Question

【題目】完形填空。（共10小題，每小題2分，共20分）

What do you often do for your father on Father’s Day? Father Day has a very 1 history and it became a state festival in 1972 in America. Because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day.

Father’s Day is becoming very 2 in North America. People there do different kinds of things for their fathers on that day. And businessmen find it is a good way to make people buy presents for their fathers from their 3 .

Except America, very 4 countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or a 5 day for boys or for boys and girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, 6 maybe Father’s Day will become popular soon.

Now what are people in North America doing on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV 7 children what they should do — buy, buy, buy Father’s Day present for your father. They even want the wife to buy a Father’s Day present not for her father but for her 8 .

The presents they buy for their dads are often not very 9 , as children don’t have much money. But the important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their 10 to their fathers on that day.

【1】A. long B. light C. old D. short

【2】A. happy B. important C. interesting D. easy

【3】A. shops B. houses C. offices D. schools

【4】A. little B. few C. many D. much

【5】A. busy B. ready C. special D. careful

【6】A. but B. if C. so D. or

【7】A. speak B. say C. talk D. tell

【8】A. husband B. son C. brother D. cousin

【9】A. beautiful B. expensive C. different D. heavy

【10】A. money B. promise C. love D. life

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

【文章大意】這篇文章介紹了在世界各地的人們是怎樣過父親節(jié)的。在美國，給父親購買禮物已成為一種時尚。

【1】根據(jù)下句and it became a state festival in 1972 in America可知父親節(jié)成為國家的節(jié)日時間很短。故選D。

【2】根據(jù)下句People there do different kinds of things for their fathers on that day可知，在美國父親節(jié)變得越來越重要。重要的是important。故選B。

【3】句意：商人們發(fā)現(xiàn)讓人們在父親節(jié)這天到他們的商店里買東西是很好的方法。商店是shop。故選A。

【4】根據(jù)后文敘述可知：除美國外，幾乎沒有國家過父親節(jié)。國家是可數(shù)名詞，用few修飾。故選B。

【5】句意：或者有特殊的一天為男孩子們或男孩女孩子們。特殊的是special。故選C。

【6】前后句是順承關(guān)系，可用so連接。故選C。

【7】句意：報紙，電臺和電視告訴孩子們應(yīng)該做什么。告訴是tell。故選D。

【8】句意：他們甚至想讓妻子們?nèi)ベI東西，不是給她們的父親，而是給她們的丈夫。故選A。

【9】根據(jù)as children don’t have much money可知，孩子們買給父親的禮物都不貴。故選B。

【10】但是最重要的是讓孩子們記住在父親節(jié)這天展示他們對父親的愛。愛是love。故選C。