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阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United...
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阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United States and Canada.Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.
Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in.But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest.On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims (清教徒) from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia.They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.
The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel.Many of the Pilgrims died.But the next year, they had a good harvest.So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast.The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast.Everyone brought food.
In time, other colonies(殖民地)began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving.But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day.During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it.He proclaimed(宣布)the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving.Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November.Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours.But the Canadian thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.
1.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated .
A.in spring B.in summer
C.in winter D.in autumn
2.The first to celebrate thanksgiving were .
A.the American Indians
B.some people from England
C.Sarah Josepha Hale
D.Governor Bradford
3.The passage mainly tells us .
A.how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U.S.A.
B.that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday
C.how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated
D.how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places
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