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(声明) 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

 We arrived at the hospital to find Dad exhausted and weak,but his smile was as sure as ev?er. My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our 1 by Mon?day morning. Local relatives would 2 that Dad got home from the hospital and look in on him regularly and prepare his meals. 3 would make sure he got his daily 4 and take him to his doctor appointments. But I wanted to let him know that we 5 too,even when we weren't with him.

  Then I remembered a family 6 I started when our children were small. When 7 ,their grandparents' home after a visit, each child would 8 a love note in the house for their grandfather or grandmother to find after we were gone. For several days after our 9   ,their grandparents would smile as they 10 these reminders of our love.

  So as I tidied Dad's kitchen and made up a 11for him downstairs in the living room,I began writing notes. Some were 12 "Dad,I froze the casserole(砂锅菜) in the fridge so it wouldn't go bad.”Some expressed my love. "Dad,I 13 you sleep well in your new bed. " 14 notes were downstairs where he would have to remain for weeks 15 he re?gained strength, but one note I hid 16 under his pillow. " Dad, if you have 17 this note,you must be feeling better. We are so glad!"

  While others cared for Dad's day-to-day needs,we, of course, would stay in touch by 18   . But our notes were a reminder of our love and concern for him. Just like his medicines improved his health 19   ,our notes would improve his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our 20 phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, "I'll tell you how I'm doing. I just found your note under my upstairs pillow!"

(   ) 1.A. power   B. holiday   C. jobs   D. parents

(   ) 2.A. know   B. see   C. think   D. report

(   ) 3.A. We   B. They   C. Others   D. None

(   ) 4.A. treatment   B. examination   C. work   D. medicine

(   ) 5.A. cared   B. hurried   C. changed   D. suffered

(   ) 6.A. story   B. event   C. party   D. tradition

(   ) 7.A. leaving   B. reaching   C. approaching   D. cleaning

(   ) 8.A. pick   B. hide   C. find   D. drop

(   ) 9.A. appointments   B. preparation   C. departure   D. arrival

(   ) 10. A. thought of   B. looked for   C. discovered   D. understood

(   ) 11. A. bed   B. meal   C. table   D. plan

(   ) 12. A. difficult   B. imaginary   C. practical   D. interesting

(   ) 13. A. let   B. hope   C. guess   D. hear

(   ) 14. A. All   B. Most   C. Some   D. Few

(   ) 15. A. until   B. because   C. though   D. when

(   ) 16. A. somewhere   B. nearby   C. outside   D. upstairs

(   ) 17. A. found   B. missed   C. remembered   D. forgotten

(   ) 18. A. note-writing   B. e-mail   C. post   D. phone

(   ) 19. A. thankfully   B. academically   C. physically   D. professionally

(   ) 20. A. urgent   B. regular   C. unexpected   D. accidental

 One day a friend who was not a Christian stopped at the little gorge(山谷) to talk to the blacksmith who gave his heart to God. 1 with him in some of his trials(麻烦事) ,the friend said, "It seems 2 to me that so much affliction(苦恼) should pass over you just at the time when you have become a Christian. Of course, I don't want to 3 your faith in God or any?thing like that. But here you are,under God's help and guidance, and 4 things seem to be getting steadily worse. I can't help 5 why it is."

  The blacksmith did not answer immediately,and it was 6 that he had thought the same question before. But finally, he said, "You see here the raw 7 which I have to make into horseshoes. You know how I 8it? I take a piece and heat it in the fire until it is red,al?most white with the 9 . Then I hammer it unmercifully to 10 it as I know it should be shaped. Then I throw it into a pail(桶) of cold water to temper it. Then I 11 it again and hammer it some more. And this I do until it is finished."

"But sometimes I find a piece of iron that won't 12 under this treatment. The heat and the hammering and the cold water are 13for it. I don't know why it fails in the 14 , but I know it will never make a good horseshoe."

 He 15a heap of scrap(废品) iron that was near the door of his shop. " When I get a piece that cannot take the shape and 16 ,I throw it out on the scrap heap. It will never be 17 for anything.”

He went on, "I know that God has been holding me in the fire of affliction and I have felt His 18 upon me. But I don't mind, 19he can bring me to what I should be. And so,in all these hard things my 20 is simply this;Try me in any way you wish,Lord,only don't throw me on the scrap heap."

(   ) 1.A. Appreciating   B. Providing

   C. Sympathizing   D. Noticing

(   ) 2.A. impossible   B. necessary   C. strange   D. true

(   ) 3.A. have   B. make   C. strengthen   D. weaken

(   ) 4.A. yet   B. therefore   C. then   D. already

(   ) 5.A. telling   B. examining   C. knowing   D. wondering

(   ) 6.A. unlikely   B. evident   C. easy   D. difficult

(   ) 7.A. iron   B. plastics   C. shoes   D. wood

(   ) 8.A. think of   B. make with   C. do with   D. get from

(   ) 9.A. smell   B. heat   C. taste   D. color

(   ) 10.A. lengthen   B. shape     C.widen   D. harden

(   ) 11.A. heat   B. cool   C. place   D. throw

(   ) 12.A. stand out   B. stand up   C. stand by   D. stand in

(   ) 13.A. too much   B. so easy   C. too early   D. quite soon

(   ) 14.A. season   B. situation   C. process   D. state

(   ) 15.A. pointed out   B. made out   C. found out   D. pointed to

(   ) 16.A. temper   B. size   C. age   D. style

(   ) 17.A. possible   B. good   C. serious   D. necessary

(   ) 18.A. lessons   B. hammer   C. kindness   D. belief

(   ) 19.A. if only   B. only if   C. in case   D. so that

(   ) 20.A. faith   B. idea   C. order   D. prayer

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