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  3. On the fourth Thursday of November, every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The day is a national holiday which is set

On the fourth Thursday of November, every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The day is a national holiday which is set

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问题     On the fourth Thursday of November, every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The day is a national holiday which is set aside each year as a time to give thanks to God for our blessings (祝福).
    Legend has it that the first English colonists (殖民者) in Massachusetts (马萨诸塞州) started the custom. According to the story, the Pilgrims~ first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half of the colonists died from disease.  The following spring the Indians taught them how to grow corn. In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested.  The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned.  They invited their Indian friends to join them in a large feast to share in the bounties (慷慨) of the land.  This is the first Thanksgiving.
    The traditional foods of the big Thanksgiving Day meal include roast turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and Indian bread puddings.
    Since the day is set aside for giving thanks, it has also become a traditional family day. Large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.
According to the passage, the first winter of the colonists was hard because______.
选项 A、they had too many enemies
B、the weather was too bad
C、they died from disease
D、they arrived too late to grow crops
答案D
解析 从第二段They had arrived too late to grow many crops...得知他们到达新大陆时已经错过了播种的季节，因此没有粮食导致生活艰难。D选项表达了原因，是正确选项。
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