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.

Which of the following statements is not TRUE about Thanksgiving ______?

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• According to the passage, all of the followings are TRUE except ___________.

• Who is intended to benefit from the advice given in the article?

• What does the word “magni” stand for?

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• The word “metamorphosis” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

• The changes in the American home mentioned in this passage may ...........

• The underlined word “refrains” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ......

• We can see from the passage that in the countryside of Britain ______.

• What is the best title for the passage?

• The word “minute” is closest in meaning to ...........

• The underlined pronoun “they”refers to ...............

• In the first paragraph, the word "emerged" is closest in meaning to ...........

• All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it______.

• The word “Here” in the passage refers to__________.

• It is stated in the passage that torches for lighting were made from ................

• According to the passage, which of the following statements was true in 1990?

• According to the writer, why is the choice of your second job important?

• According to the text, Marrination, when built, will be a(an)__________ city.

• If there was a preceding paragraph to this passage it would most likely be concerned with which of the following topics?

• Which “reply” CLOSET in meaning to?

• According to the passage, writing ................