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  3. The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In

The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In

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问题     The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who 【S1】______ there had left England because they felt 【S2】______ of religious freedom. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in coming 【S3】______ the ocean. The ship which carried them was 【S4】______ the Mayflower.
    The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region. The Puritans(清教徒), as they were called, had much to be thankful 【S5】______ . Their 【S6】______ practices were no longer a source of criticism by the government. They learned to 【S7】______ their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join in dinner and a prayer of gratitude for the new life. They 【S8】______ the group of men, women, and children who left England. They remembered the dead who did not live to see the 【S9】______ of Massachusetts. They 【S10】______ on the 165 days’ voyage which consumed their strength.

A) across           B) known              C) settled            D) dismissed  
E) religious        F) adapt              G) recalled           H) for
I) over             J) deprived           K) named              L) to
M) adopt            N) reflected          O) shore   [br] 【S1】
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答案 C
解析 “在那里定居的人”，settle有“定居，落户”的意思。
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