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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• It can be inferred from the passage that Walt Whitman________.

• The passage mainly discusses ______.

• What can the word adorning be best replaced by?

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• The word “glitches” in the third paragraph can be replaced by________.

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

• Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

• According to the passage, the Railway Mail Service commenced in_________.

• According to the passage, Pilgrims are ______.

• Why does the author believe that the Mandans were skilled farmers?

• What will happen if a dodder plant starts growing where there are no other plants around?

• What does the passage mainly discuss?

• The word “they” refers to___________.

• Which of the following crops was cultivated primarily by men?

• The author mentions the “ shoesbox under the bed” in order to ................

• Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is ______.

• The public expects the following three services in handling and delivery of mail except ______.

• Many American students have to work part-time throughout their college years because ....................

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

• What does the writer mean by saying “education quite often produces surprises”?

• What does the passage mainly discuss?