On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses around the United States, families get together for a feast, or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. This feast is part of a very special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving.

In 1620 the Pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from England. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the Pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom.

The Pilgrims' first winter was very hard. Almost half the group died of cold, hunger and disease. But the Indians of Massachusetts taught the Pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt and to fish. When the next fall came, the Pilgrims had plenty of food. They were thankful to God and the Indians and had a feast to give thanks. They invited the Indians to join them. This was the first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving became a national holiday many years later because of the effort of a woman named Sarah Hale. For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president and asked for a holiday of Thanksgiving. At last she was successful. In 1863 President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday.

How much is Thanksgiving today like the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving? In many ways they are different. For example, historians think that the Pilgrims ate deer, not turkey. The idea of Thanksgiving, though, is very much the same: Thanksgiving is a day on which we celebrate and give thanks.

According to the passage, today’s Thanksgiving ..........

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• The word “these" is the first passage refers to_________.

• According to the passage, creatures in the desert ...........

• People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he__________.

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• From paragraphs 6 and 7, we can infer that Melissa Maloney ______.

• The microprocessor described in the passage will probably be used for_________.

• What does the author imply in the last sentence of the passage?

•  The word “exert” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ................

• In line 1, the author uses the words “human assistance” to mean ............

• The three phases of memory discussed in the pasage are differentiated according to .....

• The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.

• The word “their” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.

• The price of a computer is now _____________

• The expression “ keep tabs on” is closest meaning to ............

• The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ........

• Why does the author mention "artistic, political, or pedagogic communication"?

• By discovering and better understanding your own learning styles, you can improve ..............

• What does “they” refer to?

• Which of the following could be considered a cause of the distress signals of trees?

• What do pads help the players to protect?

• What is Martin Luthur King well- known for?