10.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 corps 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.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.
43.Thanksgiving Day is celebratedC.
A.in spring
B.in summer
C.in autumn
D.in winter
44.The first to celebrate thanksgiving wereA.
A.some people from England
B.the American Indians
C.Sarah Josepha Hale
D.Governor Bradford
45.We can infer from the passage that New England must beA.
A.in the USA
B.in Great Britain
C.in Canada
D.on some island off the Atlantic
46.The passage mainly tells usB.
A.how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA
B.how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated.
C.that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday
D.how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places.
分析 本文介紹了感恩節(jié).感恩節(jié)是美國和加拿大的特別節(jié)日,家人和朋友們聚在一起吃飯,并感謝他們的祝福.文章主要描述了感恩節(jié)的起源和各國對感恩節(jié)不同的慶祝方式.
解答 43.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章"Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall,after the corps are in"可知,感恩節(jié)在深秋慶祝.故選C.
44.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章"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."可知,第一個感恩節(jié)是英國的一些人在美國慶祝的.故選A.
45.A.推理預(yù)測題.根據(jù)文章"The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,Massachusetts,in 1620"可知,新英格蘭的第一個感恩節(jié)是在現(xiàn)在的普利茅斯,馬薩諸塞州慶祝.馬薩諸塞州是美國的一個洲,可推測當(dāng)時新英格蘭人民在美國慶祝.故選A.
46.B.主旨大意題.通讀全文.本文主要介紹了感恩節(jié)的起源和各國不同的慶祝方式.故選B.
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