The traditional American Thanksgiving
Day celebration {{U}}(1) {{/U}} to 1621. {{U}}(2) {{/U}} that
year a special least was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The
colonists who {{U}}(3) {{/U}} there had left England because they felt
{{U}}(4) {{/U}} of religious freedom. They came to the {{U}}(5)
{{/U}} and faced difficulties in {{U}}(6) {{/U}} the ocean. The ship
which {{U}}(7) {{/U}} them was called Mayflower. The North Atlantic was
difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were {{U}}(8) {{/U}} in
learning to live in the new earth by the Indians who {{U}}(9) {{/U}} the
region. The puritans, {{U}}(10) {{/U}} they were called, had much to be
thankful {{U}}(11) {{/U}} Their religious practices were {{U}}(12)
{{/U}} longer a source of criticism by the government. They learned to
{{U}}(13) {{/U}} their farming habits to the climate and soil.
{{U}}(14) {{/U}} they selected the fourth Thursday of November for
their Thanksgiving {{U}}(15) {{/U}}, they invited their {{U}}(16)
{{/U}}, the Indians, to join them in dinner and {{U}}(17) {{/U}} of
gratitude for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and
children who left {{U}}(18) {{/U}}. They remembered their {{U}}(19)
{{/U}} who did not see the shore of Massachusetts. They {{U}}(20)
{{/U}} the 65 days journey which had tested their
strength.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】go back to追溯到，自……起已存在；date from/back to起源于。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】与year连用的介词通常是in。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】The colonists who once settled there曾经定居在那儿的殖民者。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】felt denied of religious freedom意为“感觉被否认了宗教信仰自由”。