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.

All of the following statements are mentioned EXCEPT ______.

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• Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

• What is the main idea of this passage?

• What is the main idea of the passage?

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• What is not true about the Beatles?

• What does the author mean by staring that, "At interpersonal levels, tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen" in lines 8- 9?

• According to the second paragraph, a useful theory is one that helps scientists to _______.

• Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?

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

• What will the speaker probably discuss next?

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

• The author implies that the mammals of the "suburban forest" differ from most species of trees there in which of the following ways?

• As it can be inferred from the passage, which of the following is an advantage of mixed-ability teaching?

• The word “indiscriminately” could best be replaced by which of the following?

• According to the passage, what are children NOT usually taught outside the classroom?

• The Pilgrims immigrated to the New World because ..............

• What is true of Lake Vostok?

• The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to .............

• Which of the following is the main subject of the passage?

• We can infer from the passage that ..............

• Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?