2019-2020学年人教版选修六Unit 1 Art grammar课时作业(1)
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  take part in costume shows, and join in a variety of activities relating to Halloween. On October 31, the halls of schools across the country will be filled with princes, princesses, and superheroes. In addition to costumes, school Halloween celebrations often include classroom parties and trick-or-treating.

  ____31____ They also say that dressing up in costumes allows kids to express themselves and show off their creativity.

  ____32____ Officials at many of those schools say the celebrations are too time-consuming (费时的) and take away class time. They also point out that kids who can't afford costumes or who don't celebrate Halloween for cultural reasons feel left out. For example, Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood, New Jersey, canceled its Halloween celebration last year. Officials at the school said that in the past, many students stayed home on that day.

  ____33____ Bree Picower, a Professor of Early and Elementary Education at Montclair State, said, "Maplewood is a wonderful example of a school being responsive to society. Many schools plan to learn from it. Schools are places where students should feel included."

  Parents in Maplewood had different opinions of this policy. Some said that the new no-Halloween policy was a welcome change. ____34____

  A.It brings a lot of safety problems.

  B.Experts say Maplewood is not alone.

  C.Many people dislike these costumes.

  D.Each year there're millions of Americans celebrating the holiday.

  E.But more and more schools have canceled Halloween celebrations in recent years.

  F.Many teachers, parents, and students see these celebrations as a fun break from the school day.

  G.And others said that it was unfair that their children are now not allowed to celebrate Halloween in school.

六、完形填空(每小题1.5分,共30分)

  The British Isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other __35__. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is __36__ into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.

  The United Kingdom is that __37__ of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the __38__ of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part. The __39__ of Ireland is self-governing. The __40__ name of the Untied Kingdom is __41__ "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

  __42__ is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the largest __43__ of the United Kingdom, so people often use the __44__ "England" and "English" when they __45__ "Britain" and "British". This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little __46__. The Scots in particular are very __47__ of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not regard __48__ as English, and have a culture and even a __49__ of their own.

  Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the "Irish __50__" was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. __51__, Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still __52__ to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland __53__ to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.

  The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations (英联邦). Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to __54__ British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.

35.A.Wales B.Britain C.England D.Scotland