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【题目】 My uncle and my aunt live on a big farm in the countryside. They keep cows and sheep and grow a lot 【1】corn on the farm. We often go there for our holidays. We always enjoy 【2】 on the farm.

It was Thanksgiving last Thursday. My uncle and my aunt asked our whole family to their house for dinner. We got up very early that day. Before【3】(start), we bought some gifts. Then, we went there by bike. It took us one and 【4】half hours to get there.

My uncle and my aunt were glad to see us. We gave the gifts to them and they were very happy. Then we 【5】(sit)down and talked. My uncle told my brother and me the story of Thanksgiving. About 400 years ago, the first 【6】(travel) came from England to live in America. They had a long, hard winter, and many of them died. In the next autumn, they gave thanks 【7】life and food in their new home. These days, most Americans still c【8】 this idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their family. It was time 【9】(have) lunch. My aunt served us the 【10】(tradition) food-turkey It tasted delicious and we all enjoyed it. At about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, we said goodbye to them and went back home. What an interesting day it was!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】of

【2】ourselves

【3】starting

【4】a

【5】sat

【6】travelers

【7】for

【8】celebrate

【9】to have

【10】traditional

【解析】

本篇记叙作者与家人到叔叔阿姨家的农场过感恩节。到农场赠送了礼物给他们，然后大家坐下来讲述感恩节的来历，吃感恩节传统美食火鸡，过了有趣的一天。

【1】句意：他们养牛羊，在农场里种很多玉米。

从文字的表层意思推断空格处指种很多玉米，a lot of 意为很多的……；故答案为of。

【2】句意：我们在农场总是玩得很开心。

根据上文“We often go there for our holidays.”推断下文指玩的很开心；enjoy oneself意为玩得开心、过得愉快，由此判断空格填反身代词；主语是we，根据逻辑关系，判断空格填ourselves我们自己，故答案为ourselves。

【3】句意：在出发之前，我们买了一些礼物。

根据空格之前的介词before可知，介词后加名词或动名词，判断空格填动名词，start出发，动词，其动名词为规则变化在词尾+ing，故答案为starting。

【4】句意：我们花了一个半小时到达那里。

从文字的表层意思推断空格处指一个半小时，英语有两种表达one and a half hours =one hour and a half；句中hours为复数形式，用第一种表达，故答案为a。

【5】句意：然后我们坐下来谈话。

根据and并列成分和时态要一致的原则，推断空格填动词的一般过去式；sit坐，动词，其一般过去式为不规则变化sat，故答案为sat。

【6】句意：大约在400年前，第一批旅行者从英国来美洲生活。

空格在定冠词后面，判断填名词；根据历史常识，可知空格指第一批到美洲生活的旅行者，所以用复数形式；travel旅行，动词，其名词形式为traveler，复数形式为规则变化在词尾+s；故答案为travelers。

【7】句意：第二年秋天，他们在他们的新家感恩了生命和食物。

根据上文“They had a long, hard winter, and many of them died.”因漫长的严冬死去很多人，推断下文指幸存下来的人在来年的秋天感恩生命和食物；give thanks for感谢……；故答案为for。

【8】句意：如今，大多数美国人仍然有通过与家人在家里会餐的方式来庆祝这种表达谢意的想法。

空格是句子的谓语，判断填动词；上文讲述感恩节的来历，推断下文指如今多数美国人仍然会庆祝这个节日；根据首字母提示，celebrate意为庆祝，动词；根据时间状语these days，判断句子用一般现在时；主语most Americans是复数，谓语动词用原形；故答案为celebrate。

【9】句意：该吃午饭了。

It’s time to do sth 意为“是该做某事的时候”，由此判断空格填动词原形；have lunch吃午饭，故答案为to have。

【10】句意：我阿姨给我们端上了传统的食物火鸡。

空格在名词前，判断填形容词；tradition传统，名词，其形容词形式为traditional，传统的，形容词，故答案为traditional。