboutByears．
A.82   
B.92  
C.102  
D.112
50．More and more people did things like the kind man becauseA．
A．they agreed with the kind man and followed his example
B．they thought they would also be cared about if they did so
C．they thought they could be remembered by the poor people
D．they were asked by the kind man to try their best to help others．

Answer 1

分析 短文講了美國Sweetest Day 節(jié)日的由來，及其慶祝節(jié)日的時間和節(jié)日起源的時間，最后成為美國最受歡迎的節(jié)日．

解答 答案：46．D  詞義猜測題．根據(jù)上句Almost every child likes sweet things，such as candies，chocolate，ice cream and desserts．幾乎每個孩子都喜歡甜食，比如糖果、巧克力、冰激凌和…，可知主要說的是甜食，所以應(yīng)說幾乎每個孩子都喜歡甜食，比如糖果、巧克力、冰激凌和甜點(diǎn)，即desserts意為甜食．故選D．
47．C   細(xì)節(jié)推理題．根據(jù)第二段第一行句子People celebrate it on the third Saturday in October．人們慶祝它在十月的第三個星期六．可知今年10月4日是第一個星期六，所以第三個星期六是十月十八日．故選C．
48．B   細(xì)節(jié)歸納題．根據(jù)第二段第一行句子On that day，people show their love to the elderly，children，their good frinends or anyone else they want to help．Orphans （孤兒） and patients can also enjoy people's greetmgs．那一天，人們表現(xiàn)出對老人，孩子，好朋友或者一些其它他們想幫助的人的愛．孤兒和病人也可以享受到人們的問候．可知第二段主要說的是美國人如何慶祝這個節(jié)日，故選B．
49．B    細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容及其第一行句子In 1922，a very kind man in Cleveland，a city in Ohio of America，thought that many poor people in the city needed care from others．1922年，在克利夫蘭的一個很好的人，在俄亥俄美國的一個城市，認(rèn)為城市中許多貧窮的人需要別人的照料．可知節(jié)日最開始在1922年，故選B．
50．A   細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段最后一行句子Many people thought it was a great idea．After that，more and more people in Cleveland began to do things like him every year．Gradually（逐漸地） it become a popuular holiday for 1ots of Americans．許多人們認(rèn)為這是一個好主意，從那以后，在克利夫蘭，越來越多的人開始每年做一樣的事情，它逐漸成為美國人最受歡迎的節(jié)日．可知人們贊同這個善良男人的做法，并且以他為榜樣．故選A．

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