Everyautumn,CanadianandAmericanfamiliesgatherforadaycenteredaroundcommunity,foodandgivingthanks—thedayofThanksgiving. InCanada,ThanksgivingiscelebratedonthesecondMondayinOctober.IntheUnitedStates,itisonthefourthThursdayinNovember.Althoughitsoriginsarereligious,today,Thanksgivingisalargelysecular(世俗的)holiday.FormostAmericansandCanadians,itisadayforcomingtogetherwithfamilyandfriendstosharealargemeal.Itisanoccasiontospendtimewithlovedonesandexpressgratitudefortheyearthathaspassed.Inmanyhouseholdsthereisatraditionofeveryoneseatedatthetablesharingwhattheyaremostgratefulfor. Thanksgivingisalsoaboutfood.Thanksgivingdinnertraditionallyincludesroastturkey,mashedpotatoes,cranberrysauceand,fordessert,apple,pumpkinorpecanpies.Everyfamilyhasitsownrecipes,sometimessecretrecipeshandeddownthroughgenerations.Turkey,abirdnativetoNorthAmerica,istheunofficialmascotofThanksgiving,withroastturkeyonthemenuandturkeydecorationsonthewall. Beyondfoodandgratitude,therearesomeunexpectedsidestotheAmericanandCanadianholiday.Oneoftheseisfootball.Thispopularsportisanimportantpartoftheholiday,whenfamiliesgatheraroundtocheeronlocalornationalteams.Paradesareanothercommonpartofthefestivities.IntheUnitedStates,theMacy’sThanksgivingDayParadetakesplaceinNewYorkCityonthemorningofThanksgiving.It’soneoftheworld’slargestparadesandisbroadcastnationwide.AsimilarThanksgivingparadehappensinCanadaaspartoftheKitchener—WaterlooOktoberfest,amulti-dayautumnfestival. Unfortunately,heavytrafficisalsocommonatThanksgiving. 1.WhichstatementistrueaboutThanksgivinginCanada? A.ItiscelebratedonthefourthThursdayinNovember. B.Macy’sThanksgivingDayParadetakesplaceinCanada. C.Itisadayforcomingtogetherwithfamilyandfriends. D.Childrenplaytricksthatday. 2.Thanksgivingisaboutthefollowingexcept______. A.food B.forgiveness C.gratitude D.parade 3.Thanksgivingdinnertraditionallyincludes______. A.roastturkey,apple,andpecanpies B.cranberrysauce,andcandies C.mashedpotatoes,salmon,androastturkey D.apple,pumpkin,androastduck 4.WhichoneisNOTthetraditionofThanksgiving? A.Familiesgathertogetherandgivethankstoeachother. B.Peoplecometogetherwithfamilyandfriendstosharealargemeal. C.Familiesgatheraroundtocheeronlocalornationalfootballteams. D.PeoplemaketheirNewYear’swishonthatday. 5.Whatwouldtheauthorprobablycontinuetowriteaboutinthelastparagraph? A.AnothertraditionofThanksgiving. B.TheheavytrafficatThanksgiving. C.ThehistoryofThanksgivingparade. D.TrafficaccidentatThanksgiving. 答案 【1】C【解析】根据第二段中的FormostAmericansandCanadians,itisadayforcomingtogetherwithfamilyandfriendstosharealargemeal可知，答案是C 【2】B【解析】根据原文中Itisanoccasiontospendtimewithlovedonesandexpressgratitudefortheyearthathaspassed.Inmanyhouseholdsthereisatraditionofeveryoneseatedatthetablesharingwhattheyaremostgratefulfor.Thanksgivingisalsoaboutfood可知，利用排除法得出答案B 【3】A【解析】根据第三段Thanksgivingdinnertraditionallyincludesroastturkey,mashedpotatoes,cranberrysauceand,fordessert,apple,pumpkinorpecanpies可知，利用排除法可知答案是A 【4】D【解析】除了与家人朋友相聚并表示感恩之外，根据第四段Oneoftheseisfootball.Thispopularsportisanimportantpartoftheholiday,whenfamiliesgatheraroundtocheeronlocalornationalteams可知，排除法得出答案D 【5】B【解析】由文章最后一句Unfortunately,heavytrafficisalsocommonatThanksgiving可知，文章揭示了交通问题，所以接下来会讨论此问题