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 sermon(说教) 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(牺牲) 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(伤感的, 忧伤的). 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.

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

Talk about a real-life hero! Ten-year-old Larry Champagne from St. Louis, Missouri, hit the brake (刹车) on a runaway school bus. He saved himself and 20 other kids on board from disaster.

It all happened in one terrible accident. On the way to school, the bus driver, Ernestine Blackman, suddenly fell ill. Seeing the car was running away, the other kids started to scream, but Larry ran to the front and stopped the bus.

“At first I thought, ‘We’re going to die,’” says Larry, “but after I pressed the brake, I felt safe.”

Larry’s speedy reaction made news all over the country. He appeared on TV shows as a hero. The bus company gave Larry a big gift. His school hung a medal of honor around his neck.

“My grandmother always tells me to do what’s right,” says Larry. He thanked his brother, Jerrick, 9, who “helped me get the bus driver up” during the emergency. How did he know how to stop the bus? Larry is something of a mechanic(机械师). He helps his grandfather work on his old truck. “He gets his hands dirty,” says his grandfather. One thing is for certain: Larry knows where to find the brakes.

66. What did Larry do to save the runaway bus?

A. He parked it for the sleeping bus driver. 

B. He helped all the kids climb out through the windows.

C. He made a call to the police.             

D. He pressed the brake.

67. When did Larry finally feel safe?

A. When the kids finally stopped screaming.       

B. When the police officers arrived.

C. Once he pressed the brake, and the bus stopped.   

D. When the bus driver started driving again.

68. Larry got the following as praise for his hero action Except _______.

A. appearing on TV shows                             B. a scholarship from his school

C. a big gift from the bus company                    D. a medal of honor

69. Larry thanked his brother Jerrick for ________.

A. helping him get the bus driver up                B. helping him work on his old truck

C. teaching him how to find the brake         D. teaching him how to stop the bus

70. The underlined sentence “Larry is something of a mechanic” tells us that ____.

A. Larry’s job is a mechanic                B. Larry knows something about machines

C. Larry is a robot                              D. Larry knows nothing about machines

Technology is making life easier for some dairy farmers. They use robotic systems to milk their cows. Cows are trained to follow a series of paths that lead to milking stations. Only one cow at a time can enter a station.

  Once inside, the cow is rewarded with food. As the cow eats, a robotic arm cleans and connects the animal to the milking machine. A few minutes later, milking is complete. The gate is opened, the cow is released and the next cow enters.

  The robotic systems are designed to operate 24 hours a day. The cows get to decide when they want to be milked. Cows are milked an average of about three times a day. Some are milked four to six times a day.

   The cows wear collars around their necks that identify them to the system. A computer keeps records on their eating and milking. A cow is released from the station if the computer decides it should not be milked.

The automated system also measures the temperature and color of freshly produced milk. Milk is thrown away if it does not pass the tests.

Professor Plaut believes the systems will appeal especially to the next generation of farmers. She means young people who are more interested in technology and less interested in working all the time on the farm. Still, she says the price of robotic milking systems will continue to limit their use.

    Doug and Tina Suhr have more than 100 cows on their family farm. Last year it became the fourth farm in southeast Minnesota to get a robotic milking system. A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot cost 175 000 dollars. The second cost 150 000.

Doug told AgriNews that wages that would have been paid for one employee in five years will pay for one robot. He says the increase in milk production reaches a high of more than six kilograms per cow per day.

61. From the first paragraph, we can infer________.

A. the robotic system is designed to reduce labor

B. cows can be raised by robots in the future

C. robots direct cows into milking stations

D. cows are kept clean by robots on some farms

62. Besides milking cows, the robotic system also can ________.

A. adjust the temperature of milking stations

B. judge the quality of fresh milk

C. improve the appetite of cows

D. keep fresh milk for two weeks

63.Why is the robotic system not popular now?

 A. Because young people have no interest in it.

B. Because it is difficult to learn how to use it.

C. Because people can’t afford to buy it.

D. Because it usually causes the waste of milk.

64. According to Doug, what is the wage of an employee?

A. 150, 000-170, 000.      B.750, 000.     C. 150, 000 -30, 000.  D.30, 000- 32, 000

65. The best title for the passage may be_______.

A. Letting robot milk your cow         B. Milking cows by hand

C. Improving the quality of milk        D. Drinking fresh milk every day

We now think of chocolate as sweet, but once it was bitter. We think of it as a candy, but once it was a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or just a snack. Sometimes it’s an ingredient in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called mole and pour it over chicken. The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices like chili peppers.

Chocolate is a product of the tropical cacao tree. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys say “Ugh!” and run away. Workers must first dry and then roast the beans. This removes the bitter taste.

The word “chocolate” comes from a Mayan word. The Mayas were an ancient people who once lived in Mexico. They valued the cacao tree. Some used the beans for money, while others crushed them to make a drink.

When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century, they started drinking cacao too. Because the drink was strong and bitter, they thought it was a medicine. No one had the idea of adding sugar. The Spaniards took some beans back to Europe and opened cafes. Wealthy people drank cacao and said it was good for the digestion.

In the 1800s, the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao. It quickly became a cheap and popular drink. Soon afterwards, a factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate. Later on, another factory mixed milk and chocolate together. People liked the taste of milk chocolate even better.

Besides the chocolate candy bar, one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip cookie. Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and, of course, an ice cream sundae with hot fudge sauce.

56. It was _______ that discovered sugar could remove the bitter taste of cacao.

A. The workers in the chocolate factory       B. The Spaniards

C. The people in England                      D. The owner of a chocolate factory

57. According to the passage which of the following statements is true?

A. Nobody had the idea of adding sugar until the sixteenth century.

B. The word “chocolate” comes from a Mexican word.

C. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys like them.

D. Workers must dry and roast the beans to remove the bitter taste.

58. The Spaniards think that cacao was a medicine because________

A. it was strong and bitter.                 B. it was good for digestion.

C. it cured man’s diseases.                D. it was a kind of drink for good health.

59. Which is the right time order of the events regarding chocolate?

a. Chocolate became a cheap and popular drink in England.

b. A factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.

c. The Spaniards started drinking cacao.

d. It was found that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao.

e. A factory mixed milk and chocolate together.

A. a-b-c-d-e                    B. c-d-e-b-a         C. c-d-a-b-e               D. c-d-b-e-a

60. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or a candy bar

B. Mexicans like chocolate very much

C. chocolate is a product of the cacao tree

D. people liked the taste of chocolate mixed with milk

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It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.

“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just   36  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)  37  and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was  38  . The doctor described the  39 , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they   40   the charcoal(木炭),it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames  41  my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

       42  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and  43  him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in  44   to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).

    After he  45  from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months  46  it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

    When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very  47  scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not   48  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

    I   49   this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to  50   and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive.

    By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not  51  . So he made the  52   to give up any plastic surgery. We all have “scars” that we believe  53  people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.  

     But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same  54  standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  55   yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

36. A. brought              B. given              C. turned              D. showed

37. A. doctor            B. hospital             C. aircraft             D. ambulance

38. A. serious              B. terrible              C. dangerous         D. important

39. A. event                     B. process            C. reason             D. accident

40. A. got                  B. lit                   C. burned        D. moved

41. A. took                      B. held             C. caught       D. attracted

42. A. Fortunately          B. Surprisingly      C. Happily             D. Slowly

43. A. Pushed               B. threw               C. dropped            D. rolled

44. A. shape                    B. place               C. fact                 D. time

45. A. benefited            B. recovered         C. suffered           D. relaxed

46. A. if                   B. while               C. because           D. although

47. A. normal             B. violent              C. obvious           D. popular

48. A. mention           B. notice               C. laugh               D. hide

49. A. sent                B. kept                 C. handed            D. passed

50. A. heart               B. life                    C. practice            D. considerate

51. A. grow               B. matter              C. exist                 D. appeal

52. A. mistake            B. effort                    C. decision            D. request

53. A. invite                  B. cause                C. allow                D. remind

54. A. false                   B. strict                 C. moral              D. general

55. A.  by                 B. over                 C. beyond             D. within

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