Question

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 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（盛宴）. 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 neighbors. But the Canadian thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.

1. 1.
   Thanksgiving Day is celebrated_______.
   1. A.
      in spring
   2. B.
      summer
   3. C.
      in autumn
   4. D.
      in winter
2. 2.
   The first to celebrate thanksgiving were______.
   1. A.
      some people from England
   2. B.
      the American Indians
   3. C.
      Sarah Josepha Hale
   4. D.
      Governor Bradford
3. 3.
   We can infer from the passage that New England must be______.
   
   1. A.
      in the U. S. A.
   2. B.
      in Great Britain
   3. C.
      in Canada
   4. D.
      on some island off the Atlantic
4. 4.
   Which of the following is NOT true?
   1. A.
      Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.
   2. B.
      Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations.
   3. C.
      Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people’s thanks to God.
   4. D.
      There’s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
5. 5.
   The passage mainly tells us______.
   
   1. A.
      how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U. S. A.
   2. B.
      how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated
   3. C.
      that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday
   4. D.
      how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places

Answer 1

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本文是關(guān)于感恩節(jié)的由來(lái)以及不同的慶祝方式的文章，幫助學(xué)生理解西方文化與習(xí)俗。
1.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段第1,2兩行可知。
2.細(xì)節(jié)題。有第二段第三行的the Pilgrims from England可知答案為A。
3.推理題。本題可以利用排除法，感恩節(jié)是在現(xiàn)在的美國(guó)進(jìn)行的。
4.推理題。感恩節(jié)并不是the American and Indian people對(duì)于上帝的感激之情，而是The Pilgrims對(duì)于上帝的感激之情。
5.主旨大意題。通讀全文可知本文是關(guān)于感恩節(jié)的行車(chē)以及不同的慶祝方式。