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Origin of ThanksgivingThe story of Thanksgiving is basically the story of the Pilgrims（清教徒）who set sail from Plymouth, England on a ship called the Mayflower on September 6, 1620. The Mayflower was a small ship crowded with men, women and children, besides the sailors on board.Although Pilgrims had first sighted the land off Cape Cod（科德角）,Massachusetts, they did not settle until they arrived at a place called Plymouth. Captain John Smith had already settled there for over five years. And the Pilgrims finally decided to settle there. Plymouth offered an excellent harbor and plenty of resources. The local Indians were also non-hostile.But their happiness was short. Ill-equipped to face the winter on this estranged（遥远的）place they were ravaged （毁坏）thoroughly. Somehow they were saved by a group of local Native Americans who befriended（亲近）them and helped them with food. Soon the natives taught the settlers the technique to cultivate coms and grow native vegetables, and store them for hard days. By the next winter they had raised enough crops to keep them alive. The winter came and passed by without much harm. The settlers knew they had beaten the odds and it was time to celebrate.They celebrated it with a grand community feast where the friendly native Americans were also invited. It was kind of a harvest feast, which the Pilgrims used to have in England. However, the third year was real bad when the coms got damaged. Pilgrim Governor William Bradford ordered a day of fasting and prayer, and rain happened to follow soon. To celebrate that day, November 29th of that year was proclaimed a day of thanksgiving.Though the Thanksgiving Day is presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November, this date was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. Earlier it was the last Thursday in November. But sometimes the last Thursday would turn out to be the fifth Thursday of the month. This falls too close to the Christmas, leaving the businesses even less than a month's time to cope up with the two big festivals. Hence the change is.8.The grand community feast was much like a harvest feast in England.

Origin of ThanksgivingThe story of Thanksgiving is basically the story of the Pilgrims（清教徒）who set sail from Plymouth, England on a ship called the Mayflower on September 6, 1620. The Mayflower was a small ship crowded with men, women and children, besides the sailors on board.Although Pilgrims had first sighted the land off Cape Cod（科德角）,Massachusetts, they did not settle until they arrived at a place called Plymouth. Captain John Smith had already settled there for over five years. And the Pilgrims finally decided to settle there. Plymouth offered an excellent harbor and plenty of resources. The local Indians were also non-hostile.But their happiness was short. Ill-equipped to face the winter on this estranged（遥远的）place they were ravaged （毁坏）thoroughly. Somehow they were saved by a group of local Native Americans who befriended（亲近）them and helped them with food. Soon the natives taught the settlers the technique to cultivate coms and grow native vegetables, and store them for hard days. By the next winter they had raised enough crops to keep them alive. The winter came and passed by without much harm. The settlers knew they had beaten the odds and it was time to celebrate.They celebrated it with a grand community feast where the friendly native Americans were also invited. It was kind of a harvest feast, which the Pilgrims used to have in England. However, the third year was real bad when the coms got damaged. Pilgrim Governor William Bradford ordered a day of fasting and prayer, and rain happened to follow soon. To celebrate that day, November 29th of that year was proclaimed a day of thanksgiving.Though the Thanksgiving Day is presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November, this date was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. Earlier it was the last Thursday in November. But sometimes the last Thursday would turn out to be the fifth Thursday of the month. This falls too close to the Christmas, leaving the businesses even less than a month's time to cope up with the two big festivals. Hence the change is.9.Pilgrim Governor William Bradford was a vegetarian, so he ordered a day of fasting and prayer.

Origin of ThanksgivingThe story of Thanksgiving is basically the story of the Pilgrims（清教徒）who set sail from Plymouth, England on a ship called the Mayflower on September 6, 1620. The Mayflower was a small ship crowded with men, women and children, besides the sailors on board.Although Pilgrims had first sighted the land off Cape Cod（科德角）,Massachusetts, they did not settle until they arrived at a place called Plymouth. Captain John Smith had already settled there for over five years. And the Pilgrims finally decided to settle there. Plymouth offered an excellent harbor and plenty of resources. The local Indians were also non-hostile.But their happiness was short. Ill-equipped to face the winter on this estranged（遥远的）place they were ravaged （毁坏）thoroughly. Somehow they were saved by a group of local Native Americans who befriended（亲近）them and helped them with food. Soon the natives taught the settlers the technique to cultivate coms and grow native vegetables, and store them for hard days. By the next winter they had raised enough crops to keep them alive. The winter came and passed by without much harm. The settlers knew they had beaten the odds and it was time to celebrate.They celebrated it with a grand community feast where the friendly native Americans were also invited. It was kind of a harvest feast, which the Pilgrims used to have in England. However, the third year was real bad when the coms got damaged. Pilgrim Governor William Bradford ordered a day of fasting and prayer, and rain happened to follow soon. To celebrate that day, November 29th of that year was proclaimed a day of thanksgiving.Though the Thanksgiving Day is presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November, this date was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. Earlier it was the last Thursday in November. But sometimes the last Thursday would turn out to be the fifth Thursday of the month. This falls too close to the Christmas, leaving the businesses even less than a month's time to cope up with the two big festivals. Hence the change is.10.The date of the Thanksgiving Day was changed in 1939 because it was sometimes so close to the Christmas.

Right or Wrong： the Death of HandwritingDo American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10— 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day—which really for handwriting is pretty much.Many adults remember learning that way—by copying letters over and over again. Today's thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.Handwriting involves two skills. One is 【legibility】, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency—writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school. But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive（草书）.11.We can learn _______ from Paragraph 1.

Right or Wrong： the Death of HandwritingDo American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10— 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day—which really for handwriting is pretty much.Many adults remember learning that way—by copying letters over and over again. Today's thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.Handwriting involves two skills. One is 【legibility】, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency—writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school. But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive（草书）.12.Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?

Right or Wrong： the Death of HandwritingDo American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10— 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day—which really for handwriting is pretty much.Many adults remember learning that way—by copying letters over and over again. Today's thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.Handwriting involves two skills. One is 【legibility】, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency—writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school. But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive（草书）.13.The underlined word “legibility" in Paragraph 3 means _______.