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【题目】Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, where this festival is called Harvest Festival, people celebrate it earlier in the year, in September.

A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground.

In North America and Britain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in autumn. In these countries and other Christian places, people give thanks to God on a special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.

The first thanksgiving service in North America took place on December 4th, 1619 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their homes in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journeys. The next year, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate it with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.

Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their family on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.

【1】Day
Where	People in the United States? 【2】and the UK celebrate it.
When	Americans celebrate the festival on the last 【3】of November. Canadians celebrate it on the second Monday of October. The British celebrate it earlier, in? 【4】
Why	People thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good 【5】they have had.
How	In the past	The first thanksgiving service in North America was held by 38 English people to thank God because they arrived? 【6】. The next year people celebrate it with a big? 【7】.They cooked everything outside their houses and played games 【8】
	【9】	North? Americans? 【10】with their family to eat good food and enjoy themselves.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Thanksgiving

【2】Canada

【3】Thursday

【4】September

【5】harvest

【6】safely

【7】meal

【8】together

【9】Nowadays/Now/Today

【10】gather

【解析】短文介绍了感恩节的由来。不同的国家庆祝感恩节的时间也不一样。美国人在十一月的最后一个星期四庆祝，加拿大人在十月的第二个星期一庆祝感恩节，而英国的这个节日在九月份。

【1】短文介绍了感恩节的由来，故答案为Thanksgiving。???

【2】根据第一段的介绍可知，美国、加拿大和英国都庆祝感恩节，但时间不同，答案为Canada。

【3】根据短文开头的句子“Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November.”可知，美国人在十一月的最后一个星期四庆祝感恩节。答案为Thursday。???

【4】根据第一段最后的句子“In Britain, where this festival is called Harvest Festival, people celebrate it earlier in the year, in September.”可知，英国人在九月份庆祝感恩节，故答案为September。???

【5】根据第二段中的句子“They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had.”可知，他们因为在这一年里发生的好事和他们所得到的好收成而感谢上帝，故答案为harvest。

【6】根据短文中的句子“They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journeys.”他们最初这样庆祝不是为了好的收获，而是为了他们的安全旅程。此处需要一个副词来修饰arrived，结合句意，答案为safely。

【7】根据文中句子“They decided to celebrate it with a big meal.”可知，第二年，人们用一顿大餐来庆祝感恩节。故答案为meal。

【8】根据文中句子“They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside their houses and played games together.”可知，他们在户外一起吃肉一起做游戏，故答案为together。

【9】相对于前面的时间In the past，此处是说现在的情况，故答案为Nowadays/Now/Today。??

【10】根据短文最后的句子“Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their family on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.”如今，全世界的北美人在这一天和家人聚在一起吃美味的食物，度过一段快乐的时光。此处缺少动词，结合句意可知，答案为gather。