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阅读理解专项训练（19）thanksgiving day 感恩节 （美国和加拿大共有的节日）thanksgiving day is the most truly american of the national holidays in the united states and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country. 感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，而且它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。 in 1620, the settlers, or pilgrims, they sailed to america on the may flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. after a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy november, what is now plymouth, massachusetts. all summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest. finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. and therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the lord be fixed. years later, president of the united states proclaimed the fourth thursday of november as thanksgiving day every year. the celebration of thanksgiving day has been observed on that date until today. 整个夏天他们都热切地盼望着丰收的到来，他们深知自己的生存以及殖民地的存在与否都将取决于即将到来的收成。后来，庄稼获得了意外的丰收，所以大家决定要选一个日子来感谢上帝的恩典。多年以后，美国总统宣布每年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节庆祝活动便定在这一天，直到如今。 the pattern of the thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. the big family dinner is planned months ahead. on the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. there will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. the best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. they have been the most traditional and favorite food on thanksgiving day throughout the years. 感恩节庆祝模式许多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始准备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄，还有葡萄干布丁、碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁，其中最妙和最吸引人的大菜是烤火鸡和南瓜馅饼，这些菜一直是感恩节中最富于传统意义和最受喜爱的食品。 everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a bread dressing to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. but as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on the precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird. a living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的). a group of americans who taught english in other countries recently discussed their experiences. they decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as yes and no. on her first day in micronesia, an island in the pacific, lisa thought people werent paying any attention to her. the day was hot. she went into a store and asked, “do you have cold drinks. the woman there didnt say anything. lisa repeated the question. still the woman said nothing. she later learned that the woman had answered her: she had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in micronesia means yes. jan remembered an experience she had in bulgaria, a country in europe. she went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. she asked the waiter, do, you have cabbage today? he nodded his head. jan waited, but the cabbage never came. in that country, a nod means no. tom had a similar problem when he arrived in india. after explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. they answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. he thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. when he asked again, they did the same thing he soon found out that his students did understand. in india, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. you have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean yes or no.76. these americans teaching english in other countries found that they _. a. should go abroad for vacations b. needed to learn foreign languages c. should often discuss their experiences d. had problems with communications77. people in micronesia show yes by _. a. nodding heads b. raising eyebrows c. shaking heads d. saying no78. tom misunderstood his class at first becausea. he did not know much about indian culture b. he didnt explain everything clearly enoughc. some students didnt understand his questions d.he didnt know where the students came from b once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). people came just to hear him play. but one night, a lady asked him to sing a song. i dont sing, said the man. but the lady told the waiter, im tired of listening to the piano. i want the player to sing! the waiter shouted across the room, hey, friend! if you want to get paid, sing a song! so he did. he had never sung in public before. now he was singing for the very first time! nobody had ever heard the song mona lisa sung so beautifully! he had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! he may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. but once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers . his name was nat king cole. you, too, have skills and abilities. you may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. with hard work, most skills can be improved. besides, you may have no success at all ff you just sit on your talent.81. the lady asked the player to sing a song because _. a. she had paid him for this b. she knew him very well c. she wanted to have a change d. she enjoyed his singing82. nat king cole succeeded because _. a. the lady helped him a lot b. he caught the chance c. he continued to play in the bar d. he stopped playing the piano83. the words sit on in the passage probably meana. fail to realize b. forget to use c. try to develop d. manage to show84. from the story we kn