In most (country), people usually eat
(tradition) food on special holidays. A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving. It is always on the
(four) Thursday in November, and is a time
(give) thanks for food in the autumn. At this time, people also remember the first travelers from England who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These travelers had a long, hard winter, they
(have) enough food and many of
(they) died. In the next autumn, they gave thanks for life and food in their new home. These days, most Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by
(have) a big meal at home with
(them) family. The main dish of this meal is almost always turkey, a large bird.
Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner.
First, mix together some bread pieces, onions, salt and pepper.
Next, fill the turkey with this bread mix.
Then, put the turkey in (a) oven and cook it for a few hours.
When it is ready, place the turkey on a large plate and cover it with gravy. (final), cut the turkey into thin pieces and eat the meat with vegetables like carrots and potatoes.
词汇运用
A. 根据句意和汉语提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词(每空限一词)
B. 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空(每空不限一词)
I wonder if the football match will be covered ___________(现场直播) next week.
My teacher often ______________(鼓励) me to keep trying and not to give up.
As a result, he ______________(成功) in getting a scholarship last month.
Learning their correct ______________(发音) will help you remember them well.
What wonderful ____________(演讲，演说) President Xi made in the USA and the UK !
He has decided to donate his body for medical research after he ___________(die).
---Which novel do you prefer ? ---The novel _________(write) by Mo Yan 20 years ago.
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in his ___________(twenty).
Nothing useful has been done to prevent the price of the buildings _____________(control).
Murder in a Country House is a horror film directed by a new ___________(direct).
词汇Our foreign teacher is a young man from _____________ (澳大利亚).
The book is very _____________ (有用的). Everyone should have one.
I would _____________ (建议) Tom not to join the Dancing Club.
In British English, they call an eraser a _____________ (橡皮).
Life is full of _____________ (竞争). But we shouldn’t be afraid of it.
Taylor Swift is famous for her country music. She is one of the hottest ___________ (sing) in the USA.
Our school day usually _________ (finish) at 4：30 pm.
Running for ten minutes around the playground is our _________ (day) exercise.
China Football Team played _________ (bad) in the 2002 World Cup and lost all three games.
Your diet seems to work very well. You look much ______________ (slim) now.
Suzy’s cousin failed ____________(put) in a new light in his bedroom.
We had fun _____(work) with these young workers.
What’s the _____ of the building? It is about 90 feet .(high)
Simon is trying to pull ________(he) up the rocks.
Driving to school is faster than _________(walk).
缺词填空
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）
Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming too proud and over-confident. They think they can do e . So they simply ignore(忽视) their old parents, and believe that their parents’ experienced thoughts are out of date. Actually I used to be one of them, but after h
a story told by my father, I changed my mind completely. Now I would like to s
it with all of you.
Once, there’s a young man w looked down on the old. He always thought that the old were just nuisances (麻烦事) in your busy life, a useless life that was going to be over. He also did this to his father. One day, the father and the son happened to meet each other in the garden. The son suggested that they should take a walk t __
_ . As they walked, a beautiful garden came into their sight. The son pointed to one of the prettiest flower and said, “We young people are like this sweet flower, so healthy, so energetic, and full of spirit. What about you oldsters? Just l
the falling leaves from a dying tree.”
Hearing this, the father smiled but said nothing. They continued the walking in s. When they passed a shop, the father stopped and went in, he bought a walnut（核桃）and showed it to his son, slow and kind, he said, “We old are like this walnut. We’ve experienced many hard events in life. So we built up such a strong shell, and at the same time we also built up a pure inner world. Every fruit is so full-grown.”
“But every fruit was born by f ___.” Refuted(反驳) the son.
“Yes, but not every flower can bear fruit….”
From then on, I always keep this story in my m . It has taught me a lot.
We should try to be a flower that can bear fruit. We also have to know that our parents aren’t nuisances, b experienced walnuts, works of nature.
词汇应用
根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）His advice is of great__________(价值）to all of us.
You’d better drive carefully for your own___________(safe）.
It is very___________(tire）to climb the Great Wall.
The hotel is very popular with tourists because it provides a high level of_________(服务）.
Zhou Xun is one of the most popular___________(女演员）in China.
The sports meet has been___________(取消）because of the bad weather.
The dress is one of the _____________(最新的）fashion designs.
It seems that he has_____________(success)solved the problem.
Do you want to know the__________(真相）of the car accident?
The classroom looks___________(整洁）and the teacher is very angry.
根据短文内容，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整、通顺，每空一词。
As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as w________the Nobel Prize. Or they can be small. You just want to become one of the top ten students in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to r
_______ your dream?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is our biggest c_______ in our life.
You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is i_______ for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts p
_______ you from reaching your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember the dream in your m _______ .Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself w
_______ you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster b
_______ a big dream is made up of many small o
_______. Please never give them up.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will l _______to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
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