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核心素养拓展练
主题：庆祝节日核心素养：文化意识
Valentine’s Day，a day traditionally reserved for expressing romantic love，is observed practically all around the world.However，not many people are familiar with Sweetest Day.Actually it is a holiday，especially designed to express love and care for those who are often neglected by society.
Sweetest Day was the idea of Herbert Birch Kingston，who worked for a company in Cleveland，Ohio.He felt that there were plenty of children，especially orphans and poor kids，who didn’t necessarily get the attention they deserved.Thus in 1922，he launched the first Sweetest Day to give out boxes of candy to mainly poor children.
Since the day picked was the third Saturday in October，this became the traditional time to celebrate Sweetest Day.The tradition was so enjoyed that people often looked beyond kindness to treating their own friends or family to treats on Sweetest Day.
In the US，Sweetest Day is celebrated primarily in the Northeastern region of the US，still on the third Saturday of October.Yet news of the tradition，which began nearly 100 years ago，has spread to other parts of the country，especially as people who lived in those areas moved elsewhere.People may distribute candy or small gifts to those in patient homes，hospitals，foster homes，or mental institutions，and they may also treat friends and family to little gifts from the heart.
In keeping with the original tradition，celebrating Sweetest Day should really be most focused on people who ordinarily don’t have the good fortune of attention from friends or family，either due to difficult family circumstances or to poverty.This can be a great tradition to start if your community doesn’t routinely celebrate the day，and there are many candy manufacturers that are willing to help donate or reduce costs on gifts intended for people in unfortunate circumstances.
语篇解读本文主要介绍了“甜蜜日(Sweetest Day)”，它是一个帮助别人的节日。

1.The original purpose of Sweetest Day is to .
A.provide an occasion to know orphans
B.make those poor children happy
C.make your friends and family happy
D.distribute candy to those lovely children
答案B
解析细节理解题。

根据第二段最后一句“Thus in 1922，he launched the first Sweetest Day to give out boxes of candy to mainly poor children.”可知，“甜蜜日”最初是为贫穷的儿童设立的。

故选B项。

2.What do people hardly do on Sweetest Day?
A.Buy flowers for your sweetheart.
B.Visit patients who have to be in hospital.
C.Give friends gifts to make them happy.
D.Care for children who lost their parents.
答案A
解析细节理解题。

根据第四段最后一句可知，在“甜蜜日”那天，人们会去医院探望病人、送朋友礼物及照顾失去父母的孤儿，而没有提到送给爱人鲜花。

故选A项。

3.We can learn from the passage that .
A.it is vital to contact the candy manufacturers
B.it is necessary to call on friends or families
C.it is important to help those in need
D.it is common to serve your community
答案C
解析推理判断题。

根据最后一段第一句“In keeping with the original tradition，celebrating Sweetest Day should really be most focused on people who ordinarily don’t have the good fortune of attention from friends or family，either due to difficult family circumstances or to poverty.”可知，帮助需要帮助的人真的很重要，故选C项。