B Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. In tha

B

Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in theUnited States. In that country they celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourthThursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day,but they do iton the second Monday of October. In Britain,where this fesival is called“HarvestFestival”,people celebrate earlier in the year,in September.

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

The first thanksgiving service in North Ametica took placeon December 4,1610 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their homein 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 Englishpeople 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 animalsto eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also cameto the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played gamestogether. The festival lasted three days.

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

Nowadays,North Americans around the world get together withtheir 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 NorthAmetica,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.

试题答案

答案：B;B;C;B;D