2011年四级阅读理解练习（答案加解析）第59篇

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　　2011年四级阅读理解练习(答案加解析)第59篇
　　The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration went back to 1621. In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who had settled there had left England because they felt denied of religious freedom. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in coming across the ocean.
　　The ship which carried them was called the Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region. The Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for. Their religious practices were no longer a source of criticism by the government. They learned to adjust their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they selected the fourth Thursday of Novemb
　　er for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner and a prayer of gratitude for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women, and children who left England. They remembered their dead who did not live to see the shores of Massachusetts.They reflected on the 65 days’ journey, which tested their strength.
　　1.The tradition of a day of Thanksgiving is ______.
　　A)100 years old
　　B)200 years old
　　C)300 years old
　　D)400 years old
　　2.Why had they left England?
　　A)Because of religious problems.
　　B)To establish a new religion.C)To learn farming.
　　D)Because of the Indians.
　　3.The Mayflower was ______ .
　　A)the city they left from
　　B)the city they arrived at 
　　C)the ship they travelled in D)the name of Indian chief
　　4.The Indians had ______.
　　A)made life difficult for them
　　B)helped them to adjust
　　C)taken their land
　　D)been too afraid to talk to them
　　4.The climate and soil in Massachusetts are ______.
　　A)similar to that of England
　　B)different from that of England
　　C)similar to that of Plymouth
　　D)different from that of Plymouth
　　答案与解析： 1. C。
　　此题主要考查时间的推算。从文章的一开头便可得知。The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration went back to 1621.(美国感恩节庆祝传统可追溯到1621年。)也就是说，从1621年到现在已有300多年的历史。从四个选择中可以看出只有C才是正确答案。 
　　2. A。
　　他们(指殖民地开拓者)为什么要离开英国?此题是一直接推理题，需要抓住关键词语进行判断。
　　他们(殖民地开拓者)为什么要离开英国?A)因为宗教问题。B)为了创建一个新的宗教。C)为了学习务农。D)由于印第安人的缘故。短文的第三句话说：The colonists who had settled there had left England because they felt denied of religious freedom.(这些定居下来的开拓者离开英国是因为他们感到他们的宗教自由被否定了。)，从此不难看出，A为本题正确答案。
　　3.C。
　　五月花指什么?此题答案明显，为细节题。The Mayflower是：A)他们所离开的城市。B)他们到达的城市。C)他们乘坐的船只。D)印第安人首领的名字。殖民地开拓者离开英国到新大陆，穿过北大西洋，历经千辛万苦，靠的是什么?主要是船只。The Mayflower 就是他们由英国到新大陆所乘坐的船只
　　，故C为正确答案。 
　　4. B。
　　开拓者到达新大陆后遇到的主要问题是如何生存，如何适应，那么，印第安人他们做了什么呢?此题也是细节题，根据关键词语进行推断。开拓者到达新大陆后遇到的主要问题是如何适应当地生活，如保能够生存下去。那么印第安人帮助他们做了什么呢?A)给他们的生活造成了困难。B)帮助他们适应生活。C)抢走了他们的土地。D)他们(印第安人)太害怕不敢和他们谈话。在短文中：They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region .(他们得到了住在当地的印第安人的帮助，学习如何在新大陆上生活。)由此可知，B为正确答案。
　　5. B。
　　马萨诸塞州的气候和土壤是怎样。此题考查考生的间接推理能力，根据常识进行推理。马萨诸塞州的气候和土壤是：A)和英国的一样。B)和英国的不一样。C)和普利茅斯的气候一样。D)和普利茅斯的气候不一样。从一个国度到另一个国度，风土人情，生活环境气候条件各不相同。从文中可以看出，马萨诸塞州的气候和土壤和英国的是不一样的;They learned to adjust their farming habits to the climate and soil.(他们学习调整适应气候和土壤的耕作习惯。)如果英国的气候和土壤和马萨诸塞州的一样的话，他们就没有必要去调整，去适应。由此看出，这里的气候和土壤和英国的是不同的，故B为正确答案。