Part I Cultural Background Questions: Check whether the following statements are true or false according to the cultural background knowledge part of the lesson. 1 . The Charles River flows past several well-known universities including Harvard, Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2 . Madison Avenue is a north south avenue in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City , US. It is named after Madison Square which is named itself after James Madison, the 4th president of the US. 3 . Although in recent decades many advertising agencies have left Madison Avenue, the continued presents of large agencies in the city makes New York the first largest job market per capita in the US. 4 . The United States Congress is a group of people elected to make laws in the US, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 5 . Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the US and other countries. It begins as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. People in Canada and the US celebrate the festival on the same day.