中考英語閱讀強化訓練帶答案

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　　中考英語閱讀強化訓練原文

　　Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it onthe last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it onthe second Monday of October. InBritain, where this festival is called Harvest Festival, peoplecelebrate 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. InNorth America andBritain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the autumn. In thesecountries 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 goodharvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to theirchurches to show their thanks.

　　The first thanksgiving service ***儀式*** in North America took place on December 4th, 1619when 38 English people, arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They heldthis service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journeys. The nextyear, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest wasgood. they decided to celebrate it with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eatand cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal.Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lastedthree days.

　　A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on thesame day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named November 26th asthe Day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed the date, and said thatthe last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.

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

　　中考英語閱讀強化訓練題目

　　42.Is Thanksgiving Day celebrated on the same day in North American countries?

　　43.When did the first thanksgiving service take place inNorth America?

　　44.Who made the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day in theUSA?

　　45.What does the word “fortunately” mean in Chinese?

　　46Translate the sentence "They thank God for the good things that have happened duringthe year and for the good harvest they have had." into Chinese.