Many families in the United States observe National Grandparents Day on the first Sunday of September after America’s Labor Day. People often  36   their parents on this day.
Many people  37  the day through a lot of activities such as gift-giving and card giving. Some children  38  their grandparents to school for a day where they take special lessons. Some students  39  storytelling activities that relate to their grandparents, as well as picture or music competitions where children use a story about their grandparents in their  40 .
About four million greeting cards are  41  within the United States each year on National Grandparents Day. This day is also a  42  for people to appreciate and express their  43  to their grandparents through  44  actions such as making a phone call and inviting their grandparents for dinner. People living in nursing homes may  45  a visit from their grandchildren.
National Grandparents Day has more than one  46 . Some people consider it to have been first proposed by Michael Goldgar in the 1970s after he visited his aunt in an Atlanta nursing home. Others  47  Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade to have been the main  48  of National Grandparents Day. Throughout the 1970s McQuade worked hard to  49  people about the important contributions senior citizens made and the contributions that they would be willing to make  50  asked. She also urged(強烈要求) people to take good care of a grandparent, not for one day a year and not for material giving,  51  for a lifetime of experience.
National Grandparents Day was  52  signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Marian McQuade received a phone call from the White House to  53  her of this event. Many people believe that National Grandparents Day was inspired by her  54 . A presidential proclamation(聲明) on September 6, 1979 made this day  55 .
小題1:
A．supportB．praiseC．rewardD．honor
小題2:
A．beginB．holdC．celebrateD．remember
小題3:
A．inviteB．exposeC．forceD．remind
小題4:
A．make the use ofB．take part inC．take upD．build up
小題5:
A．diariesB．plansC．reportsD．a(chǎn)rtworks
小題6:
A．signedB．sentC．carriedD．brought
小題7:
A．chanceB．luckC．conditionD．possibility
小題8:
A．satisfactionB．interestC．loveD．a(chǎn)greement
小題9:
A．quickB．carefulC．difficultD．kind
小題10:
A．createB．receiveC．presentD．realize
小題11:
A．causeB．originC．backgroundD．beginning
小題12:A make     B. expect   C. consider     D. allow
小題13:
A．driverB．ownerC．researcherD．inventor
小題14:
A．warnB．educateC．interviewD．a(chǎn)sk
小題15:
A．ifB．thoughC．soD．until
小題16:
A．sinceB．butC．evenD．unless
小題17:
A．finallyB．recentlyC．nearlyD．generally
小題18:
A．ridB．persuadeC．clearD．inform
小題19:
A．energyB．goalsC．bravery D．efforts
小題20:
A．reliableB．changeableC．officialD．beautiful

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本文介紹了美國的祖父母節(jié)。
小題1:D 在祖父母節(jié)這天，人們都會非常“尊重”他們的父母。Support“支持”；praise“表揚”；reward“獎賞”
小題1:C 此處講了人們是以何種方式“慶�！弊娓改腹�(jié)。
小題1:A invite sb to do sth意為邀請某人做某事。
小題1:B make the use of“充分利用”；take part in“參加”；take up“占據(jù)”；    build up“建立”；此處指孩子們參加一些和爺爺奶奶相關(guān)的講故事活動。
小題1:D artworks“藝術(shù)品”；孩子們會在自己的參賽作品中會使用一個和爺爺奶奶有關(guān)的故事，以此表示對爺爺奶奶的尊敬和愛戴。
小題1:B此題考查被動語態(tài)。在節(jié)日這天，有四百萬張問候卡被送出去。
小題1:A 這一天也同樣是一個人們可以通過各種友善的舉動對父母表達愛和感激的機會。
小題1:C見上題分析
小題1:D
小題1:B receive a visit from sb“接受某人的訪問”為固定搭配。
小題1:B origin“起源”，祖父母節(jié)的起源不止一個。
小題1:C 由上句的Some people consider可知。
小題1:A此處的driver并非指司機，而是指“促成者，驅(qū)動者”
小題1:B educate sb about sth教育某人某事。Warn “警告”；
小題1:A if 引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句，此處省略了主語和be 動詞。
小題1:B not…but 為固定搭配，不是…而是。
小題1:A 本題考查副詞的用法�！白罱K”祖父母節(jié)被卡特總統(tǒng)納入法律。recently “近來”； nearly “幾乎”；Generally“通常地”；
小題1:D本題考查動詞的固定搭配。inform sb of sth 意為“通知某人某事”；白宮的人打電話通知Marian McQuade。
小題1:D本題考查名詞的辨析。efforts“努力”； energy“精力”goals“目標(biāo)”     bravery“勇敢”。許多人認為是Marian McQuade。的不懈努力才讓祖父母節(jié)變得如此重要。
小題1:C總統(tǒng)的聲明讓祖父母節(jié)變成了官方節(jié)日
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