Thanksgiving Day is observed every year in the United States (1)………… .the fourth Thursday of November. It was first (2)…................by native Americans in the early 17th century to celebrate a plentiful harvest.
The (3) ……….activity on Thanksgiving Day is to have a big party with my family and friends. Thanksgiving menus often include turkey , bread, squash , potatoes (4 )…………..pie. Many Americans even watch football games on television while (5 )………………..In some regions. People decorate their churches (6) …………. fruits, flowers, and vegetables.
Thanksgiving Day is also an official holiday in Canada; (7)…………….., it always falls earlier in Canada than in the United States. (8)…………… 1957, Canadian Thanksgiving Day has been observed on a fixed day: the second Monday of October.
1. A in B. on C. at D. under
2. A. celebrate B. celebration C. celebrated D. celebrating
3. A. popularest B. most popular C. popularer D. popularity
4. A. and B. but C. so D. because
5. A. eat B. to eat C. to eating D. eating
6. A. with B. on C. about D. around
7. A. moreover B. but C. however D. and
8. A. At B. For C. In D. Since

Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

THANKS GIVING DAY

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and the New Year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. The first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621. Traditional foods are turkey, sweet potatoes, fruits and vegetables. Many people have pumpkin pie for dessert at the end of the meal. It is the time for counting our blessings we have received during the year and being with our families and friends.

Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?

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Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

THANKS GIVING DAY

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and the New Year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. The first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621. Traditional foods are turkey, sweet potatoes, fruits and vegetables. Many people have pumpkin pie for dessert at the end of the meal. It is the time for counting our blessings we have received during the year and being with our families and friends.

When is the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

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Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

THANKS GIVING DAY

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and the New Year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. The first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621. Traditional foods are turkey, sweet potatoes, fruits and vegetables. Many people have pumpkin pie for dessert at the end of the meal. It is the time for counting our blessings we have received during the year and being with our families and friends.

Is turkey a traditional food?

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Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

THANKS GIVING DAY

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and the New Year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. The first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621. Traditional foods are turkey, sweet potatoes, fruits and vegetables. Many people have pumpkin pie for dessert at the end of the meal. It is the time for counting our blessings we have received during the year and being with our families and friends.

What do many people have for dessert at the end of the meal?

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2. Read the passage and answer the questions:

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.

It is celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the previous year. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived.

The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving. The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, organized the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621 and invited the neighbouring Wampanoag Indians to the feast. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag Indians and it lasted three days. Traditional foods like turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie are served by many on Thanksgiving Day.

1. When is Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the United States?

2. Why is it celebrated?

3. Who first celebrated it?

4. What traditional foods are served on Thanksgiving Day?

1. Read the passage and answer the questions:

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.

It is celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the previous year. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived.

The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving. The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, organized the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621 and invited the neighbouring Wampanoag Indians to the feast. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag Indians and it lasted three days. Traditional foods like turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie are served by many on Thanksgiving Day.

1. When is Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the United States?

2. Why is it celebrated?

3. Who first celebrated it?

4. What traditional foods are served on Thanksgiving Day?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation.    

Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usually called Pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of a very hard winter and could not find enough to eat, so many of them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans for the fact that they had survived.   

Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes (also called yams) and cranberries, which are made into a kind of sauce or jelly. The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe. Dessert is pumpkin made into a pie.    

On Thanksgiving there are special television programs and sports events. In New York there is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets with large balloons in the shape of imaginary characters. Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the Christmas period, and the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents.

In the United States, Thanksgiving is ______.

A. a religious celebration held by Christians only

B. celebrated as a public holiday

C. more important than Christmas

D. apart from Christmas