Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks on Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But the first thanksgiving in America had nothing to do with a good harvest.On December 4,1619, the Pilgrims(新来移民)from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia, where they knelt down and expressed thanks 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 goo harvest. So Governor Bradford declared a tree-day feast. The Pilgrims invited Indian fiends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food.

AS time went by, 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. In 1863, he proclaimed the last Thursday of November 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.

Thanksgiving Day is observed by church services and family reunions; the turkey dinner is a reminder of the four wild turkeys served at the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving feast There are slight differences in Canada’s and the United States, Thanksgiving in dates but the tradition is very similar. Other countries celebrate Thanksgiving Day as well.

【小题1】The first group of people in America to have thanksgiving were ________.

A．some people from England	B．the American Indians
C．Sarah Josepha Hale	D．Governor Bradford

【小题2】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

【小题3】What’s the meaning of the underlined word“proclaimed” in paragraph 4?

A．knew

B．believed

C．declared

D．considered

【小题4】What’s the passage mainly about

A．It’s about how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U.S.A.

B．It’s about how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated.

C．It’s about that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday.

D．It’s about how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with time and places