Question

Thanksgiving Day is special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.

The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year, they had a good harvest. So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast. The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food.

In time, other colonies（殖民地）began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. He proclaimed（宣布）the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.

1.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated      .

A. in spring              B.in summer      C. in autumn            D. in winter

2.The first to celebrate thanksgiving were      .

A. some people from England   B. the American Indians

C. Sarah Josepha Hale         D. Governor Bradford

3.We can infer from the passage that New England must be      .

A. in the U. S. A.  B. in Great Britain   C. in Canada   D. on some island off the Atlantic

4.The passage mainly tells us      .

A. how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U. S. A.

B. how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated

C. that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday

D. how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

【解析】试题分析：文章大意：本文介绍了感恩节的来历及不同的庆祝风俗。

1.C细节理解题。根据第二段第二句This is why it is celebrated in late fall可得知感恩节是在秋天庆祝，故C正确。

2.A 细节理解题。根据第二段one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia.可得知第一批庆祝感恩节的人来自英国，所以A正确。

3.A 推理判断题。根据第三段The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.而且从全文看都是介绍美国的感恩节的来历，所以可推断New England一定是在美国，所以答案选A。

4.B 主旨大意题。纵观全文，都在介绍感恩节的来历以及不同的庆祝风俗。所以答案选B。

考点：考查风俗文化类阅读。