Thanksgiving day: Multiplied choice
День благодарения. Лексико-грамматический тест
Задание 1
Thanksgiving is a very American holiday. It is also (1) ____ Thanksgiving Day.
Задание 2
It is traditional to have baked or roasted turkey. This is usually accompanied with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, (8) ____ vegetables, cranberry sauce, and gravy.
Задание 3
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for traveling. It is a four-day or five-day weekend vacation for most schools and colleges, and (10) ____ businesses and government workers get three or four days off.
Задание 4
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year. It used to be a (2) ____ holiday to give thanks to God.
Задание 5
The (7) ____ event of any Thanksgiving is the Thanksgiving dinner.
Задание 6
There are two versions of the origins of this holiday. One is thanks for the early (3) ____ arriving in America safely.
Задание 7
In 1941, President Roosevelt (6) ____ Thanksgiving a federal holiday.
Задание 8
On December the 4th, 1619, a group of English pioneers arrived at a place called Berkeley Hundred, in Virginia. The group made a promise that the day of their (4) ____ should be a "day of thanksgiving" to God.
Задание 9
The second version is the thanks given to Native Americans for teaching the pilgrims how to (5) ____ eels and grow corn in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Задание 10
Pumpkin pie is the most commonly (9) ____ dessert.
Задание 11
Thanksgiving is also the unofficial signal for Christmas preparations to (11) ____.
Задание 12
Once Thanksgiving finishes, stores fill their (12) ____ with Christmas goods. It is also a bad time to be a turkey.