Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation.
Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usually called Pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of a very hard winter and could not find enough to eat, so many of them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans for the fact that they had survived.
Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes (also called yams) and cranberries, which are made into a kind of sauce or jelly. The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe. Dessert is pumpkin made into a pie.
On Thanksgiving there are special television programs and sports events. In New York there is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets with large balloons in the shape of imaginary characters. Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the Christmas period, and the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents.
What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To compare how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the past and today
B. To give an overview of a popular celebration in the US
C. To explain the existence of a celebration in the US
D. To introduce a Native American culture
Đáp án B
Mục đích của bài đọc là gì?
A. Để so sánh Lễ Tạ ơn được tổ chức trong quá khứ và hiện tại.
B. Để cung cấp cái nhìn tổng quát về một lễ hội phổ biến ở Mỹ
C. để giải thích sự tồn tại của một lễ hội ở Mỹ
D. để giới thiệu văn hóa của người Mỹ bản địa