广东省惠州大亚湾经济技术开发区第一中学高一下学期英语周测Book3 Unit1

广东省惠州大亚湾经济技术开发区第一中学高一下学期英语周测Book3 Unit1

一、单词检测

1．________n．美人；美→________adj.美丽的→________adv.美丽地→______vt.美化

2．________n．庆祝，祝贺→________vt.庆祝

3．________n．起源→________adj.原先的

4．________n．信任→________vt.相信

5．________n．到达→________vi.到达

6．________n．允许→________vt.允许

7．________n．悲伤→________adj.悲伤的→________adv.伤心地

8．________vt.赞美，羡慕→________adj.值得赞赏的→________n．钦佩者；赞赏者

9．________vi.道歉→________n．谢罪，致歉

10．________vt.原谅→________ n．宽恕；原谅

11．________adj.宗教的→________n．宗教

12．________adj.充满活力的→________n．能量

13．________adj.明显的→________adv.明显地

二、短语检测

14．纪念；追念____________________

15．出发；动身；使爆炸____________________

16．期望；期待；盼望____________________

17．出现；露面____________________

18．搞恶作剧；诈骗；开玩笑____________________

19．发生____________________

20．屏息；屏气____________________

21．玩得开心____________________

三、课文填空

There are all kinds of festivals throughout the world. Festivals are held ____22____ satisfy and please the ancestors, to honour some famous people or important events, and to express people's ____23____ (grateful) to the God ____24____brings them a year of plenty. For example, Japanese observe Obon,____25____ people go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. In India, October 2 is ____26____ national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi who helped India become an ____27____(depend) country.

And in China the Spring Festival, which ____28____(celebrate) in January or February, is the most ____29____(energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring. Why are all these festivals celebrated everywhere? Because____30____ the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other, _____31___ forget their work for a while.

四、完形填空

Thanksgiving—yesterday and today

Because Thanksgiving has always been an important part of my life, I sometimes forget that other countries do not recognize the holiday. The reason, of course, is that Thanksgiving was a celebration __32__ by those who came to North America from other lands as a way of showing __33__ for their blessings on this continent.

In 1578 the explorer Martin Frobisher was trying to find a northern __34__ to the Pacific Ocean. After __35__ from storms and icebergs, he held a __36__ ceremony in Frobisher Bay to give thanks for his survival. Some believe that this was the first Canadian Thanksgiving Day.

The United States uses the harvest celebrations of the Pilgrims which __37__ for several days at Plymouth in Massachusetts in 1621 as the __38__ of Thanksgiving. In more recent times, however, a rather __39__ tradition goes that the President of the United States __40__ a statement and “pardons” the Thanksgi ving turkey so that its life is __41__ and it can roam（漫步）free.

Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October while the United States celebrates on the fourth Thursday of November. __42__ day it is, people have __43__ ways of celebrating the holiday. It may __44__ cooking and eating excellent food such as turkey, fresh vegetables and pumpkin pie. It is a great time for people to get together with friends or family.