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1、ThanksgivingDayisaspecialholidayintheUnitedStatesandCanada.Familiesandfriendsgathertoeatandgivethanksfortheirblessing. ThanksgivingDayisreallyaharvestfestival.Thisiswhyitiscelebratedinlatefall,afterthecropsarein.ButoneofthefirstthanksgivingsinAmericahadnothingtodowithagoodharvest.OnDecember4,1619,
2、thepeoplefromEnglandlandednearwhatisnowCharlesCity,Virginia.TheysettleddownandthankedGodfortheirsafejourneyacrosstheAtlantic. ThefirstNewEnglandThanksgivingdidcelebratearichharvest.ThepeoplelandedatwhatisnowPlymouth,Massachusetts,in1620.Theyhadadifficulttimeandthefirstwinterwascruel.Manyofthepeopl
3、edied.Butthenextyear,theyhadagoodharvest.SoGovernorBradforddeclaredathree-dayfeast.ThepeopleinvitedIndianfriendstojointhemfortheirspecialfeast.Everyonebroughtfood. Intime,othercolonies(殖民地)begantocelebrateadayofthanksgiving.ButittookyearsbeforetherewasanationalThanksgivingDay.DuringtheCivilWar,Sar
4、ahJosephaHalepersuadedAbrahamLincolntodosomethingaboutit.HedeclaredthelastThursdayofNovemberin1863asadayofthanksgiving.Today,AmericanscelebratethishappyharvestfestivalonthefourthThursdayinNovember.CanadianscelebrateThanksgivingDayinmuchthesamewayastheirAmericanneighbors.ButtheCanadiansThanksgivingD
5、ayfallsonthesecondMondayinOctober.55.WhodeclaredthelastThursdayofNovemberin1863asadayofthanksgiving?A.GovernorBradford B.theAmericanIndiansC.SarahJosephaHale D.AbrahamLincoln56.Whichofthefollowingistrue?A.ThanksgivingDaywasaholidaytocelebrateagoodharvestatthe
6、verybeginning.B.AbrahamLincolnwasthefirsttodecideonthanksgivingcelebrations.C.ThanksgivingDayiscelebratedtoexpresstheAmericanandIndianpeople’sthankstoGod.D.There’slittledifferencebetweentheAmericanwayandtheCanadianwaytocelebrateThanksgivingDay.57.Thepassagemainlytellsus________.A.howThanksgivingDay
7、iscelebratedintheUSAB.howThanksgivingDaycameintobeingandthedifferentwaysitiscelebratedC.thatThanksgivingDayisinfactaharvestholidayD.howthewaytocelebrateThanksgivingDaychangedwiththetimeandplaces
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