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【题目】

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured 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 honour 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 Spokane，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 sentimental．Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them．Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needs Dad．

【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 honoured in America

【2】At first，Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because _______.

A．Sonora honoured her father on her father’s birthday

B．Sonora’s birthday was June 19th

C．it was decided by the President at that time

D．her mother died on June 19th

【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 honour their fathers

B．only daughters wear red flowers to honour their fathers

C．children must go home to honour their fathers

D．fathers are often honoured 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 honoured in 1924

D．always helped others by giving money

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】【1】细节理解题。从文章的第一段第一句The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured by their children. 可知。

【2】细节理解题。从文章的第三段第二句可知，为了表达对父亲的爱，Sonora选择父亲的生日这一天为第一个父亲节的日期。

【3】推理判断题。第三段告诉我们，Sonora在1910年第一次庆祝父亲节；第四段告诉我们，1924年Calvin Coolidge总统宣布父亲节为法定节日，历时14年。

【4】细节理解题。从文章的最后两段可知，父亲节的庆祝方式多种多样。

【5】推理判断题。根据文章的第二、三段可知，她的父亲无私、仁慈，她母亲死后，是她父亲把她养大的，因此可以推知她的父亲一定为她做了很多。