5.Father's Day
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children.On the third Sunday in June,fathers all across the United States are given presents,treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
However,the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane,Washington.A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.Having been raised by her father,Henry Jackson Smart,after her mother died,Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her.It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was,in the eyes of his daughter,a selfless and loving man.Sonora's father was born in June,so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spikane,Washington on the 19th of June,1910.
In 1924President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.Roses are the Father's Day flowers:red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.
When children can't visit their fathers or take them out to dinner,they send a greeting card.Traditionally,fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental.Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them.Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.
28.At first,F(xiàn)ather's Day was fixed on June 19th becauseA.
A.Sonora honored her father on her father's birthday
B.Sonora's birthday was June 19
C.it was decided by the president at that time
D.her mother died on June 19
29.How many years has passed before Father's Day became an official day since the father's day was celebrated?C
A.4
B.10
C.14
D.24
30.According to the passage,on Father's Day,D.
A.people will wear the same flowers to honor their fathers
B.only daughters wear red flowers to honor their fathers
C.children must go home to honor their fathers
D.fathers are often honored in different ways
31.According to the passage,we can infer that Henry Jackson SmartB.
A.was very kind to anyone
B.did a lot for his daughter
C.was the first father honored in 1924
D.a(chǎn)lways helped others by giving money.
分析 本文敘述了美國的父親節(jié)的來歷,是有一位名叫Sonora她在母親去世后看到了父親為了撫養(yǎng)她做出了很大的犧牲,看到了父親無私的愛,為了感謝父親她把6月19日也就是父親的生日作為父親節(jié),在過去了14年后美國總統(tǒng)把6月的第三個星期天定為法定的父親節(jié),在這一天孩子們要對自己的父親有所表示.
解答 28-31 ACDB
28.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spikane,Washington on the 19th of June,1910.因為那天是Sonora父親的生日,她把這一天定為父親節(jié),故選A.
29.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spikane,Washington on the 19th of June,1910.In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.14年后總統(tǒng)把六月的第三個星期天定為父親節(jié),故選C.
30.D 細(xì)節(jié)判斷題 由文章的最后兩段可知:父親經(jīng)常以不同的方式被尊敬.故選D.
31.B 推理判斷題 根據(jù)Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her.It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices(犧牲) and was,in the eyes of his daughter,a selfless and loving man.可以推出她對其他的人也是很友好的,故選B.
點評 推理判斷題需要考生正確的閱讀短文對語篇有個整體的把握.會根據(jù)語句之間的邏輯關(guān)系、段內(nèi)的語義關(guān)系及篇章的語義關(guān)系,從段落、篇章的角度理解文章的主旨、作者的觀點和態(tài)度.做此類試題要善于抓住某一段話中的關(guān)鍵信息,即某些關(guān)鍵詞或短語去分析、推理、判斷,利用逆向思維或正面推理,從而推斷出這句話所隱含的深層含義.