Question

The winter holiday season is the busiest time of the year in the US, and Thanksgiving is the one holiday this time of year that doesn’t get the attention it deserves — it is often overshadowed by Christmas. However, I still feel the festive atmosphere in my family.

Each year, I attend not just one Thanksgiving dinner, but typically between three and four. Thanksgiving lasts all throughout the second half of the week. I travel to different houses to spend time with different parts of my family. We usually eat a giant amount of traditional Thanksgiving foods such as deviled eggs, ham, green beans, potatoes, and breads. We don’t eat the traditional turkey like many families do, but we have just about everything else that someone would want to eat.

After eating, we sit around and chat. Usually someone has brought a guest, such as a new boyfriend/girlfriend or a new baby, so there’s always a chance to get to know the new family member, as well as catching up with family that I haven’t seen for a long time.

My extended families are very different, which makes for different holiday experiences. My other’s family is very polite and quiet, and that makes the dinner with them seem very formal. My father’s family is the opposite. They’re loud and don’t even try to control what words come out of their mouths. Their Thanksgiving usually includes yelling at whatever football game is on the television. It’s very casual and relaxed. Either way, it’s nice to be able to see my family and spend time with them.

In my eyes, Thanksgiving is a holiday based on being thankful for what you have, spending tine with family, and eating a lot more food than you probably should. Not all these things go with its history, but it makes for a nice tradition.

1. The underlined word“overshadowed”in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. compared

B. celebrated

C. related

D. made to feel less important

2.How does the author usually celebrate Thanksgiving?

a. eating turkey.

b. chatting with her family.

c. watching the annual Thanksgiving shows on TV.

d. attending several Thanksgiving dinners with different parts of her family.

A. a, b.

B. a, c.

C. b, d.

D. c, d.

3.What does the author think of her parents’families?

A. She thinks that her parents’families have a lot in common with each other.

B. She believes that her mother and father’s families should learn from each other.

C. She prefers her father’s family’s casual way of celebrating Thanksgiving to her mother’s family’s way.

D. She enjoys spending time both of her parents’families although they are quite different.

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述作者如何度过感恩节

1. is the one holiday this time of year that doesn’t get the attention it deserves — it is often overshadowed by Christmas.感恩节并没有得到其应得的关注，可知该词应表示不那么重要的意思，故选D

2. year, I attend not just one Thanksgiving dinner, but typically between three and four.和第三段第一句After eating, we sit around and chat每年我参加三到四个感恩节晚餐聚会。饭后，我们坐在一起聊天，故选C

3. way, it’s nice to be able to see my family and spend time with them.无论怎样，看见我的家人和他们在一起都是很好的，可知两边父母她都喜欢和他们在一起尽管他们很不同，故选D考点：考查说明文阅读