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 sermon① 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 sacrifices② 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 1924 President 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 sentimental③. 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.
Notes:
① sermon  v. 布道
② sacrifices  n. 犧牲
③ sentimental  adj. 感傷的
1. The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______.
A. many people celebrate the day                B. only America celebrates the day
C. America makes it an official day              D. all men are honored in America
2. At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______.
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
3. How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated?
A. 4     B. 10      C. 14     D. 24
4. According to the passage, on Father’s Day,  ______.
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
5. According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______.
A. was very kind to anyone
B. did a lot for his daughter
C. was the first father honored in 1924
D. always help others by giving money
CACDB
1. C 細節(jié)理解題。由文章的第一段的第一句可知。
2. A 推理判斷題。由文章第二段的第5句可推之。
3. C 數(shù)字計算題。由第二段的最后一句和第三段的第一句。
4. D 細節(jié)判斷題。由文章的最后兩段可知。
5. B 推理判斷題。由文章的第2段可知她的父親無私、仁慈，她的母親死后，是她的父親把她養(yǎng)大的，因此可以推之她的父親對她一定做了很多。
練習冊系列答案
相關習題

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond， California， USA. “Police station？ A train for Santa FE collide(碰撞)with a(n)　31　at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once， with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured，” said a(n)　32　voice of a young woman.
“Just a minute， we’ll come　33　. Please stay there and wait，” answered the policeman.
Within a minute， a police car and an ambulance　34　. Soon they got to the　35　， but only to　36　everything was fine. No collision， no　37　man.
“What a dirty trick！” said the policeman　38　. “We must find out that mischievous(惡作劇的)　39　and. . . ”
They had not been able to say anything about a punishment　40　they heard the whistle of a train： the train was nearing them quickly. All　41　a sudden， a truck appeared. It came fast towards them， too. 　42　it was passing the crossing， it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there， before the eyes of all the people present， the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it　43　meters away.
When Randolph Bruce， the driver was　44　out of the damaged truck， he was　45　hurt just　46　the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the　47　in time， he was saved at last.
Later the policemen did　48　they could to find the woman who had telephoned them， but　49　.
It is　50　that a prophecy(預言)should coincide(巧合)with the fact so exactly.
31. A. ambulance　　　　B. truck　　　　C. car　　　　　D. bus
32. A. anxious         B. sweet            C. gentle           D. low
33. A. fast            B. ahead            C. soon             D. later
34. A. went by        B. set off            C. got there          D. came on
35. A. telephone      B. street            C. station            D. crossing
36. A. feel           B. find             C. have             D. tell
37. A. injured        B. trapped           C. frightened        D. killed
38. A. happily        B. excitedly         C. angrily           D. disappointedly
39. A. man          B. policeman         C. woman          D. boy
40. A. until          B. since             C. while            D. when
41. A. at            B. of               C. by               D. for
42. A. When         B. Where           C. That              D. Which
43. A. dozen         B. dozens           C. dozen of          D. dozens of
44. A. raised         B. helped           C. pushed           D. forced
45. A. slightly        B. clearly           C. hardly           D. badly
46. A. as            B. so               C. before           D. for
47. A. police station   B. market           C. hospital          D. sidewalk
48. A. that           B. which            C. however         D. whatever
49. A. delayed        B. worked          C. stopped           D. failed
50. A. surprised       B. surprising        C. satisfied          D. satisfying

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
Ann: Well, Bob, what a surprise! It's nice to see you again!
Bob: Hello, Ann!  61  Wasn't it a year ago Christmas, the last time we saw you?
Ann: You know, I think you're right．How are your wife and the children?
Bob: Oh, they're fine．Billy fell down and broke his leg a few months ago．  62  
Ann: Wasn't Joey learning to play the violin? Seems to me I remember something about that．
Bob:   63  He's all excited about sports now．
Ann: And you wife, what is she doing these days?
Bob:? She's going to a night school on Mondays and Thursdays．She's studying French now．But last year she studied typing and sewing．  64  Next it’ll probably be cooking．
Ann: How nice for her!   65 But say hello to Mrs James for me, will you?
Bob:?Sure I will, and remember me to your husband．Goodbye．
A．Oh, he's given that up．
B．Oh, I'm sorry．I've got to rush．
C．She's made great progress in that．
D．How long has it been?
E．I think she just enjoys going to school．
F．Joey's getting on well with her．
G．But other than that, there's been nothing special.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

 根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
Policeman：Now， Jimmy， did you get a good view（看清） of the accident？
Jimmy：Oh， yes. I was standing outside the bank building and I saw it quite clearly.
Policeman：Do you know what time it was？
Jimmy：Yes.___1___ It was 2：45 exactly.  
Policeman：Good. ____2____
Jimmy：Well， quite slowly — about 10 miles an hour. It was coming up York Road. ____3____ But they were still red when he went over them.
Policeman：I see. ____4____ was it also driving slowly？
Jimmy：It was coming along Union Street about 30 miles per hour. It was a blue Toyota. ____5____
Policeman：Did you see what colour his traffic（交通） light was？
Jimmy：Yes， it changed to yellow just before he crossed it.
A．What about the car？
B．I checked my watch.
C．Didn‘t you see the car？
D．Now，how fast was the truck moving？
E. Was the car going beyond the speed limit？
F. I suppose the truck driver knew the lights were going to change.
G. The driver stopped his car when he saw the truck crossing the street.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have 1 how difficult it is to write a 2 children's book.Either the author has aimed too 3 , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or  more often, her) story, 4 the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children's books are 5 very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 6 who hears the story and the adult who 7 it.Unfortunately, there are in fact 8 books like this, 9 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 10 to solve.
This may be why many of books regarded as 11 of children's literature were in fact written for 12 .“Alice's Adventure in Wonderland”is perhaps the most 13 of this.
Children, left for themselves, often 14 the worst possible interest in literature.Just leave a child in bookshop o 15 and he will 16 willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the 17 of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash childrensintos 18 our taste in literature.After all children and adults are so 19 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the 20 books.So I suppose we'll just have to compromise over that bedtime story.  
1.A.hoped      B.realized       C.told     D.said
2.A.short B.long     C.bad      D.good
3.A.easy        B.short    C.high     D.difficult
4.A.and   B.but      C.or D.so
5.A.both  B.neither C.either   D.very
6.A.child B.father   C.mother D.teacher.
7.A.hears B.buys    C.understands D.reads
8.A.few   B.many          C.a great deal of  D.a great number of
9.A.but   B.however      C.so D.because
10A.hard B.easy     C.enough D.fast
11.A.articles   B.work    C.arts      D.works
12.A.grown ups     B.girls     C.boys    D.children
13.A.difficult  B.hidden C.obvious       D.easy
14.A.are        B.show    C.find     D.add
15.A.school    B.home   C.office   D.library
16.A.more      B.less      C.able     D.be
17.A.lovingness     B.interests      C.objections    D.readings
18.A.receiving       B.accepting     C.having D.refusing
19.A.same      B.friendly       C.different      D.common
20.A.common B.avarage       C.different      D.Same

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.
___6___, the girls’ world was invaded(侵犯) by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.
To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited(招收) a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.
Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.
1. A. active     B. thoughtful       C. easy                         D. hard
2. A. take care of    B. run into                  C. go through              D. take advantage of
3. A. children  B. members                  C. circles D. players
4. A. alarm     B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor
5. A. fact B. degree C. question     D. demand
6. A. Therefore      B. Suddenly    C. Regularly                D. Unwillingly
7. A. attracting             B. finding       C. calling       D. matching
8. A. younger               B. cleverer      C. taller   D. older
9. A. compete B. fight   C. do      D. meet
10. A. heard    B. knew  C. promised    D. shot
11. A. damaged      B. caught C. expected     D. forced
12. A. hoped   B. liked   C. refused       D. seemed
13. A. chance  B. possibility  C. power D. policy
14. A. share    B. give    C. provide      D. mark
15. A. put down     B. paid off      C. found out   D. come through
16. A. check up      B. end up       C. look up      D. show up
17. A. satisfied       B. unhappy     C. curious       D. helpful
18. A. kids      B. adults  C. systems      D. situations
19. A. that      B. when  C. where D. how
20. A. blow    B. complain    C. appreciate   D. spread

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

From poor beginnings to most expensive player
ZINEDINE Zidane，who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month，has always preferred to express himself with a football rather than with words．
Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League final against Germany's Leverkusen 2一1．
He became one of the world’s most expensive players when he joined Real Madrid from Italy's Juventus for US $ 66 million．And he has been a national hero since he scored twice in the 3-O defeat of Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final．
But despite his success，Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground．He leads a quite family life，there is hardly any gossip about him and he avoids putting his wife and two children in the spotlight．
“Just because I'm a public figure it doesn't mean I have to express myself on everything．I don't like to discuss some personal matters publicly．”he said．
Even as a child playing football in the slum area of Marseille，F(xiàn)rance，where he was raised by his Algerian parents，Zidane was shy．
He loved football even as a little kid．“I realized football is a wonderful mixture of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking，”he said．
Even when the match awards were just chocolate and bread，Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich．
Before he was 10 years old，it was obvious that he could become a great footballer．He was offered his first professional contract(合同)when he was just 20．Now，at the age of 29，he has already picked up two World Player  of the year awards．
This quiet striker has not yet spoken of his hopes for the coming World Cup．But his fans across the world will be eagerly watching him to see what he'll do this time．
小題1: What did Zidane learn from his childhood football experience? He learned that_____________.
A．he could become a great footballer
B．he could become rich if he became a footballer
C．football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking
D．football is a favorite sport in the future
小題2:According to the article，what are Zidane’s main characteristics?
A．He is a shy but successful man．
B．H e loves his wife and children．
C．He doesn't like to speak in public．
D．He is a quiet，down—to earth person of few words．
小題3: When the writer says“Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground”,he means_________.
A．Zidane spends more time standing than sitting most days
B．Zidane is a down-to earth person
C．Zidane has spent most of his time training on the pitch
D．Zidane likes standing when he succeeds
小題4:The sentence“Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich”means___________．
A．football made Zidane's poor family wealthy when he was a child
B．Zidane knew that football could bring him fame and wealth even when he was a child
C．football brought happiness to Zidane when he was a child in a poor family
D．Zidane knew that if he wanted to be rich he must play football from childhood

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Sitting and eating quietly on his father’s lap, the 18-month-old was oblivious to the infection in his veins(血管).But his father a strong farmer, knew only too well. It was the same one that killed his wife four month ago, leaving him alone with four children. The man started to cry.
“When my wife died, I thought ,well, it is from God, but at least I have him.” he said. “Then I learned he is sick, too. I asked if there was medicine and the doctors said no.
HIV and AIDS have quietly arrived in this land. They remain almost completely underground, hidden in ignorance（無知）and shame.
The father of the infected 18-month-old said his village teacher had never talked about AIDS. Nearly a year of tests on the father have found no HIV, and the old children are clear, but his smallest child tested positive（陽性）at ten months.
Six years earlier, his wife lost a baby and have several transfusions in Pakistan. After she became sick and was found to be infected, “I told the family her blood was not good and to avoid eating with her.” he said. “And I told them not to kiss his son, he burst into tears.
“I don’t know what to do,” he said; “I have sacrificed so much since my marriage.. I mortgaged (抵押)half my land to pay for her medical care.”
The father can do little for his son but keep his secret. There are no AIDS treatment centers in Afghanistan, only a single secret clinic in the capital that just monitors the disease, and no drugs are available.
小題1:The underlined part “was oblivious to” in Paragraph 1 can best be replaced by______.
A． was shocked by
B． was afraid of
C． was curious about
D． was unaware of
小題2:What happened to the man?
A． He was diagnosed with AIDS just now
B． He has no money to support the family
C． His wife died of AIDS four weeks ago
D． His youngest son was infected with AIDS
小題3:It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that______
A． the wife had several blood transfusions
B． the family knew how to avoid AIDS
C． the farmer had little knowledge about AIDS
D． the family loved the youngest son most
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A． There are several AIDS treatment centers in Afghanistan
B． The farmer will keep his son’s disease unknown to others
C． The farmer sold his house to pay for his wife’s medial care
D． Afghanistian’s medical conditions have been greatly improved.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue(烤肉) restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new idea: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.
Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity(一致性), for the brothers had developed a strict routine(程序) for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks’ sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.
Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers’ fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise(特許經(jīng)營) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate(復制) the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches(拱門).
Today McDonald’s is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald’s had over $ l billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.
小題1: This passage mainly talks about _______.
A．the development of fast food services
B．how McDonald’s became a billion-dollar business
C．the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald
D．Ray Kroc’s business talent
小題2:Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _______.
A．a(chǎn) drive-inB．a(chǎn) theater
C．a(chǎn) cinemaD．a(chǎn) barbecue restaurant
小題3: We may infer from this passage that _______.
A．Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc.
B．the place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in
C．forty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurants
D．Ray Kroc was a good businessman
小題4:The passage suggests that _______.
A．creativity is an important element of business success
B．Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers
C．Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc
D．California is the best place to go into business

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案