On the fourth Thursday of November every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The day is a national holiday which is set aside each year as a time to give thanks to God for our blessing（祝福）.

　　Story has it that the first English settlers in Massachusetts started the custom（风俗）According to the story, the Pilgrimsas they were called gave thanks for having survived（存活）the terrible winter of 1621 and for having harvested their first summer crop. They invited their Indian friends to join them in a large feast（宴会）to share in the reward of the land.

　　Since the day is set aside for giving thanks, it has also become a traditional（传统的）family day. Large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.

(1) Thanksgiving Day is ________.

[　　]

A．a national holiday

B．a traditional family day

C．a custom

D．a national holiday between White and Indians

(2) From the passage we know Thanksgiving Day began ________.

[　　]

(3) Why did the Pilgrim invite Indians to share the feast?

[　　]

A．To show friendship.

B．To thank them.

C．To ask for their help in the coming year.

D．To show that they were kind.

(4) On Thanksgiving Day people usually ________.

[　　]

(5) Who were the Pilgrims?

[　　]

A．People who invited Indians to dinner.

B．People in the 17th century.

C．First Americans settling in Massachusetts.

D．First English settlers in Massachusetts.

　　On the fourth Thursday of November every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The day is a national holiday which is set aside each year as a time to give thanks to God for our blessing（祝福）.

　　Story has it that the first English settlers in Massachusetts started the custom（风俗）According to the story, the Pilgrimsas they were called gave thanks for having survived（存活）the terrible winter of 1621 and for having harvested their first summer crop. They invited their Indian friends to join them in a large feast（宴会）to share in the reward of the land.

　　Since the day is set aside for giving thanks, it has also become a traditional（传统的）family day. Large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.

(1) Thanksgiving Day is ________.

[　　]

A．a national holiday

B．a traditional family day

C．a custom

D．a national holiday between White and Indians

(2) From the passage we know Thanksgiving Day began ________.

[　　]

(3) Why did the Pilgrim invite Indians to share the feast?

[　　]

A．To show friendship.

B．To thank them.

C．To ask for their help in the coming year.

D．To show that they were kind.

(4) On Thanksgiving Day people usually ________.

[　　]

(5) Who were the Pilgrims?

[　　]

A．People who invited Indians to dinner.

B．People in the 17th century.

C．First Americans settling in Massachusetts.

D．First English settlers in Massachusetts.

　　Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. In that country they celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day,but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain,where this fesival is called“Harvest Festival”,people celebrate earlier in the year,in September.

　　A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North Ametica, Europe,and England,harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit,flowers,and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.

　　The first thanksgiving service in North Ametica took place on December 4,1610 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journey. They next year,many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter,but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.

　　A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time,but not always on the same day of the year. Then,in 1789,President George Washington named 26 November as the Day of Thanksgiving. Almost a hundred years later,President Abraham Linvcoln changed the date,and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.

　　Nowadays,North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.

　　1．The story is about________.

　　A．festivals

　　B．an American festival

　　C．English people in America

　　D．giving thanks for everything

　　2．The fourth Thursday in November is________.

　　A．a festival in every country in the world

　　B．Thanksgiving Day in the United States

　　C．the day farmers pick fruit from the trees

　　D．the day the first English people came to America

　　3．On Thanksgiving Day people________.

　　A．plant their crops

　　B．celebrate a safe journey

　　C．thank God for a good harvest

　　D．harvest their fruit and crops

　　4．At the first thanksgiving service in North Ametica,the people________.

　　A．shot a lot of small animals

　　B．thanked God for a safe journey

　　C．thanked God for a good harvest

　　D．had a big dinner outside their houses

　　5．The date of Thanksgiving Day________.

　　A．is always in December

　　B．has always been the same

　　C．is the same all over the world

　　D．is always in November in the U. S.

(C)
Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. In that country they celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, where the festival is called “ Harvest Festival”, people celebrate earlier in the year, in September.
A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North America, Europe, and England, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.
The first thanksgiving service in North America took place on 4 December 1610 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journey. The next year, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.
A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on the same day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named 26 November as the Day of Thanksgiving. Almost a hundred years later, President Abraham Lincoln changed the date, and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.
Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.
39. The story is about ____.
A. festivals                   B. an American festival  
C. English people in America    D. giving thanks for everything
40. The last Thursday in November in November is ____.
A. a festival in every country in the world
B. Thanksgiving Day in the United States
C. the day farmers pick fruit from the trees
D. the day the first English People came to America
41. On thanksgiving Day people ____.
A. plant their crops.                 B. celebrate a safe journey
C. thank God for a good harvest        D. harvest their fruit and crops.
42. At the first thanksgiving service in North America, the people ____.
A. shot a lot of small animals
B. thanked God for a safe journey
C. thanked God for a good harvest
D. had a big dinner outside their houses.

Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.

In 1620, the settlers sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship（崇拜）. After a hard two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.

During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or diseases. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.

All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony(殖民地) depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a harvest rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the God be fixed. Years later, President of the United States declared the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been held on that date until today.

The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.

Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey filled with a bread dressing(填充物) to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. But as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to reach an agreement on the precise kind of dressing for the royal bird.

Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year’s abundant harvest and ask for continued blessings.

60．According to the passage, Thanksgiving Day _____________.

    A．was first celebrated in America

    B．falls on the first Thursday of November

    C．is now celebrated in a completely different way.

    D．is a time for Americans to show respect to settlers.

61．We can Not know from the passage that_______________.

     A．Thanksgiving Day is an American national holiday most closely connected with the earliest history of the country

     B．The most important foods on Thanksgiving Day are roast turkey and pumpkin pie.

     C．Americans of all faiths and backgrounds celebrate Thanksgiving Day

     D．The roast turkey must be eaten with some bread according the tradition.

62．The settlers thought that their good harvest ____________

      A．came naturally                             B．was due to their hard work

      C．was linked with good weather       D．was got from God

63．The best title of this passage can be _______________.

     A．Thanksgiving Day             B．The Origin of Thanksgiving Day

      C．An Important Holiday       D．The Foods on Thanksgiving Day