TheHistoryofChristmasinAmericaInthefirsthalfofthe19thce...

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The History of Christmas in America

In the first half of the 19th century, Christmas was a very ____41____kind of holiday than it is today. people did not have a set way of celebrating. Christmas was not even an official holiday yet.

So, communities around the country ____42___ the day in different ways. Some observed Christmas ____43___an important Christian religious day, honoring the birth of Jesus. ____44___ celebrated the day with parties, music, drinking and eating. And, some communities did not celebrate the day ___45___, it was during the early 1800s _____46____Americans began to reinvent the holiday. They started combining ancient Christmas traditions with modern American influences.

In 1819, the popular American writer Washington Irving wrote ____47___ five essays published in a book called “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” The essays describe a ____48___ British landowner who invites his farm workers into his home to celebrate Christmas. The landowner recreates a traditional Christmas as it would____49____ in the distant past.

____50___ played a big role in how an American might celebrate the holiday. Calvinist Christians (加尔文主义的基督徒)____51__ the celebration of Christmas. But groups such as Episcopalians(美国圣公会教徒)and Moravians honored the day with religious services and seasonal ____52___. By mid-century, Christian groups began to ____53___ their religious differences over the meaning of Christmas and honored the day in special ways. Christmas became an important ___54___ for families to celebrate at home. More and more Christian Americans also began to ___55___ the European traditions of Christmas trees and giving gifts. Christians believed that the tree represented Jesus and was also ___56____new beginnings.

This tradition of setting up a Christmas tree soon spread____57___ many American homes. So ___58___the practice of giving people presents. As these traditions increased in popularity, the modern trade and business _____59___ Christmas also grew.

In 1809, Washington Irving ____60___ his “History of New York.” It lists Saint Nicholas as the patron(赞助;保护) saint of New Yorkers. He describes the saint wearing a low hat, large pants, and smoking a pipe. Does this description sound familiar?

41. A. familiar        B. simply            C. different        D. unknown

42. A. honored        B. remembered       C. raptured         D. celebrated

43. A. to             B. with              C. as             D. for

44. A. Others         B. The other         C. Another          D. Each other

45. A. evenly         B. basically          C. in heart           D. at all 

46. A. when          B. that              C. what             D. in which

47. A. a series of      B. many of           C. a great deal of     D. a lot of

48. A. nice           B. kind              C. thoughtful        D. wealthy

49. A. celebrate                           B. been celebrated     

C. have been celebrated                  D. be celebrated

50. A. Religion        B. Group             C. social          D. Environment

51. A. forbidden       B. admitted           C. allowed        D. banned

52. A. activities        B. forms             C. decorations     D. contents

53. A. ignore          B. absorb             C. view          D. regard

54. A. role            B. time               C. festival        D. travel

55. A. follow          B. deny               C. imitate        D. copy 

56. A. by means of      B. a sign of           C. a sight of       D. a light of

57. A. to              B. in                 C. over          D. from

58. A. do             B. does               C. did            D. what

59. A. linked to        B. next to             C. long for        D. aim to

60. A. wrote          B. published           C. took           D. addressed

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