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. 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 autumn??????????? D. in winter

2.The first to celebrate thanksgiving were ???? .

A. some people from England?? B. the American Indians

C. Sarah Josepha Hale???????? D. Governor Bradford

3.We can infer from the passage that New England must be ???? .

A. in the U. S. A.? B. in Great Britain?? C. in Canada?? D. on some island off the Atlantic

4.The passage mainly tells us ???? .

A. how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U. S. A.

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

【解析】試題分析：文章大意：本文介紹了感恩節(jié)的來(lái)歷及不同的慶祝風(fēng)俗。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二句This is why it is celebrated in late fall可得知感恩節(jié)是在秋天慶祝，故C正確。

2.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段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.可得知第一批慶祝感恩節(jié)的人來(lái)自英國(guó)，所以A正確。

3.A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.而且從全文看都是介紹美國(guó)的感恩節(jié)的來(lái)歷，所以可推斷New England一定是在美國(guó)，所以答案選A。

4.B 主旨大意題。縱觀全文，都在介紹感恩節(jié)的來(lái)歷以及不同的慶祝風(fēng)俗。所以答案選B。

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