父亲节话题综合练习
一、完形填空
Compared with Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar. In reality, Father’s Day was first celebrated by Americans, inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart, a veteran of the US Civil War, who wife 青龙侍 1 away giving birth to their sixth child. He raid six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly 2 back in tho days.
His daughter, Sonora Dodd, 3 when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children. It was in the early 1900s and she was actually 4 one day, listening to a rmon on 5 . She thought there should also be a Father’s Day celebration.
And so the 6 was born, on the third Sunday every June, clo to the anniversary of Sonora’s father’s death. Britain took the idea of Father’s Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated 7 since the 1970s.
Father’s Day is never quite such a big commercial event as Mother’s Day is, probably becau it hasn’t been in 8 for so long. But what do British people do for Father’s Day? Well, most people would buy their fathers a card. The card would probably have nice message in it 9 what a great Dad their father is. Some people do buy prents as well.
10 gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks becau there are things that Dads can 11 u even if they don’t want them. In the run-up to Father’s Day, or indeed Mother’s Day, there will be advertiments on TV giving 美食图片真实照片 12 ideas of CDs or gadgets we can buy. Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar goods with “World’s Greatest Dad” 13 on them.
Some families 14 do things together to celebrate Father’s Day like going for a meal. As a special treat, British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest, 1水浒传经典语录5 him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the lawn to make him feel really appreciate.
1．A．gave B．went C．died D．pasd
2．A．unusual B．unnatural C．unfair D．untrue
3．A．noticed B．found C．heard D．realized
4．A．at school B．at home C．at work . D．at church
5．A．Mother’s Day B．Father’s Day C．Christmas Day D．New Year’s Day
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长津湖之水门桥观后感6．A．attraction B．tradition C．position D．congratulation
7．A．specially B．officially C．especially D．greatly
8．A．existence B．u C．effect D．power
9．A．writing B．saying C．speaking D．telling
10．A．Regular B．Popular C．Normal D．Moral
11．A．always B．sometimes C．ldom D．never
12．A．you B．them C．us D．people
13．A．placed B．put C．laid D．written
14．A．must B．can C．might D．should
尤其的近义词15．A．cook B．boil C．steam D．make
二、阅读理解
第一节 A
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that have 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 prents, treated to dinner or otherwi made to feel special.
Historians have recorded that there was a tradition to celebrate a day for fathers even thousands of years ago. Their study say that 4,000 years ago in Babylon a son called Elmesu carved a father's day message on a clay card. In his message Elmesu wished his father a long and healthy life.
简历个人评价However, in modern times 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 rmon in 1909. Having been raid by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she cho to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
The noble idea of celebrating Father's Day became quite popular in US so much so that President Woodrow Wilson approved of the festival in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge too supported the idea but it was President Lyndon Johnson who signed a Presidential Proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father's Day in 1966. Then in 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national obrvance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June.
Most commonly, children give Father's Day cards and flowers to their father. Neckties are
a popular gift on the occasion of Father's Day. Due to the tradition of giving gifts, cards makers, florists and gift llers campaign for Father's Day Festival in a big way and cash in on the ntiments of the people.
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