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Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November.
Many Americans enjoy a local Thanksgiving parade, or the annual Macy’s department store parade, televised live from New York City. Others watch televised American football, while all give thanks together for their food, shelter and other good things.
The holiday dates back to 1621, the year after the Puritans arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, determined to practice their protesting religion without interference. After a rough winter, in which about half of them died, they turned for help to neighboring Indians, who taught them how to plant corn and other crops. Two Wampanoag men, Samoset and Squanto, taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the new land. The next fall’s plentiful harvest encouraged the Pilgrims to give thanks by holding a feast.
At harvest time, the Pilgrims invited the men, along with Massasoit, the local Wampanoag leader, and all three men’s families to share the harvest celebration with them. Those three families turned out to include more than 90 people, and because the Pilgrims were not prepared to feed so many, the Wampanoag themselves provided most of the food for the festival.
Thanksgiving festivals continued throughout
colonial and early American times, but for much of that period, the holiday wasn’t celebrated every year. In 1777, the continental Congress declared the first national American Thanksgiving following the heavensent victory at Saratoga. National Thanksgivings were declared annually by Congress from 1777 to 1783.
After a fiveyear hiatus（分裂），the practice was restored by President Washington in 1789, the year of his inauguration（总统就职）. He issued another declaration in 1795. In 1827, Boston Ladies’ Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale began a campaign to have Thanksgiving Day declared as a national holiday forever.
On October 3, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of Thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November. Every president after Lincoln issued an annual declaration to set the date of Thanksgiving. This continued until 1941 when a joint congressional resolution officially set the date as the fourth Thursday in November.
Today the holiday traditionally goes around sharing a hearty meal featuring such favorites as turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Before the meal begins, families or friends usually pause to give thanks for their blessings, including the joy of being united for the occasion.
1. In 1621, the Indians_________ .
A. determined to practice their protesting
religion without interference
B. turned for help to their neighboring
country
C. taught the Puritans how to cultivate the new land
D. taught the Puritans how to plant corn and other crops
2. The Wampanoag provided most of the food for the festival in the passage because_________.
A. they had a fall’s plentiful harvest
B. the Pilgrims invited them to share the harvest celebration
C. they give thanks to the Pilgrim’s invitation
D. the Pilgrims were not prepared to feed as many as 90 people
3. Which of the following is in right order? _________
a. Thanksgiving Day was declared as a national holiday forever.
b. President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of Thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November.
c. The Continental Congress declared the first national American Thanksgiving following the heavensent victory at Saratoga.
d. The practice of celebrating Thanksgiving
Day was restored by President Washington.
A. acdb B. cbad
C. cdabD. cbda
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? _________
A. The Puritans arrived in Plymouth in 1621.
B. The Continental Congress declared the first national American Thanksgiving in 1783.
C. The practice of celebrating Thanksgiving Day was kept all the time since it started.
D. Thanksgiving Day was declared as a national holiday forever due to the efforts of Boston Ladies’ Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale.
Keys: DDCD
1. 事实细节题。根据第三段中的 “…Indians, who taught them how to plant corn and other crops” 可知答案为D。
2. 事实细节题。根据第四段中的最后一句话可知，由于 Pilgrims 邀请他们时准备的食物不够，所以大部分的食物是由他们自己提供的。
3. 事实细节题。a发生于1827年，b发生于1863年，c发生于1777年，d发生于1789年，故选C。
4. 事实细节题。根据倒数第三段中的 “Boston Ladies’ Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale began a campaign to have Thanksgiving Day declared as a national holiday forever” 可知此题选D。
B
A monkey and a crocodile befriended each other. The monkey lived on a coconut tree above and beside the water. The crocodile used to take the monkey on his back for a ride around the river and in return the monkey fed coconut to the crocodile.
One day the crocodile’s wife became very sick and was going to die. Someone told her that her life could be saved if sheate a monkey’s liver. The wife told her husband to get his monkey friend so that she would eat his liver.
The crocodile reluctantly went to his monkey friend and made up a story that his wife had invited him for dinner. The monkey was very pleased and hopped on the crocodile’s back and they went.
Halfway down the journey the crocodile related the true reason for the monkey’s visit. The monkey quickly thought of an excuse. He said, “Dear friend, monkeys hang their livers on the tree. Let’s go back and get it.”
The crocodile turned around and they returned to the tree. The monkey jumped off and climbed up the tree as high as he could. The crocodile waited and waited and finally yelled out, “Friend, where are you?” The monkey picked a coconut and threw it at the crocodile saying, “Go away, I don’t ever want to see you again. You are not a true friend and monkeys don’t hang their livers on trees, we have them inside us.”
1. The crocodile’s wife told her husband to_________.
A. get coconuts for her
B. invite the monkey for dinner
C. ask the monkey to save her life
D. get the monkey friend to get his liver
2. The underlined phrase “made up” means_________.
A. wroteB. listened to
C. inventedD. recalled
3. Why did the monkey make an excuse? _________
A. He was a liar.
B. It was a way for him to escape being eaten by the crocodile’s wife.
C. He was good at making excuses.
D. He was clever.
4. The passage implies that_________ .
A. the crocodile was foolish
B. the crocodile’s wife died soon
C. the monkey was kind and wise
D. the monkey should help the crocodile
Keys:DCBC
1. 事实细节题。根据第二段中的“The wife told her husband to get his monkey friend so that she would eat his liver”可知答案为D。
2. 词义猜测题。Write 意为“写”，listen to 意为“听”，invent 意为“编造”，recall 意为“回忆”。根据上下文语境，只有C符合。
3. 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知猴子找借口是为了逃命。
4. 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“the monkey fed coconut to the crocodile”可知猴子是好心的。而后来猴子找了个借口告诉鳄鱼说肝挂在树上，是为了爬上树逃生，因而可知猴子是聪明的。
作者简介：杨新华，高级教师，执教于山东省济南市盛华学校。
责任编辑 李婷婷
Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November.
Many Americans enjoy a local Thanksgiving parade, or the annual Macy’s department store parade, televised live from New York City. Others watch televised American football, while all give thanks together for their food, shelter and other good things.
The holiday dates back to 1621, the year after the Puritans arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, determined to practice their protesting religion without interference. After a rough winter, in which about half of them died, they turned for help to neighboring Indians, who taught them how to plant corn and other crops. Two Wampanoag men, Samoset and Squanto, taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the new land. The next fall’s plentiful harvest encouraged the Pilgrims to give thanks by holding a feast.
At harvest time, the Pilgrims invited the men, along with Massasoit, the local Wampanoag leader, and all three men’s families to share the harvest celebration with them. Those three families turned out to include more than 90 people, and because the Pilgrims were not prepared to feed so many, the Wampanoag themselves provided most of the food for the festival.
Thanksgiving festivals continued throughout
colonial and early American times, but for much of that period, the holiday wasn’t celebrated every year. In 1777, the continental Congress declared the first national American Thanksgiving following the heavensent victory at Saratoga. National Thanksgivings were declared annually by Congress from 1777 to 1783.
After a fiveyear hiatus（分裂），the practice was restored by President Washington in 1789, the year of his inauguration（总统就职）. He issued another declaration in 1795. In 1827, Boston Ladies’ Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale began a campaign to have Thanksgiving Day declared as a national holiday forever.
On October 3, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of Thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November. Every president after Lincoln issued an annual declaration to set the date of Thanksgiving. This continued until 1941 when a joint congressional resolution officially set the date as the fourth Thursday in November.
Today the holiday traditionally goes around sharing a hearty meal featuring such favorites as turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Before the meal begins, families or friends usually pause to give thanks for their blessings, including the joy of being united for the occasion.
1. In 1621, the Indians_________ .
A. determined to practice their protesting
religion without interference
B. turned for help to their neighboring
country
C. taught the Puritans how to cultivate the new land
D. taught the Puritans how to plant corn and other crops
2. The Wampanoag provided most of the food for the festival in the passage because_________.
A. they had a fall’s plentiful harvest
B. the Pilgrims invited them to share the harvest celebration
C. they give thanks to the Pilgrim’s invitation
D. the Pilgrims were not prepared to feed as many as 90 people
3. Which of the following is in right order? _________
a. Thanksgiving Day was declared as a national holiday forever.
b. President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of Thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November.
c. The Continental Congress declared the first national American Thanksgiving following the heavensent victory at Saratoga.
d. The practice of celebrating Thanksgiving
Day was restored by President Washington.
A. acdb B. cbad
C. cdabD. cbda
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? _________
A. The Puritans arrived in Plymouth in 1621.
B. The Continental Congress declared the first national American Thanksgiving in 1783.
C. The practice of celebrating Thanksgiving Day was kept all the time since it started.
D. Thanksgiving Day was declared as a national holiday forever due to the efforts of Boston Ladies’ Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale.
Keys: DDCD
1. 事实细节题。根据第三段中的 “…Indians, who taught them how to plant corn and other crops” 可知答案为D。
2. 事实细节题。根据第四段中的最后一句话可知，由于 Pilgrims 邀请他们时准备的食物不够，所以大部分的食物是由他们自己提供的。
3. 事实细节题。a发生于1827年，b发生于1863年，c发生于1777年，d发生于1789年，故选C。
4. 事实细节题。根据倒数第三段中的 “Boston Ladies’ Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale began a campaign to have Thanksgiving Day declared as a national holiday forever” 可知此题选D。
B
A monkey and a crocodile befriended each other. The monkey lived on a coconut tree above and beside the water. The crocodile used to take the monkey on his back for a ride around the river and in return the monkey fed coconut to the crocodile.
One day the crocodile’s wife became very sick and was going to die. Someone told her that her life could be saved if sheate a monkey’s liver. The wife told her husband to get his monkey friend so that she would eat his liver.
The crocodile reluctantly went to his monkey friend and made up a story that his wife had invited him for dinner. The monkey was very pleased and hopped on the crocodile’s back and they went.
Halfway down the journey the crocodile related the true reason for the monkey’s visit. The monkey quickly thought of an excuse. He said, “Dear friend, monkeys hang their livers on the tree. Let’s go back and get it.”
The crocodile turned around and they returned to the tree. The monkey jumped off and climbed up the tree as high as he could. The crocodile waited and waited and finally yelled out, “Friend, where are you?” The monkey picked a coconut and threw it at the crocodile saying, “Go away, I don’t ever want to see you again. You are not a true friend and monkeys don’t hang their livers on trees, we have them inside us.”
1. The crocodile’s wife told her husband to_________.
A. get coconuts for her
B. invite the monkey for dinner
C. ask the monkey to save her life
D. get the monkey friend to get his liver
2. The underlined phrase “made up” means_________.
A. wroteB. listened to
C. inventedD. recalled
3. Why did the monkey make an excuse? _________
A. He was a liar.
B. It was a way for him to escape being eaten by the crocodile’s wife.
C. He was good at making excuses.
D. He was clever.
4. The passage implies that_________ .
A. the crocodile was foolish
B. the crocodile’s wife died soon
C. the monkey was kind and wise
D. the monkey should help the crocodile
Keys:DCBC
1. 事实细节题。根据第二段中的“The wife told her husband to get his monkey friend so that she would eat his liver”可知答案为D。
2. 词义猜测题。Write 意为“写”，listen to 意为“听”，invent 意为“编造”，recall 意为“回忆”。根据上下文语境，只有C符合。
3. 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知猴子找借口是为了逃命。
4. 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“the monkey fed coconut to the crocodile”可知猴子是好心的。而后来猴子找了个借口告诉鳄鱼说肝挂在树上，是为了爬上树逃生，因而可知猴子是聪明的。
作者简介：杨新华，高级教师，执教于山东省济南市盛华学校。
责任编辑 李婷婷