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An American woman Anna Jarvis was the first person to decide that mothers should have a holiday in their honour each year. Miss Jarvis started her campaign（战役）in 1906 in her home city Philadelphia. She wrote thousands of letters to congressmen（国会议员）, city officials, teachers and newspaper publishers, proposing（提议）an official holiday for mothers. She traveled all over America, trying to get support（支持）for the idea. Her battle went on for years.

In 1914 the Congress declared（宣布）the second Sunday in May each year as Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis wanted Mother’s Day to be a simple event. She thought children could honour their mothers by spending some time with them as an act of love and respect. However, the holiday turned out to be a major event for department stores, flower shops and greeting-card industry, which Miss Jarvis didn’t like.

Americans spend millions of dollars on gifts for their mothers on this day. Younger children often try to prepare and serve breakfast for their mothers. Fathers may offer to take care of children so that mothers can enjoy themselves. The holiday becomes an important time for family gathering.

 

72. Miss Jarvis      .

  A. kept writing letters to persuade people to love and respect their mothers

  B. kept writing letters and making speeches for people to support her idea

  C. declared the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day

  D. did all she could to support people to accept the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day

73. Miss Jarvis proposed Mother’s Day in order that people could show their love and respect to their mothers by      .

  A. spending some time with them

  B. offering them precious（珍贵的）gifts

  C. eating in restaurants together

  D. taking care of children for them

74. On Mother’s Day, department stores, flower shops      .

   A. are closed

B. have fewer customers（顾客）

   C. are full of people

D. only have women customers

75. Miss Jarvis didn’t like      .

   A. department stores

B. flower shops

   C. greeting-card industry

D. the way people spend Mother’s Day

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2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第l1处起)不计分．

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Democratic Senator Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, and will become the 44th President of the United States-the first African-American in the country's history to do so.

President-elect Obama marked his victory with a speech to a crowd of tens of thousands of people in his hometown of Chicago.

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A. It was not a difficult process for Obama to win the US presidential election.

B. The American people welcome the historical racial divisions.

C. What Martin Luther King dreamed about America has come true.

D. After the election Obama didn't say anything about his victory.

42. According to the passage, it seems that in the United States, _____________.

A. people may still be treated unequally because of their color of skin.

B. people are experiencing two civil wars.

C. Americans are enjoying the economy developing.

D. People are not satisfied with President-elect.

43. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that________________.

A. the attitude of American people to their country's future is not clear.

B. Obama has confidence in American future and ready to face it.

C. the road to America will be long.

D. the change of America is not hard to achieve.

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A. Historical presidential election                          B. The first African-American President

C. Change has come                                           D. Comments about America

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【小题1】People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because

A．they had surprise endings B．they were easy to understand
C．they showed his love for the poorD．they were about New York City
【小题2】 O. Henry went to prison because        .
A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B．he broke the law by not using his own name
C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D．people thought he had taken money that was not his
【小题3】What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A．He was well-educated. B．He was not serious about his work.
C．He was devoted to the poor.D．He was very good at learning.
【小题4】 Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A．His life inside the prison.B．The newspaper articles he wrote.
C．The city and people of New York.D．His exciting early life as a boy.

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增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
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O。Henry wasa pen name used by an America writer of short stories.His real namewas WilliamSydney

1.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because

   A. they had surprise endings              B. they were easy to understand

   C. they showed his love for the poor D. they were about New York City

2. O. Henry went to prison because        .

   A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

   B. he broke the law by not using his own name

   C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

   D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

3.What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

   A. He was well-educated.            B. He was not serious about his work.

   C. He was devoted to the poor.          D. He was very good at learning.

4. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

   A. His life inside the prison.           B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

   C. The city and people of New York.      D. His exciting early life as a boy.

 

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