2021年6月大学英语六级阅读练习题火鸡漫谈.docVIP

2021年6月大学英语六级阅读练习题火鸡漫谈 【导语】英语四六级考试将要在202*年6月进行，日常的备考，听说读写都要关注，其中阅读理解是考生复习的重点和难点，日常备考需要加强英文阅读练习，下面是小编四六级频道为大家整理的《202*年6月大学英语六级阅读练习题:火鸡漫谈》一文，希望给大家带来帮助。 202*年6月大学英语六级阅读精练50篇汇总 　　英语六级阅读理解精炼第30篇，练习火鸡漫谈，含有六级阅读练习题，参考译文，答案等内容。供正在准备英语六级考试的学习者参考学习。 　　30. the thanksgiving turkey 　　of all the thanksgiving symbols the turkey has become the most well known. the wild turkey is native1 to northern mexico and the eastern united states. 　　the turkey has brown features with buff-colored feathers on the tips of the wing and on the tail. the male turkey is called a tom2 and, as with most birds, is bigger and has brighter and more colorful plumage. the female is called a hen and is generally smaller and drab in color. the tom turkey has a long wattle ( a fleshy, wrinkled, brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat) at the base of its bill and additional wattles on the neck, as well as a prominent tuft of bristles3 resembling a beard projecting downward from its chest. 　　the turkey was originally domesticated in mexico, and was brought into europe early in the 16th century. since that time, turkeys have been extensively raised because of the excellent quality of their meat and eggs. some of the common breeds of turkey in the united states are the bronze, narragansett, white holland, and bourbon red. 　　though there is no real evidence that turkey was served at the pilgrim’s4 first thanksgiving, in a book written by the pilgrim’s governor bradford, he does make mention of wild turkeys. in a letter sent to england, another pilgrim describes how the governor sent “ four men out fowling”returning with turkeys, ducks and geese . 　　benjamin franklin5 once said, “ i wish the bald eagle6 had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping7 and robbing, he is generally poor and very often lousy. the turkey is a much more respectable bird and withal a true original native of north america . ” 　　阅读