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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

1— 5 DCABD 6—10 BACDB

11— 15 BCABA 16—20 BADDC

本文介绍了美国(外) 祖父母节的来历以及人们庆祝它的方式。

1.D由下文可知，这个节日是用来向老人表达敬意的节日。

2.C此处介绍了人们是如何庆祝(外) 祖父母节的。

3.A有一些孩子会把(外) 祖父母邀请到学校。

4.B有一些学生会参加讲(外) 祖父母故事的活动。

5.D根据picture or music competitions可知，此处选artworks₀

6.B每年，在(外) 祖父母节那天人们要邮出约四百万张贺卡。

7.A这天也是人们表达对老人的感谢和爱的机会。

8.C根据下文可知，在这样的一个节日里人们可以表达对(外) 祖父母的爱。

9.D making a phone call inviting their grand?parents for dinner都是很亲切的举动。

10.B住在养老院的老人们会收到孙子或孙女的探望。

11.B根据下文内容可知，此处在介绍(外) 祖父母节的起源。

12.C很多人认为Marian是设立这个节日的主要推动者。

13.A参见第12题解析。

14.B她努力向人们灌输老人们时这个社会所做的重要贡献。

15.A如果要求的话，老人们非常乐意去做这些贡献。

16.B她强烈要求人们好好照顾老人,不是说每年仅仅有那么一天或给老人一些物质方面的东西，而是要终生善待他们。

17.A(外) 祖父母节最终被美国总统签署生效。

18.D白宫的人通知Marian这个消息。

19.D而很多人认为(外) 祖父母节的设立是由于Marian的努力。

20.C根据上文可知，这个节日最终成为官方的节日。

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