Many families in the United States observe National Grandparents' Day on the first Sunday of September after America's Labor Day. People often 1 their grandparents on this day.

  Many people 2 the day through a lot of activities such as gift-giving and card-giving. Some children 3 their grandparents to school for a day where they take special lessons. Some students 4 storytelling activities that relate to their grandparents, as well as picture or music competitions where children use a story about their grandparents in their 5

  About four million greeting cards are 6 within the United States each year on National Grandparents Day. This day is also a 7 for people to appreciate and express their 8 to their grandparents through 9 actions such as making a phone call and inviting their grand?parents for dinner. People living in nursing homes may 10 a visit from their grandchildren.

  National Grandparents Day has more than one11Some people consider it to have been first proposed by Michael Goldgar in the 1970s after he visited his aunt in an Atlanta nurs?ing home. Others 12 Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade to have been the main 13 of National Grandparents Day. Throughout the 1970s McQuade worked hard to 14 people a-bout the important contributions senior citizens made and the contributions that they would be willing to make 15 asked. She also urged people to take good care of a grandparent，not for one day a year and not for material giving, 16 for a lifetime of experience.

National Grandparents Day was 17signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Marian McQuade received a phone call from the White House to 18 her of this event. Many people believe that National Grandparents Day was inspired by her 19 . A presidential proc?lamation(聲明) on September 6,1979 made this day 20 .

(   ) 1.A. support   B. praise   C. reward   D. honor

(   ) 2.A. begin   B. hold   C. celebrate   D. remember

(   ) 3.A. invite   B. expose   C. force   D. remind

(   ) 4.A. make use of   B. take part in   C. take up   D. build up

(   ) 5.A. diaries   B. plans   C. reports   D. artworks

(   ) 6.A. signed   B. sent   C. carried   D. brought

(   ) 7.A. chance   B. luck   C. condition   D. possibility

(   ) 8.A. satisfaction   B. interest   C. love   D. agreement

(   ) 9.A. quick   B. careful   C. difficult   D. kind

(   ) 10.A. create   B. receive   C. present   D. realize

(   ) 11.A. cause   B. origin   C. background   D. beginning

(   ) 12.A. make   B. expect   C. consider   D. allow

(   ) 13.A. driver   B. owner   C. researcher   D. inventor

(   ) 14.A. warn   B. educate   C. interview   D. ask

(   ) 15.A. if   B. though   C. So   D. until

(   ) 16.A. since   B. but   C. even   D. unless

(   ) 17.A. finally   B. recently   C. nearly   D. generally

(   ) 18.A. rid   B. persuade   C. clear   D. inform

(   ) 19.A. energy   B. goals   C. bravery   D. efforts

(   ) 20.A. reliable   B. changeable   C. official   D. beautiful

1— 5 DCABD 6—10 BACDB

11— 15 BCABA 16—20 BADDC

本文介紹了美國(guó)(外) 祖父母節(jié)的來(lái)歷以及人們慶祝它的方式。

1.D由下文可知，這個(gè)節(jié)日是用來(lái)向老人表達(dá)敬意的節(jié)日。

2.C此處介紹了人們是如何慶祝(外) 祖父母節(jié)的。

3.A有一些孩子會(huì)把(外) 祖父母邀請(qǐng)到學(xué)校。

4.B有一些學(xué)生會(huì)參加講(外) 祖父母故事的活動(dòng)。

5.D根據(jù)picture or music competitions可知，此處選artworks0

6.B每年，在(外) 祖父母節(jié)那天人們要郵出約四百萬(wàn)張賀卡。

7.A這天也是人們表達(dá)對(duì)老人的感謝和愛的機(jī)會(huì)。

8.C根據(jù)下文可知，在這樣的一個(gè)節(jié)日里人們可以表達(dá)對(duì)(外) 祖父母的愛。

9.D making a phone call inviting their grand?parents for dinner都是很親切的舉動(dòng)。

10.B住在養(yǎng)老院的老人們會(huì)收到孫子或?qū)O女的探望。

11.B根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知，此處在介紹(外) 祖父母節(jié)的起源。

12.C很多人認(rèn)為Marian是設(shè)立這個(gè)節(jié)日的主要推動(dòng)者。

13.A參見第12題解析。

14.B她努力向人們灌輸老人們時(shí)這個(gè)社會(huì)所做的重要貢獻(xiàn)。

15.A如果要求的話，老人們非常樂意去做這些貢獻(xiàn)。

16.B她強(qiáng)烈要求人們好好照顧老人,不是說(shuō)每年僅僅有那么一天或給老人一些物質(zhì)方面的東西，而是要終生善待他們。

17.A(外) 祖父母節(jié)最終被美國(guó)總統(tǒng)簽署生效。

18.D白宮的人通知Marian這個(gè)消息。

19.D而很多人認(rèn)為(外) 祖父母節(jié)的設(shè)立是由于Marian的努力。

20.C根據(jù)上文可知，這個(gè)節(jié)日最終成為官方的節(jié)日。

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