Father’s Day has a very short history. It was 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 found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though 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 too 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 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.
1.Father’s Day was started just because _______________.
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A．there was a Mother’s Day |
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B．there was a Children’s Day |
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C．businesses wanted to get a lot of money |
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D．people liked their fathers very much |
2.The word “special” in the second paragraph means ________________________.
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A．great |
B．nice |
C．useful |
D．not usual |
3.In America, people have a Father’s Day to ________________________.
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A．buy some presents for their fathers |
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B．show their love for their fathers |
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C．let their fathers have a good rest |
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D．help their fathers do something |
4.On Father’s Day, businesses always want ________________________.
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A．people to buy many more presents |
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B．children to buy presents only for their fathers |
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C．women to buy presents only for their husbands |
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D．people to buy presents only for their parents |
5.It can be learned from the passage that ________________________.
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A．the writer is against Father’s Day |
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B．many countries have a Father’s Day |
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C．Businesses can get more money on Father’s Day |
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D．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. 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.
1.In America, summer vacation lasts（持续）___________________.
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A．one month |
B．two months |
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C．three months |
D．more than three months |
2.The underlined（下划线的）word “college” means _________________ in Chinese.
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A．大学 |
B．公司 |
C．研究院 |
D．高中 |
3.Many American students work after class, because they ___________________.
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A．want to see interesting things |
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B．have to help the other people |
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C．want to make more friends |
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D．have to get money for their studies |
Many people don’t think that the number 13 is a lucky number. Many hotels do not have a 13th floor. The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number13. Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them.
No one really knows why people do not like the number 13. Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count, they used ten fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.
Some Christians (基督徒) say that 13 is not lucky because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus (耶稣) was killed (被杀). In a story about the old Greek (希腊的) gods, 12 gods were asked to a meal but one more came. This made 13. It is why the god Balder, who was at the meal, was killed.
1.Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people, or _________________.
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A． they will never come for dinner together |
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B．they will ask one of them to leave |
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C．all of them will leave |
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D．they will wait for two other people to come |
2.The story is about _____________________.
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A．the death of Jesus |
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B．the person who killed Balder |
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C．why 13 is not a lucky number |
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D．the way people count with their fingers |
People live in different houses. You may know a wooden house or a paper house. But do you know a(n) 1 house?
In 2008, the first ice house in North America opens its 2 to welcome some visitors. The floors, windows and walls are all made of ice. It has ten bedrooms 3 twenty people can stay there each night. Visitors to the house 4 in ice beds, sit on ice chairs and eat from ice plates. Well, the toilets are not made of ice, of course.
It’s usually below zero so it is very 5 inside the house. However, do the visitors just sit there to 6 warm? No, visitors have to 7 special clothes. These can make 8 feel warm until morning.
Workers 9 about four weeks designing the ice house. Visitors can only stay in this ice house in winter. It isn’t 10 in hot summer. Because this house is so special, it is becoming popular with young people.
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1.Look! Our teacher _____( have) a new teddy bear.
2.“Mike,_______( not stay ) out too late.” His mother says.
3.Mum, could you tell me what _____________ (wear) at the party?
4. (be) there any interesting sports news in today’s newspaper?
5.Stephen with his parents often_____________ ( watch ) TV news at seven in the evening.
6.The park is far from here. What about ________________ (ride) bikes?
7.Why ________ you ___________ (not share ) the umbrella with him ?
8.It’s nine o’clock. Tom and I _____________ (chat) on the Internet.
1.The (首都) of the USA is Washington DC.
2.The little girl often ___________ (哭) when her mother leaves.
3.There are twenty students in his class. He always comes the (二十).
4.The young like to wear trainers, because they are very (舒适).
5. (最后), we all get to the top of the hill.
6.Tom’s shoes are the same as those (cook) in the food shop.
7.There are some (shelf) over there. On them are some books.
8.Girls like to wear (colour) dresses.
9.That’s too expensive. Do you have a (cheap) pair?
10.Simon is (lie) on his bed. He’s listening to the pop music.
