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(CHỦ ĐỀ CELEBRATIONS)
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
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.
Question 1: What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To compare how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the past and today.
B. To give an overview of a popular celebration in the US.
C. To explain the existence of a celebration in the US.
D. To introduce a Native American culture.
Question 2: In the United States, Thanksgiving is ______.
A. a religious celebration held by Christians only.
B. celebrated as a public holiday.
C. more important than Christmas.
D. apart from Christmas.
Question 3: According to the passage, Pilgrims are ______.
A. people who traveled to America by ships
B. trips that religious people make to a holy place
C. people who left their home and went to live in North America in 1620s
D. Native Americans who live in North America
Question 4: All of the following statements are mentioned EXCEPT ______.
A. People celebrate Thanksgiving to thank God.
B. People usually have traditional dinners on Thanksgiving.
C. There are lots of entertainments on Thanksgiving.
D. People go to churches for religious services on Thanksgiving.
Question 5: Which of the following statements is not TRUE about Thanksgiving ______?
A. turkey, yams and pumpkin pies are served.
B. people join in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
C. people wear colored costumes marching through the streets.
D. people go out to shop for Christmas presents.
Question 6: In the second paragraph, the pronoun "them" refers to which of the following?
A. Pilgrims B. the Mayflowers C. Native Americans D. Schools
Question 7: Which of the following is NOT true?
A. In the US, Thanksgiving is not a national holiday; it's a religious holiday.
B. Christmas comes less than a month after Thanksgiving.
C. Thanksgiving was originally celebrated by the first Europeans in North America to thank
God for their survival.
D. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is colorful and exciting.
