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  3. The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration(1)_____ to 1621.(2)_____ that year a special feast was prepared in Plymout

The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration(1)_____ to 1621.(2)_____ that year a special feast was prepared in Plymout

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问题     The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration(1)_____ to 1621.(2)_____ that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who(3)_____ there had left England because they felt(4)_____ of religious freedom. They came to the(5)_____ and faced difficulties in(6)_____ the ocean. The ship which (7)_____ them was called Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were(8)_____ in learning to live in the new earth by the Indians who(9)_____ the region. The Puritans,(10)_____ they were called, had much to be thankful(11)_____. Their religious practices were(12)_____ longer a source of criticism by the government. They learned to(13)_____ their farming habits to the climate and soil. (14)_____ they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving(15)______, they invited their(16)_____, the Indians, to join them in dinner and(17)_____ of gratitude for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and children who left(18)_____. They remembered their (19)_____ who did not see the shore of Massachusetts. They(20)_____ on the 65 days journey which had tested their strength.
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选项 A、relatives
B、friends
C、neighbors
D、comrades
答案C
解析 空格后的the Indians是对空格内容的进一步解释。当地的印第安人并不是这些英国人的亲戚，排除A。其他三个选项中，只有neighbor“邻居”最贴切，选C恰当。friend“朋友”；comrade“同志，伙伴”。
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