Question

In America, Thanksgiving Day is another important traditional(传统的) festival. People walk or drive cars full of flowers on the streets and eat turkey and pumpkin pies at home. They hold different kinds of activities to celebrate it to remember the history and to show their thanks.

People usually come back home on that day. All the family members get together with some friends. Everyone is glad to see each other. At about four o’clock the family and their friends sit down to dinner. They give thanks for the blessing(祝福) they received, and then start to cut the turkey. People always have the traditional dinner of turkey, pumpkin pies, sweet potatoes and chestnuts (栗子). After dinner, no one can go away and they all sit around and talk, play word games, or tell jokes until it is time to go to sleep. It is always difficult to leave because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when the whole family gets together.

根据短文内容，回答问题。

1.What do people usually do on Thanksgiving Day?

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2.What do people have for dinner on Thanksgiving Day?

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3.What do people usually do before they cut the turkey?

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4.What do people do after dinner?

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5.Why is it so difficult to leave each other on that day?

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Answer

1.They usually walk or drive cars full of flowers on the street and eat turkey and pumpkin pies at home.

2.They have turkey, pumpkin pies, sweet potatoes and chestnuts for dinner.

3.They usually give thanks for the blessing they received.

4.After dinner, they all sit around and talk, play word games, or tell jokes.

5.Because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when the whole family gets together.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要是介绍美国的一个传统节日——感恩节，人们在这一天是怎样庆祝这个节日的。

1.根据文中People walk or drive cars full of flowers on the streets and eat turkey and pumpkin pies at home可知，在那一天人们走着或开车走在充满鲜花的大街上，在家里吃火鸡和南瓜馅饼 ，故答案填They usually walk or drive cars full of flowers on the street and eat turkey and pumpkin pies at home.

2.根据文中People always have the traditional dinner of turkey, pumpkin pies, sweet potatoes and chestnuts (栗子).可知答案，在感恩节人们晚饭通常吃火鸡、南瓜馅饼、甜土豆、和栗子，故填They have turkey, pumpkin pies, sweet potatoes and chestnuts for dinner.

3.根据文中They give thanks for the blessing(祝福) they received, and then start to cut the turkey可知，他们感谢他们收到的祝福。故填They usually give thanks for the blessing they received.

4.根据文中After dinner, no one can go away and they all sit around and talk, play word games, or tell jokes until it is time to go to sleep可知，晚饭之后，他们做在一起交谈、玩字母游戏、和讲笑话，故填After dinner, they all sit around and talk, play word games, or tell jokes.

5.根据文中It is always difficult to leave because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when the whole family gets together.可知，因为感恩节是这一年中人们聚在一起很难得日子之一。故填Because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when the whole family gets together.

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