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根据以下内容，回答题。During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics( 流行病). Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future of the colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fieds produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed. Years later, President of the United States declared the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today.
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes.There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and
most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanks giving Day throughout the years.
From the passage, why did the Pilgrims sail to America? A．To seek a place for freedom of worship.
B．To seek for food.
C．To seek for new land.
D．To avoid starvation and epidemics.
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