Father’s Day has a very short history. It started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though（虽然） some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do --- buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present --- not for her father but for her husband, even if（即使） he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
阅读短文，判断正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”：
1.Father’s Day started just because businesses wanted to get a lot of money.
2. The word “special” in the second paragraph means “not usual”.
3. In America, people have a Father’s Day to show their love for their fathers.
4. On Father’s Day, businesses always want people to buy as many as presents.
5.It can be learned from the passage that Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.
Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案：
1. In America, summer vacation lasts ____.
A. one month B. two months
C. three months D. more than three months
2.Students only stay at school for about ____ years before they go to college.
A. five B. six C. twelve D. fourteen
3. The underline word “vacation” means _________ in Chinese.
A. 休闲 B. 假期 C. 时光 D. 生活
4. Many American students work after class, because they _____.
A. want to see interesting things
B. have to help the other people
C. want to make more friends
D. have to get money for their studies
5.The article is mainly about ___________.
A. the differences between schools in China and in America.
B. schools in China.
C. schools in America.
D. American students’ school life.
Mike is a middle school student. He is 16. He had a bad cold last night. He felt bad and couldn’t eat anything. So he went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him a bottle of medicine. These are the instructions(用法说明):
阅读短文以及表格内容，选择最佳答案：
1.Mike should take ______a day.
A. 6 teaspoonfuls B. 4 teaspoonfuls
C. 2 teaspoonfuls D. 1 teaspoonful
2.Mike can keep the medicine in _______.
A. any place B. hot water
C. a cool place D. the sun
3.Mike should _________ before he takes the medicine.
A. shake the medicine B. eat nothing
C. do more exercise D. drink a cup of tea
4.Which child can’t take this medicine?
A. Tom, 6 years old. B. Jack, 10 years old.
C. Lucy, 15 years old. D. Joe, 2 years old.
5.Mike should ______ after December 1st, 2011.
A. take the medicine
B. not take the medicine
C. take the medicine twice a day
D. take the medicine four times a day.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a small house near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Brown came back ___11___ home from work very late. At that time both his wife and his son___12___to bed. He would open the front door of his house with his key and came in very ___13___.
One night he came back late again. He lost his key ___14___ the door. He knocked at the door. But ___15___ happened. He knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, and ___16___ to her but she did not ___17___. At last he stopped and thought for a while. Then he began to speak ___18___ a child. “Mother, I want ___19___ to the toilet.” He spoke very quietly, but at once, Mrs. Brown got up and ___20___ the door for him.
1.A. to B. / C. at
2. A. was going B. go C. went
3. A. quietly B. slowly C. quickly
4.A. of B. to C. about
5. A. nothing B. something C. a sound
6.A. shouted B. told C. talked
7.A. listen to B. listen C. hear
8. A. like B. liked C. liking
9.A. go B. to go C. am going to
10. A. locked B. closed C. opened
Boys and girls, I have ________ to tell you.
A. important something B. something important C. anything important
--Must I come at four o’clock? -- Oh, no, you ______.
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t.
