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Thanksgiving Day comes on the fourth Thursday in November. Every year, the President of the United State writes a hind of letter to the people. He writes that the fourth Thursday in November will be a national holiday. All the stores, banks, schools and offices close. The people can spend Thanks giving Day with their families.

　　Thanksgiving Day is a family holiday, for it is customary for all members of the family together at the home of the father and mother. All over the country, husbands and wives, grandchildren and great grand children travel from city to town, from town to village, or from village to farm to spend the day at their old home. Many speak to their parents or grandparents by long-distance telephone.

　　On that day, the family eats a large traditional dinner with the turkey and pumpkin pie. After dinner, in most homes, there are traditional games. Many people go to football games. The churches hold Thanksgiving services. Thanks giving is a chance to renew friendship. Above all, Thanksgiving Day is a time for remembrance and for giving thanks.

　　(1)The fourth Thursday of ________ is Thanksgiving Day.

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　　A． September

　　B． October

　　C． November

　　D． December

　　(2)Most People eat ________ on Thanksgiving Day.

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　　(3)What do the families do on that day?

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　　A． go shopping

　　B． visit friends

　　C． stay at home with friends

　　D． watch TV

　　(4)Americans celebrate Thanksgiving ________.

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　　A． on November 27th every year

　　B． on the last Thursday in November every year

　　C． on December 25th every day

　　D． January l st every year.

　　(5)Which of the following holidays is religious?

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　　A． Christmas Day

　　B． Mother's Day

　　C． Thanksgiving Day

　　D． Father's Day

　　London is a very big city. There are many parks in London. The biggest（最大）parks are: Hyde Park, St. James's Park and Regent's Park.

　　London's famous zoo is in Regent's Park. In the zoo there are animals and birds from different countries. There you can see crocodiles（鳄鱼）, monkeys, elephants, giraffes, lions and tigers and a lot of other animals. You can give bananas to the monkeys! The English people like visiting the zoo.

　　In English parks you can do a lot of things and have a good time. You can sit on the green grass. You can play football and other games, ride horses, watch ducks, and you can walk or have a talk with your friends or read your books. The people in London love their parks.

判断正（T）误（F）:

(1) All the parks in London have zoos in them.

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(2) There are a lot of animals in the zoo in Hyde Park.

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(3) The English people like visiting zoos.

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(4) People can do other things in the park.

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(5) They can't play football in the park.

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　　The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where, most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

　　By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.

　　Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.

　　The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

　　After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect; wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Paul's.

　　The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place－a city for the future and not just of the past.

1．The fire began in ________.

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2．The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means ________.

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3．It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.

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A．some people lost their lives

B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

C．many famous buildings were destroyed

D．the King's bakery was burned down

4．Why did the writer cite(引用) Samuel Pepys?

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A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

C．To show that poor people suffered most.

D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

5．How was the fire put out according to the text?

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A．The king and his soldiers came to help.

B．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

C．People managed to get enough water from the river.

D．Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

6．Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?

(a) There was a strong wind.

(b) The streets were very narrow.

(c) Many houses were made of wood.

(d) There was not enough water in the city.

(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.

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Run, Terry, Run

　　Terry Fox had cancer(癌). It left him with only one leg. Yet he became famous for running. He ran with an artificial (人造的) leg to raise(集资) money to fight cancer. His plan was to run all the way across Canada, from St. John's to Vancouver. He would cross the water by boat. Terry started out in St. John's in April, 1981, and made it to the halfway point.

　　Terry had to give up the run at Thunder Bay when doctors found cancer in his lungs. He died on June 28, when he was 22 years old. He raised more money for the Canadian Cancer Society than he dreamed possible－over $24 million.

　　This map shows the route that Terry Fox planned to run and the part of the route he was able to cover.

　　To follow Terry's run on a map, you must be able to find directions (方向) . The four main directions on a map are north, south, east, and west. Between the four main directions are four “halfway” directions. They are northeast (NE), northwest (NW), southeast (SE) , southwest (SW) . These directions appear on the map's compass rose. Find the compass rose at the bottom of the map .

　　Some maps use only an arrow pointing north. When you know which direction is north, you can figure out that south is below. West is to the left. East is to the right.

1．Terry started his run in St. John's on Canada's ________ coast.

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2．Terry planned to run from ________ .

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3．Montreal is ________ of St. John's.

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4．The city that is west of Thunder Bay is ________ .

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5．From Winnipeg, the direction to Toronto is ________ .

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