Question

【題目】

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.

However，the idea for creating a day for children to honour 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 sermon in 1909．Having been raised by her father，Henry Jackson Smart，after her mother died，Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her．

It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was，in the eyes of his daughter，a selfless and loving man．Sonora’s father was born in June，so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane，Washington on the 19th of June，1910．

In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day．Roses are the Father’s Day flowers：red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died． When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner，they send a greeting card．Traditionally，fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental．Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them．Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needs Dad．

【1】The United States is special in Father’s Day because _______.

A．many people celebrate the day

B．only America celebrates the day

C．America makes it an official day

D．a(chǎn)ll men are honoured in America

【2】At first，F(xiàn)ather’s Day was fixed on June 19th because _______.

A．Sonora honoured her father on her father’s birthday

B．Sonora’s birthday was June 19th

C．it was decided by the President at that time

D．her mother died on June 19th

【3】How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the Father’s Day was celebrated?

A．4．

B．10．

C．14．

D. 24．

【4】According to the passage，on Father’s Day，_______.

A．people will wear the same flowers to honour their fathers

B．only daughters wear red flowers to honour their fathers

C．children must go home to honour their fathers

D．fathers are often honoured in different ways

【5】According to the passage，we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart _______．

A．was very kind to anyone

B．did a lot for his daughter

C．was the first father honoured in 1924

D．a(chǎn)lways helped others by giving money

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】【1】細節(jié)理解題。從文章的第一段第一句The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured by their children. 可知。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。從文章的第三段第二句可知，為了表達對父親的愛，Sonora選擇父親的生日這一天為第一個父親節(jié)的日期。

【3】推理判斷題。第三段告訴我們，Sonora在1910年第一次慶祝父親節(jié)；第四段告訴我們，1924年Calvin Coolidge總統(tǒng)宣布父親節(jié)為法定節(jié)日，歷時14年。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。從文章的最后兩段可知，父親節(jié)的慶祝方式多種多樣。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的第二、三段可知，她的父親無私、仁慈，她母親死后，是她父親把她養(yǎng)大的，因此可以推知她的父親一定為她做了很多。