1 . 用所给单词的适当形式填空,每词限用一次,有两个词是多余的。
celebrate, admire, energy, starve, feast, memory, origin, arrive, agriculture, custom, gather, gain |
Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends 1 to eat and give thanks for their blessings.
Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it 2 in late fall, after the crops are harvested.
The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich 3 harvest. Early in the 16th century, the 4 Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. But in the first winter of their 5 they had a difficult time. They suffered a lot and many of the Pilgrims even 6 to death. It was in the next year that they 7 a good harvest. So Governor (州长) Bradford declared a three-day 8 . The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food. Such is the 9 of Thanksgiving Day.
In time, other colonies (殖民地) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before Thanksgiving Day became a national 10 . During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln announced the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November while Canadians, their neighbours, celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October.