16．Near the end of football season，schools usually hold a celebration called homecoming．Usually，the celebration lasts a week and it features all sorts of activities such as dress up days，a parade，a homecoming dance，and of course，the big football game．Often the former students of the school will come back to watch the big game，so the name"homecoming"．
Homecoming festivities usually start with Spirit Week．These are days when teachers and students can come to school dressed up in a fun costume to fit in with the theme of the day．Once we had"Dress as a Famous Person Day"and you saw people dressed as Lady Gaga，Harry Potter，and many more．What made my day was seeing my Science teacher dressed up like Albert Einstein．
This is also time for people to start campaigning for Homecoming King and Queen．Boys and girls are nominated by their peers to form the Homecoming Court consisting of 12girls and 12boys．
Students will usually recommend those that are involved in school activities，have good grades，and girls that are pretty and boys that are handsome．
During my freshman year，something really touching happened．A girl named Erica really wanted to be Homecoming Queen，but she didn't know what to do．She suffered from a disease called Down syndrome （唐氏綜合癥） and had much difficulty in mental and physical growth．But her fellow students were very supportive of Erica's goal because they described her as"a ray of sunshine"and found her to be"an inspiration"．When she was asked how her day was Erica would always respond"Amazing!"Finally，she ended up winning Homecoming Queen that year．It was certainly touching to see that these girls would give up such an honor to help out a classmate．
The Homecoming Queen and King are announced on the Friday of homecoming week during
halftime of the big football game．It is the end of the celebration and the previous graduates of the school can come and watch the festivities．After the game，there is a homecoming dance where the students come together to celebrate．Sometimes the dance lasts until midnight!
24．Why is the celebration named Homecoming？A
A．The previous graduates will come．
B．The football players will come．
C．The seniors will come．
D．The freshmen will come．
25．Erica's fellow students helped her to win Homecoming Queen becauseD
A．she suffered from a serious disease
B．she wanted to achieve her goal
C．she took an active part in school activities
D．she was always positive about everything
26．What is involved in the Homecoming festivities？B
A．A nursing day．
B．A celebration parade．
C．A movie-making activity．
D．A campaigning dance．
27．What can we learn about the Homecoming Court？B
A．The Homecoming Court consists of 24talented students．
B．Something moving may happen in the campaign for King and Queen．
C．Many students recommend themselves to form the Court．
D．The Homecoming King and Queen are announced after the big game．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了學校舉辦的返校節活動，它擁有裝扮日，游行，一個舞會和足球比賽等項目，在活動中埃莉卡的同學將患有疾病依然十分陽光的埃莉卡選為了舞會王后．
解答 24．A．推理判斷題．根據文章第一段"Usually，the celebration lasts a week and it features all sorts of activities"通常，慶祝活動將持續一周，它的特點是各種各樣的活動，可知這個活動是學校的一個傳統，因此它的名字來自于以前的畢業生會；故選A．
25．D．推理判斷題．根據文章第五段"But her fellow students were very supportive of Erica's goal because they described her as"a ray of sunshine"and found her to be"an inspiration""但是，她的同學們都很支持埃莉卡的目標，因為他們她形容為"一縷陽光"，發現她是他們的"靈感"，可知埃莉卡的同學幫她贏得舞會皇后因為她對一切都很積極；故選D．
26．B．細節理解題．根據文章第一段"such as dress up days，a parade，a homecoming dance，and of course，the big football game"可知同學會涉及的活動有裝扮日，慶祝游行，一個舞會，和大的足球比賽；故選B．
27．B．細節理解題．根據文章第三段"This is also time for people to start campaigning for Homecoming King and Queen"這也是返校節的國王和王后開始競選活動的時間，可能會發生一些事；故選B．
點評 考察學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力，做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷
