Unit 1 Festivals around the world.阅读理解AThanksgiving is a time to give thanks to family，health, and life in general. However, Black Friday has turned it into business.Traditionally，the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers. However, Black Friday has nowadays allowed society to ignore this as individuals long for something that they do not need or even truly want. Shopping on Black Friday becomes a sign of a shift into a culture that values material wealth over spending time with loved ones. People are willing to force their way through the crowds in their desperate search for markeddown sweaters and necklaces.In recent years，Thanksgiving has become a preBlack Friday holiday for many families. They are devoted to mapping out shopping routes and making organized schedules for which stores to hit first. By drawing individuals out to shopping centers with “matchless savings”， businesses encourage this behavior of ignoring Thanksgiving. Many families take their homecooked meals while camping out at the door of shopping centers.With each new year, Thanksgiving is becoming victim to overcommercializationswitching from a meaningful time for family to a day dedicated to products and profit.Black Friday has shown that with current common standards，people cannot even set aside a single day to appreciate what they already have without immediately buying more. Families have lost sight of what is truly important in life，and have found reasons in debating between a lowcost HD television and appreciation for what they already have. Remember that Thanksgiving should be a day on which people are grateful for all that they have.1What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?AThe sign of a shift.BThe material wealth.CThe shopping crowd.DThe true value of Thanksgiving.2In recent years，what will many families do when Thanksgiving comes?ATheyll make full preparations for the Black Friday shopping.BTheyll choose a big store for their first visit.CTheyll visit some newlyopened shopping centers.DTheyll go camping at the gate of shopping centers for a good deal.3In the last paragraph the author mainly intends to tell us that we should _.Aset aside a single day to buy moreBstay with our families as long as we canCtry to spend less to get lowcost productsDappreciate what weve possessed4The author is _ about the present ways people celebrate Thanksgiving.ApuzzledBworriedCsupportive D. unconcerned【语篇导读】感恩节在传统意义上是感恩家人、感恩健康、感恩生活的节日，但是如今黑色星期五却把它变成了做生意的良机，让人们忘却了感恩节本来的意义。1解析：选D。词义猜测题。由第二段中的“Traditionally，the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers.”可知，在传统意义上，感恩节的真正价值是在家里陪伴家人，而不是购物，但是现在这些都被忽视了。由此推测this指的是感恩节的真正价值。故选D。2解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“In recent years，Thanksgiving has become a preBlack Friday holiday for many families.They are devoted to mapping out shopping routes and making organized schedules for which stores to hit first.”可知，最近几年，在感恩节来临之际，大部分家庭会为黑色星期五购物做好充分准备。故选A。3解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“Remember that Thanksgiving should be a day on which people are grateful for all that they have.”可知，作者想告诉我们的是，我们应该感激我们拥有的一切。故选D。4解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段中最后一句“With each new year，Thanksgiving is becoming victim to overcommercializationswitching from a meaningful time of thanks and family to a day dedicated to products and profit.”可知，作者对现在人们庆祝感恩节的方式是担心的。故选B。B(2017山东德州模拟)Next Thursday is the World Book Daya celebration of all things wonderful about books for all ages, with author events，school fancydress parades and a 1 book token (优惠券) given to all schoolchildren under 18.Sometimes, reading a modern novel can be tough (Booker Prize winner The Luminaries ran to 832 pages！), especially if you lack confidence in your literacy skills. In fact, one in six people in the UK. never pick up a book because theyve experienced difficulties or are out of the habit of reading for pleasure.But the Galaxy Quick Reads series are designed to introduce reluctant readers to bestselling short funny novels, which bring the joy of reading without demanding hours of concentrated time. They cover a range of subjects, from romance to comedy.You can read Jojo Moyess Paris for One, a romantic adventure in which 26yearold Nell books a weekend away to Paris with her lazy，neglectful boyfriend. When he fails to turn up，she is alone in the city. That is until she meets Fabien, who shows her the charms of the French capitalin more ways than one.Meanwhile, Adele Gerass moving story Out in the Dark was set in World War I, in which young Rob came back from the battlefields.Determined to find the officers widow to return the photo of her and their daughter that the captain kept with him, he traveled several thousand miles but never gave up.Dead Man Talking is a fantastic tale of Pat，who had a terrible fight with his best friend, Joe，ten years agobut now hears that Joe is