People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days offer a chance to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child-care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one stands for a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services(宗教儀式) to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit their graves. On these days, families get together at home and in restaurants. They often have outdoor BBQs for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephones companies and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
小題1:Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?
A．Parents bring children
B．Parents give love and care to children
C．Parents educate children to be good persons.
D．Parents pass away before children grow up
小題2:What do you know from the passage?
A．Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.
B．Fewer women worked outside the home in the past
C．Not all the children respect their parents
D．Fathers are not as important as mothers at home
小題3:Which do you think is right about “carnation”?
A．It only has two kinds of color.
B．It is a special kind of clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
C．It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D．People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.
小題4:What do you think “florists” do?
A．They sell flowers
B．They made bread or pastry
C．They offer enough room for having family parties.
D．They sell special clothes for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
這篇文章介紹母親節(jié)和父親節(jié)。美國人民以兩個特殊的日子向父母表示敬意,這便是每年五月第二個星期日的母親節(jié)和六月第三個星期日父親節(jié)。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。從第一段第三、四句知, A、B、C三項是正確的。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。從第一段倒數(shù)第二句：More mothers now work outside the home. 可知選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。由下文“A red one stands. . . . A white one shows. . . ”可知carnation康乃馨, 是一種花。
小題4:詞義理解題。由最后一句話中Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephones companies各詞間是并列關(guān)系，互不包含，可排除BCD項。再者也可通過詞語的構(gòu)詞形式很容易想到flower這個詞語。而且，文章之前已經(jīng)提到了母親節(jié)需要戴花，而這個節(jié)日里能夠做很多生意的當(dāng)然也是少不了花店。由此可以見，本題的正確答案應(yīng)為A。
【參考譯文】參考譯文
人們以兩個特殊的日子向父母表示感謝：每年五月第二個星期日的母親節(jié)和六月第三個星期日的父親節(jié)．這兩天是兒女向父母表達愛心的日子。父母把孩子們撫養(yǎng)長大，教育他們，關(guān)心和愛護他們。
人們用各種形式來慶祝這兩個日子。在母親節(jié)的時候，人們佩戴康乃馨。紅色康乃馨表示母親還健在，白色的表示母親已經(jīng)去世。這一天．很多人也會去公墓懷念逝世的父母。在這兩天，家家都會聚在家中或是餐館。人們也常常在父親節(jié)的時候舉行戶外燒烤聚會。這是充滿歡樂和美好情感的日子。
另一個傳統(tǒng)是贈送卡片和禮物。孩子們在學(xué)校制作，很多大人也會自制禮物。這些親手做的禮物比在商店買的更有價值，因為時父母的愛使得這些禮物變得貴重�？ㄆ�、花店、糖果店、電話公司還有很多其他的商店都會在這些節(jié)日大做生意。
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