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  3. The celebration of Veterans Day is held on November 11th every year in the United States. This day is set 【B1】 to honor and reme

The celebration of Veterans Day is held on November 11th every year in the United States. This day is set 【B1】 to honor and reme

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问题     The celebration of Veterans Day is held on November 11th every year in the United States. This day is set 【B1】 to honor and remember the 【B2】 men and women who have 【B3】 their country, in any war and 【B4】 peacetime. Veterans Day was first 【B5】 Armistice Day. That day 【B6】 the end of World War I. Thirty-five countries 【B7】 in that war. An armistice was 【B8】 on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and this 【B9】 the war was over. Many countries were 【B10】 to hear that the war was over and that their soldiers would be coming home.
    An 【B11】 American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery 【B12】 a hillside overlooking the Potomac River at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1921. His 【B13】 is called the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier". The 【B14】 of the tomb is where the U.S. government 【B15】 its annual Veterans Day 【B16】 . On the same day, a soldier from France and a soldier from England were 【B17】 also buried in their 【B18】 countries, to give special 【B19】 to the end of the war. In 1954, the U.S. Congress changed the name of the day 【B20】 Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
选项 A、aside
B、out
C、off
D、on
答案A
解析 这是一篇介绍美国老兵纪念日(也称荣军纪念日)的短文。第一句话之后，作者接着讲这一天是专门留出来(set aside)向在所有战争以及和平时代(during peacetime)里曾为国服役(served their country)的男女军人(military men and women)表示敬意的。这一天最开始被称作(was first called)停战日。这一天表示(signaled)第一次世界大战结束了。有35个国家在那场战争中参战(fought in that war)。11月11日11时停战协定签订了(signed)，这意味着(this meant)战争结束了。许多国家的人民因此欣喜若狂 (joyous)。短文第二段讲的是美国阿灵顿国家公墓里的一座无名(unidentified)士兵墓。这座坟墓坐落在山坡上(on a hillside)。这位士兵的坟墓(grave)被称为“无名士兵墓”。坟墓的地点(the site of the tomb)也是美国政府每年在老兵纪念日举行(holds)仪式 (ceremonies)的地方。同一天，一名法国士兵和一名英国士兵也分别(each)被埋进他们各自的国土(their own countries)上，以对战争结束给予特殊的纪念(give special recognition to)。1954年，美国国会把这一天由停战日改为老兵纪念日(changed the name of the day from…to…)。注意：考生在做完形填空题时，可根据短文的大意，在选项中寻找一些关键词或与大意相关联的词。这些词往往就是答案。比如，这篇短文谈的是战争，因此，与战争相关的实词如military军事的，served服役，fought打仗，signed签订，grave坟墓，holds举行，ceremonies仪式，recognition纪念，就可能是答案。
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