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Thanksgiving day is celebrated mainly in America and Canada. Much like the annual harvest festivals celebrated in other countries throughout the world, Thanksgiving Day was meant to pay our homage to the Almighty for this bountiful harvest. While the purpose and origin of the concept remains the same, the day of its celebration differs from country to country. In the United States, the holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November while in Canada (which has an early harvest cycle and season), the holiday is observed on the second Monday in October, known as the Columbus Day. Much like the Christian Thanksgiving day, it is celebrated with pomp and show.
Since 1930, the end of Thanksgiving season marks the beginning of Christmas shopping season. In Canada, Thanksgiving holiday lasts for only three days but the time period may vary in the US. Let's have a look at the brief history of Thanksgiving in North America, U.S. and Canada:
In North America: Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated on September 8, 1565 in St. Augustine when Pedro Menendez de Aviles and his men shared a feast with the natives. After that Pilgrims held a three days feast to make merriment on their enormous harvest.
In United States: The immigrants who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower were basically members of the English Separatist Church (a Puritan sect). They took shelter in Netherlands but soon were disgusted by their lifestyle. They settled in United States with a desire for a better lifestyle. But their beginning was horrendous. The climate was unfavorable and many of them died. But in 1621 they hard turmoil bore fruits for them as there was a huge harvest. They celebrated it with a feast with 91 Indians who had helped them during their harsh times.
Thanksgiving was celebrated after that at irregular intervals until Franklin Roosevelt, had set it one week to the next-to-last Thursday of November in order keeping an eye on commercial benefits as Christmas was nearby. Allegations were brought against this decision, which made the President to move Thanksgiving back to its original date two years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally set by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.
In Canada: Probably the Americans who migrated to Canada after American Independence brought with them the practices of Thanksgiving. Initially it was celebrated in English Canadian Society but later it became a countrywide practice. Formally, Canadian Thanksgiving Day was celebrated on April 5, 1872 on behalf of the Prince of Wales' recovery from illness. Innumerable transformations took place before the date of celebration finally settled on the second Monday in October in 1957.
第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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“The most successful students have no worries in exams.” This is ____31____ common assessment made of students with high scores in school. In fact, these students do suffer stress just like ____32____ with average or below average scores. In the UK, a database in 2004 showed that doctors provided more calming prescriptions(处方，药方) for students ____33____(age) between sixteen and eighteen than they had ever done before. In 1995, 46,000 such prescriptions were given, ____34____ by 2004 this number ____35____ (rise) to 110,000. Many of these drugs were ____36____ very able students to help them deal with stress and exam pressure. Sometimes even medicine was not enough and some of these students killed themselves. From notes left behind, it seems clear ____37____ fear of failure combined with pressure from their family and school was just too great. These excellent students really didn’t want to let their parents and teachers ____38____. If they had only been ____39____ confident, and more realistic about their abiliti
es, these deaths might have been avoided. So remember, be content to do your best. Keep your life in proportion so that things don’t get you down. Set your own goals and don’t try to fulfill other people’s ____40____ (expect).
第三节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空, 并将答案填写在答题纸标号为56-65的相应位置上。
You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a 56 (choose).
You can’t depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early 
in my marriage. 57 (realize) that I couldn’t rely on my husband as my source of happiness, I learned that you have to choose to be happy.
You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within； 58 can’t be forced by outside forces. It is the same way you choose to smile. You choose it because that’s 59 you want to experience in your life.
You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair 60 you like and feel good. You wouldn’t buy a pair of shoes you don’t like or that don’t fit well，right?
Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm)can be 61 (benefit) . We choose our feelings; no one can do that for us. If we let others get to influence 62 emotions，we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain，we 63 (give)them our power.
We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does.
Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch your thoughts and feelings 64 anger，self-doubt，or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don’t be lost in what happens to you 65 (necessary) but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts，feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.
第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life __31__a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If __32__ idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is __33__ it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an __34__(expect) form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it __35__(address) to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of __36__(appreciate). More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes __37__ (leave), and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard (无意中听到) our conversation. “Wasn’t __38__ you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to __39__. We usually get nothing __40_ complaints.
第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40的相应位置上。
How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? 31 (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, 32 a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock(股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways 33 (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects 34 the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, 35 I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder 36 a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth 37 (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face 38 twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it 39 (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go 40 are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”
第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为3l-40的相应位置上。
A man, now old, went overseas 40 years ago. On his 31 ( depart ), the girl he loved gave him as a souvenir a heart-shaped knot made of knitting wool. He 32 ( hang ) it on his belt ever since.
Several years later he got married and had children. As time went by his sweetheart’s __33___ ( look ) became dimmer and dimmer like a landscape picture 34 ( fade ) away gradually, and his homeland only appeared in his dreams. In the evening of his life he often looked at the knot and sighed.
One day his grandson caught sight of the knot and insisted on getting hold of it as a toy. The boy fondled ( 抚弄 ) and tried to unfold it. At last he did 35 trick and got it loose and open.
When i t 36 ( spread ) out it resumed ( 重获 ) its form as a long thread, a very simple wool thread. 37 by the skillful hands of a beloved girl could the thread be knitted into such a complicated knot. Devoted love made so many simple things complex in the world.
Thus the old man was awoken to get a truth. Most of the grievances ( 抱怨 ), bitterness and hatred in life actually result from very small matters. 38 one is mindful of them, they become mental knots. But if one sees 39 the knot, it remains a simple thread or line, no matter 40 shape it assumes.
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