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   Thanksgiving Day is a 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 Pil?grims 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 (盛宴).The Pilgrims in?vited 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 Thanksgiving 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.  people in Canada

D.  Governor Bradford and other state governors

3. We can infer from the passage that New England must be .
A. in the USA                       B. in Great Britain

C. in Canada                        D. on some island off the Atlantic

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

 A.  Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.

B.  Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on Thanksgiving celebrations.

C.  Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people's thanks to God.

D.  There's little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

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[文章大意]本文主要讲述了感恩节的由来以及人们庆祝此节日的方式。

1 C细节理解题。根据第二段第二句"This is why it is cele?brated in late fall..."可知选C。

2. A细节理解题。文章第二段后半部分讲述了来自英国的清教徒移民举办感恩节是为了感谢上帝使他们平安横渡大两洋到达美洲。

3. A推理判断题。由第三段前两句可知新英格兰（New Eng?land) 和马萨 诸塞州 （Massachusetts) 是美国 的两个 地名。

4. C细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知印第安人是被邀请参加清教徒移民的盛宴的，而不是印第安人举办感恩节感谢上帝。