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  3. George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789, 【B1】 some were opposed to it. There was 【B2】 among the colo

George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789, 【B1】 some were opposed to it. There was 【B2】 among the colo

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问题      George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789, 【B1】 some were opposed to it. There was 【B2】 among the colonies, 【B3】 feeling the hardships of a few Pilgrims did not 【B4】 a national holiday. And 【B5】 , President Thomas Jefferson laughed 【B6】 the idea of having a day of thanksgiving.
【B7】 was Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, whose efforts eventually led to 【B8】 we now recognize as Thanksgiving. Hale wrote many editorials championing her 【B9】 in her Boston Ladies’ Magazine. 【B10】 , after a 40-year 【B11】 of writing editorials and letters to governors and presidents, Hale’s obsession became a 【B12】 when, in 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a 【B13】 day of Thanksgiving.
    Thanksgiving was proclaimed by every president 【B14】 Lincoln. The date was changed a 【B15】 of times, most recently by Franklin Roosevelt, who set it 【B16】 one week to the next-to-last Thursday in order to 【B17】 a longer Christmas shopping season. Public uproar 【B18】 the decision caused the president to move Thanksgiving 【B19】 to its original date two years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a 【B20】 holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.
选项 A、and
B、although
C、since
D、when
答案B
解析 这篇短文介绍的是感恩节的来历。第一句话讲乔治.华盛顿于1789年宣布感恩节为国家法定的节日，紧接着跟了一句让步从句——虽然有些人反对(although some were apposed to it)。这一段接下来进一步讲观点的不一致。在各个殖民州当中就存在着争论(conflict)，第【B2】题除了选项conflict外，还有disagreement和argument，尽管也指争论，但disagreement的语气太轻，表示“不同意”，argument属可数名词，应加冠词an或表复数的s。接下来的部分属独立结构，主语是many(许多州的人)，意思是许多州的人觉得少数朝圣者的苦难不值得(did not deserve)作为一个国家的节日。后来(later)，总统杰弗逊也嘲笑(laughed at)这个主意。第二段讲有个叫Sarah Josepha Hale的杂志编辑，是她的努力最终导致了我们现在对感恩节的认可。这样的句型属强调句型，结构为it+ be +强调的部分+定语从句，所以，第【B7】题应填It。第【B8】题后面是个句子，因此这个空格的词应既作关系代词引导这个从句，又在从句中作宾语，只有what才能起这个作用。对于Hale来说，倡导这个节日是她的事业(cause)。最后(finally)，经过40年的活动 (campaign)——写社论，给总督写信——她的梦想成了现实(reality)，林肯总统终于将感恩节定为国立的(national)节日。林肯之后(after Lincoln)，每届总统都确定过感恩节的时间，改变过一两次(a couple of times)。最近一次是由罗斯福改的，他把节日确定为一周 (set it up one week)，以便使圣诞假期更长(in order to create a longer Christmas shopping season)。但两年后，公众对该决定的反对(uproar against the decision)迫使总统把节日改回原来的日子(move... back to)。1941年，感恩节最后经国会批准，成为法定(legal)节日。注意：一般来说，命题者最容易选句子与句子之间有联系的单词出题，如：代词、关系代词或副词等。第【B8】题就是一个例子。What属关系代词，既引导后面的定语从句，又在从句中作宾语。
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