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....
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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.
According to the passage, Pilgrims are ______.
A. people who traveled to America by ships
B. trips that religious people make to a holy place
C. people who left their home and went to live in North America in 1620s
D. Native Americans who live in North America
Give the correct from of the word given to complete the sentences.
1. It is tradition in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. ( tradition )
2. Vietnam's New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar caledar. ( celebrate)
3. What forms of entertainment do you paripate in during the festival?. ( entertain )
4. Her eyes were wide with excitement when she heard the news. ( excite)
5.A masquerade is a festive gathering of people wearing masks. ( festival )
6. The Rio Carnival Samba parades are known as the greatest show on Earth! ( parade )
7. A music festival includes live performance of singing and musical instrument playing. ( perform )
8. Hue Festival is a cultural event that is held every two years. ( culture )
9. New Year's Eve is one of the largest global celabrations because it marks the last day of the year. ( celebrate )
Give the correct from of the word given to complete the sentences.
1. It is__TRADITIONAL____ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. ( tradition )
2. Vietnam's New Year is ___CELEBRATED_______ according to the Lunar caledar. ( celebrate)
3. What forms of ____ENTERTAINMENT_______ do you paripate in during the festival?. ( entertain )
4. Her eyes were wide with ____EXCITEMENT_______ when she heard the news. ( excite)
5.A masquerade is a ______FESTIVE_______ gathering of people wearing masks. ( festival )
6. The Rio Carnival Samba ____PARADES______ are known as the greatest show on Earth! ( parade )
7. A music festival includes live_____PERFORMANCE_______ of singing and musical instrument playing. ( perform )
8. Hue Festival is a ____CULTURAL________ event that is held every two years. ( culture )
9. New Year's Eve is one of the largest global _____CELEBRATIONS____ because it marks the last day of the year. ( celebrate )