题目内容
More and more young people from China begin to celebrate(庆祝)Father’s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?
While Mrs Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother’s Day in a church in 1909, she had an ides of having Father’s Day to honor(纪念)her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day. The church agreed with her.
The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washing ton. Children made special desserts and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President(总统)Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.
This year, Father’s Day was on June 17th. What did you do for your father?
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。(10分)
73. What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father’s Day in China?
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74. Was Mrs. Dodd’s life hard when she was young?
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75. Why did Mrs. Dodd want to have Father’s Day?
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76. Did Mrs. Dodd write a letter to a church or to the president?
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77. When was Father’s Day celebrated for the first time in America?
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73.The young people/ They send fathers presents, or invite then for a nice dinner(in China)
74.Yes./ Yes, is was.
75.Because Mrs. Dodd wanted to thank her father.
76.Mrs.Dodd wrote a letter to a Churoh.
77.It was celebrated on June 19th, 1910.
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Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared with a bucket of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence around the garden. It was thirty yards long and nine feet high. He felt very depressed.
Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work.
Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended(假装)not to see Ben.
“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to stay and work, don’t you?”
“Work?” Tom said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”
Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager to have a try himself.
After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said,
“No, Ben, I can’t. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care.”
“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple. Well, I’ll give you all of it!”
“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “You must be very careful.”
He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him twelve marbles, and so on.
By late afternoon Tom had gained all sorts of toys, and the fence had gained three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom’s work that she gave Tom a large cake!
【小题1】Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben when he came and watched him painting?
| A.He saw Ben eating an apple happily. |
| B.He tried to make Ben interested in it. |
| C.He didn’t want to go swimming with Ben at all. |
| D.He didn’t want Ben to share the chance to paint the fence. |
spring
1 [U,C]the season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow 春天;春季
2 [U]the ability of a spring to return to its original position 弹性;弹力
3 [C]a place where water comes naturally to the surface from under the ground 泉
4 [U]a cheerful, lively quality 活力;朝气
coat
1 [C]a piece of clothing with long sleeves that you wear over other clothes when you go outside 外套
2 [C]the fur or hair on an animal’s skin
(动物的)皮毛
3 [C]a layer of something such as paint that you put onto a surface覆盖层;涂层
| A.4;3 | B.4;2 | C.3;3 | D.1;3 |
| A.Tom gained some toys by helping his friends. |
| B.Tom’s friends often helped him paint the fence. |
| C.Tom successfully tricked his friends into painting the fence. |
| D.Billy was the fourth boy to have the chance to paint the fence. |
| A.He was honest. | B.He was smart. | C.He was shy. | D.He was stubborn. |