河北省定州市四中2013——2014高二英语期末阅读练习模拟试题8.docVIP

河北省定州市四中2013——2014高二英语期末阅读练习模拟试题8 The fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day in America. There are thousands of bystanders and millions of television viewers. The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York is as traditional as turkey. The year 2013 marked the 87th year of Macy’s parade. It featured 15 giant balloons in the shape of cartoon and pop culture characters, 1,200 dancers and cheerleaders, 900 clowns, 10 marching bands and nearly 9,000 personnel, almost all of whom were volunteers. Over the course of the nearly nine decades since Macy’s immigrant employees organized