1.equal 2. accept 3.votes 4.violence 5.advised 6.willing 7.educated 8.fear 9.cruelty 10.degree

B

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Key to U5(巩固练习)

A.

6._____________7. _____________8. _____________9. _____________10. _____________　　　

E.　　　 Task Reading. (4’×5=20’)

Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. _____1___.

But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4,1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City , Virginia　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　

___2____. The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest . The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth , Massachusetts , in 1620. _____3___. Many of the Pilgrims died . But the next year , they had a good harvest . So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast. _____4___. Everyone brought food.

In time , other colonies ( 殖民地 ) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it .

____5____ Today , Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October .

A. For Americans, Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when the entire family gets together .

B . He proclaimed ( 宣布) the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of Thanksgiving.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

C. This is why it is celebrated in late fall after the crops are in.

D. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel.

E. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.

F. The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast.　　　

1._____________2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________5. _____________　　　

5.Anyway, that evening, ________ I’ll tell you more about later, I ended up staying at Rachel’s place.　

D. Fill the blanks according to “Elia’s story” (2’×10=20’)

My name is Elias. I am a _____1____black worker in South Africa. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult _____2____of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and he had opened a black law form to _____3____ poor black people on their _____4____.

　　 I began school at six. The school where I studied only two years was three_____5____ away. I had to leave, because my family could not continue to pay the school _____6____ and the bus fare. I could not read or write. After trying hard, I got a job in _____7____ This was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. _____8___ I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I _____9____ whether I would be _____10____.

4..Do you remember the day ________your sister was graduated as a Master of Arts?

3. I took my friend to the Summer Palace, ________we had some photos taken.

2.This is the fastest train ________is going to Nanjing.

1. Mr Zhou, ________native language was Chinese, could read and write several foreign languages.

10. Since Chen Shuibian ______________________ in Taiwan, economy there has been going down all the time.

C. Filling in the blanks with proper antecedent (4’×5=20’).