A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned the bird on Thanksgiving eve.
The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House website. The lucky turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden and posed for the cameras at the presidential podium(讲台).
The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621. That’s when English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave thanks for the progress they had made after a hard winter in their new country. As America grew, Thanksgiving customs also spread and got bigger. George Washington declared that the first national Thanksgiving would be on November 26, 1789. In the decades to follow, however, people celebrated Thanksgiving locally, with no official date. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November 1863 a national day of Thanksgiving. It stayed that way until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it one week earlier. He wanted to lengthen the shopping period before Christmas to encourage gift-buyers and to help businesses. So Congress（议会） ruled that, after 1941, Thanksgiving would be an official federal holiday falling on the fourth Thursday of November.
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November. Millions of Americans got together to give thanks with friends and family. The lucky turkey, Courage, was one of them. After his pardon, Courage would be sent to Disneyland Resort in California, where he would be the grand assemble of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
1.That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by ________.
A. George Bush B. Congress C. President Truman D. the public
2.The first Thanksgiving Day was held to ________.
A. celebrate the harvest of British settlers
B. celebrate the progress of Americans
C. encourage the struggle with British settlers
D. celebrate the joy of all Americans after a hard winter
3.In 1939, President Roosevelt put forward the national day of Thanksgiving to ________.
A. encourage the economy B. help the poor
C. please Congress D. lengthen the summer holidays
4.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. President Obama pardoned a turkey before Thanksgiving because of the economic crisis
B. the turkey named Courage was pardoned by President Roosevelt before Thanksgiving
C. the pardoned turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden on Thanksgiving eve
D. the pardoned turkey will appear in a celebrating parade of Thanksgiving Day
名师点拨卷系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2013届陕西省师大附中高三第四次模拟考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：完型填空
Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m 26 or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers. 27 , I’m happy to try, even though it’ll 28 me a long time to do it.
People say that housewives should have the 29 to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and 30 every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to 31 me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So 32 I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I 33 feeling like a failure as a mom.
After many 34 attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the 35 that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the 36 one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it 37 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said,＂Thank you so much for always bringing 38 drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also 39 class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough 40 for everyone.＂
I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could 41 remember how many kids were in the class. But her 42 taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.
Not everyone is cut out to be a(n) 43 mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I 44 something to drink. And I think that’s just as 45 .
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Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m 36 or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers. 37 , I’m happy to try, even though it’ll 38 me a long time to do it.
People say that housewives should have the 39 to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and 40 every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to 41 me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So 42 I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I 43 feeling like a failure as a mom.
After many 44 attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the 45 that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the 46 one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it 47 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said, “Thank you so much for always bringing 48 drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also 49 class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough 50 for everyone.”
I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could 51 remember how many kids were in the class. But her 52 taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.
Not everyone is cut out to be a(n) 53 mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I 54 something to drink. And I think that’s just as 55 .
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Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m 36 or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers. However, I’m happy to try, even though it’ll take me a long time to do it.
People say that housewives should have the 37 to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and 38 every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to upset me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So when I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I 39 feeling like a failure as a mom.
After many 40 attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the 41 that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the 42 one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it 43 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said,＂Thank you so much for always bringing 44 drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also 45 class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough drinks for everyone.＂
I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could 46 remember how many kids were in the class. But her appreciation taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.
Not everyone is cut out to be a(n) 47 mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I provided something to drink. And I think that’s just as important.
1.A. smart B. tired C. lazy D. desperate
2.A. dream B. ability C. experience D. tool
3.A. compare B. save C. treasure D. teach
4.A. ended up B. went on C. insisted on D. set about
5.A. failed B. careless C. successful D. useful
6.A. goal B. opinion C. fact D. impression
7.A. slowest B. best C. worst D. quickest
8.A. stood out B. got out C. came back D. paid off
9.A. cold B. soft C. extra D. fresh
10.A. attend B. hold C. enjoy D. leave
11.A. already B. always C. ever D. never
12.A. loyal B. clever C. rich D. able
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Standing in the driveway, I watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their 36 _____ .
“They live too far away from me,” I said to myself. “When did they 37 _____ and become parents of small children? 38 _____ that be me?”
I slipped back inside the house and just walked through the rooms for no reason 39 _____.1 was just missing them already and looking for 40 _____ of their having been here. There were pillows on the floor and a few stuffed (填充）animals 41 _____ around where the children had been playing.
I walked into the 42 _____ and there on the back of the sink was a bottle brush that had been left behind. “Ah，even Tessa left something behind,” I 43 _____ Well, I suppose she had help 44 _____ she was just four months old.
As I walked around the house, I picked up a few more 45 _____ on the floor — Tegan’S tooth, a pie pan, and the inside of a turkey fryer.
ttHmmm, things left behind ...’’I thought to myself. It seems there is one thing left behind on every 46 _____ . Memories are always left behind, I reasoned, and what a(n) 47 _____ thing good memories are to us. I thought how each item left behind 48 _____ me of the person it belonged to and the story 49 _____ it.
Memories happen even if we aren’t 50 _____ of it. The stressful and difficult moments often become memories that we 51 _____ later with laughter and joy. The memories of past hurts, bitterness, and anger, 52 . should be left behind 53 _____These are the things that we should never 54 _____ until the next time they come, mail back, or bring with us to 55_____next visit.
As Elizabeth Stone said, “To have a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
1.A. smiles B. vehicles C. pains D. bicycles
2.A. drop out B. break away C. set off D. grow up
3.A. Wouldn’t B. Shouldn’t C. Can’t D. Needn’t
4.A. in particular B. with anger C. with joy D. in return
5.A. signals B. atmosphere C. signs D. information
6.A. lying B. jumping C. moving D. looking
7.A. house B. distance C. kitchen D. driveway
8.A. announced B. explained C. complained D. replied
9.A. when B. unless C. until D. since
10.A. toys B. items C. memories D. treasures
11.A. table B. course C. occasion D. comer
12.A. funny B. private C. ordinary D. precious
13.A. reminded B. informed C. warned D. convinced
14.A. promoting B. surrounding C. acknowledging D. exposing
15.A. proud B.ashamed C. aware D. afraid
16.A. attach importance to B. throw doubt on C. look forward to D. look back upon
17.A. besides B.therefore C. otherwise D. though
18.A. partly B. sometimes C. forever D. unwillingly
19.A. present B. keep C. overlook D. experience
20.A. our B. their C. its D. your
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年陕西省高三第四次模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m 26 or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers. 27 , I’m happy to try, even though it’ll 28 me a long time to do it.
People say that housewives should have the 29 to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and 30 every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to 31 me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So 32 I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I 33 feeling like a failure as a mom.
After many 34 attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the 35 that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the 36 one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it 37 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said,＂Thank you so much for always bringing 38 drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also 39 class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough 40 for everyone.＂
I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could 41 remember how many kids were in the class. But her 42 taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.
Not everyone is cut out to be a(n) 43 mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I 44 something to drink. And I think that’s just as 45 .
1. A．smart B．lazy C．tired D．desperate
2. A．However B．Therefore C．Otherwise D．Besides
3. A．cost B．give C．introduce D．take
4. A．dream B．ability C．experience D．tool
5. A．compare B．save C．treasure D．teach
6. A．reflect B．puzzle C．upset D．amuse
7. A．unless B．because C．though D．when
8. A．ended up B．went on C．insisted on D．set about
9. A．failed B．careless C．successful D．useful
10. A．goal B．opinion C．fact D．impression
11. A．slowest B．best C．worst D．quickest
12. A．stood out B．got out C．came back D．paid off
13. A．cold B．soft C．extra D．fresh
14. A．attend B．hold C．enjoy D．leave
15. A．cookies B．drinks C．books D．cups
16. A．already B．always C．ever D．never
17. A．contribution B．appreciation C．Congratulation D．comprehension
18. A．loyal B．clever C．able D．rich
19. A．provide B．make C．buy D．retell
20. A．believable B．ridiculous C．interesting D．important
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