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Some time ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a boy to work for him, and he put an advertisement in the newspapers. The next morning, many boys came to the old man’s office, asking for the job.

There was a post by his desk, and there was a nail in it. He took a 2walking stick and said, “Everyone has three chances. If anyone can hit that nail on the head with this stick more than once, I will give him the job.”

The boys thought it was very easy. They all tried, but nobody could make it. So the old man said, “I’m sorry I can’t take any of you,” and they left.

He kept the advertisement in the papers, and the next morning many more boys came, and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before. The boy hit the nail successfully for three times. The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that.

“Yes,” said the boy, “I failed yesterday, but I thought that if I kept on trying a while, I could do it. So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again.”

The old man said, “You are the boy for me,” and gave him the job. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried to do his best. It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.

1.What did the old man have in Boston?

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2.What’s the Chinese meaning of “walking stick”?

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3.把划线的句子翻译成汉语。

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4.Where did the boy practice hitting a nail?

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5.写出反映本文主旨的句子。

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Thanksgiving Day

Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a festival of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago.

In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow any crops, and without fresh food, half the colonists died from disease. The following spring Indians taught then how to grow corn, a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.

In the autumn of 1621, many crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists and much to be thankful for, so a festival was planned. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn. In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a festival of thanks.

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion(重聚)at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.

1.When did the American Thanksgiving holiday begin?

A. Two hundred years ago

B. Four hundred years ago

C. Three hundred years ago

D. One hundred years ago

2.What does the underlined word “colonists” mean?

A. 殖民地 B. 本地人

C. 土著人 D. 移民

3.Thanksgiving is a time for _________.

A. tradition B. sharing

C. reunion D. A, B and C

4.The first colony had a difficult winter because __________.

A. they didn’t have clothes

B. they couldn’t speak the language

C. they had no books

D. they had arrived too late to grow any crops

5.Which of the following is right?

A. In 1620, many crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested.

B. The following winter the Indians taught them how to grow corn.

C. Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November.

D. With fresh food, half the colonists died from disease.

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