高中英语：父亲节话题综合练习

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, whose wife 1 away giving birth to their sixth child. He raised six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly 2 back in those 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 sermon 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, close 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 because 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 presents as well.
10 gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because there are things that Dads can 11 use even if they don’t want them. In the run-up to Father’s Day, or indeed Mother’s Day, there will be advertisements on TV giving 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, 15 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．passed
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
6．A．attraction B．tradition C．position D．congratulation
7．A．specially B．officially C．especially D．greatly
8．A．existence B．use 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．seldom 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
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 presents, treated to dinner or otherwise 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.
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 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. 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.
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 observance 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 sellers campaign for Father's Day Festival in a big way and cash in on the sentiments of the people.
1.What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?
A．Tell us the story of Elmesu.B．Support the findings of historians.
C．Introduce an old case of Father’s Day.D．Prove the source of modern Father’s Day.
2. What do we know about Sonora?
A．She created Father’s Day in 1909.B．She was abandoned by her mother.
C．She refused to celebrate Mother’s Day.D．She bore deep affection to her father.
3. How many years did it take for Father’s day to be officially declared?
A．About 4,000 years.B．About 56 years.C．About 61 years.D．About 6 years.
4. Which of the following best explains “sentiments” underlined in the last paragraph?
A．Actions.B．Feelings.C．Activities.D．Incomes.
B
Time never had any importance to me until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more responsible.
I received this gift on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to pick up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was hanging out with my friends. Later that day, around 11:00 a.m., I remembered my uncle, but I was very late. He had already left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. on the same day and looked at my angry father’s face. I felt ashamed. After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and handed me this watch as a gift. Then he asked, “Eric, did you have fun with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes, father, and I am sorry about not picking up my uncle.” He said, “What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions.”
I was ashamed. “Father, I’ll never do it again. I promise.” Then he replied, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father that day: to respect time and never be late to meet someone. This watch is important to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
5.What do we know about Eric’s watch?
A．It was quite expensive.B．It was made especially for Eric.
C．It was a prize for his good behavior.D．It helped to organize his life.
6. From the passage, we know ________.
A．Eric was with his friends until 2:00 p.m. that day B．Uncle Ali had been to Eric’s father’s house before C．Eric didn’t live with his father D．Eric always forgot important things
7. What would be the best title for the passage?
A．A Special Watch B．Time Is Important
C．How to Be on Time D．My Father and His Watch
C
Today I enjoyed my first Father's Day as a father. My wife worked hard to make the day special and it started when she made me a nice breakfast. Then we spent the morning at church and then went out for a nice lunch at a place where I'd been longing to go for a while. The afternoon was spent at the pool eating ice cream and cookie cake.
I've become a dad, so what does Father's Day mean to me now? Well, I guess the day is really about appreciating my dad. I'd say the last 10 months saw all the hard work my parents did for my son. They have to work even harder now as my son Sawyer is moving around and getting into everything.
I've always appreciated the hard work my dad did, though I seldom talked about it. I come from many generations of blue­collar workers and three generations of workers of Ford Motor Company. My dad spent more than thirty years working at Ford and is still working for a city water department. I recall he would sometimes work seven days a week and sometimes until midnight. He seems to enjoy working with his hands and is good at cars and fixing things. I'm not nearly as good at cars as my dad. I spent one night working a midnight shift at an M&M factory and decided never to do it again.
Growing up I didn't have to worry about whether I'd have food to eat and now I still call my dad whenever my car makes a funny sound. Some of my sweetest memories are wrestling with my dad, and driving with him in his truck to Grandpa's with the windows down.
Thanks for working hard all those years and taking care of us, Dad.
8.What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?
A．Why the author likes celebrating Father's Day.
B．What the author's wife wanted him to do on Father's Day.
C．How the author should have celebrated Father's Day.
D．How the author spent his first Father's Day as a father.
9. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A．the author is too busy to look after his son B．the author's parents help look after his little son
C．the author doesn't know what Father's Day really means D．the author doesn't think looking after his son is a hard job
10. In Paragraph 3, the author mainly wants to tell us that ________.
A．he had a very difficult childhood B．his dad is really good at repairing cars
C．his dad really deserves his appreciation D．his dad should have changed his job
11. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Working at night.B．Calling his father.
C．Fixing cars.D．Working in an M&M factory.
第二节
Father’s Day
12_______,which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time.
13_______. He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife died giving birth to their sixth child.He raised six children alone without remarrying,which was undoubtedly unusual back in those days.
14________. It was in the early 1900s and she was actually at church one day,listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day.She thought there should also be a Father’s Day celebration.
And so the tradition was born and most people would buy their father a card. 15_______.Some people do buy presents as well.In the run­up to Father’s Day,or indeed Mother’s Day,there will be adverts on the TV giving us ideas of CDs or gadgets we can buy.Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar merchandise with “ World’s Greatest Dad” written on them. 16________.
A．Father’s Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother’s Day
B．The card would probably have a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father is
C．The origins of the celebration are American and it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart D．His daughter,Sonora Dodd,realized when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children
E.Some families might do things together to celebrate Father’s Day like going for a meal
F.Now,maybe the people all over the world will buy gifts for their parents
G.The Christmas cards are colorful and popular
三、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

（一）The Origin of Father’s Day
Maybe Father’s day is celebrated all across the world, but do you know the origin of Father’s Day? Mrs. John B Dodd, of Washington, first came up with 1_________ idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father William, 2_________wife died while giving birth to 3________(they) sixth child. Mr. Smart 4_________(leave) to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in 5___________(east) Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the 6__________(strong) and selflessness her father had shown in 7__________(raise) his children as a single parent.
The first Father’s Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Washington. And it was in 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson 8__________(official) declared the 3rd Sunday of June 9___________Father’s Day.
Father’s Day 10_____________(become) a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father’s Day.
(二)Father’s Day originated to complement Mother’s Day. It became a 11_____________(commerce) holiday in 1908. 12____________(celebrate) at a church in West Virginia in that same year on July 5th, Father’s Day was only a one time event and not set up as an annual holiday. It was not made 13__________ permanent national holiday until 1972.
A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six 14___________(child) raised by her father after her mother died, began to launch a campaign for the holiday in 1909. She 15__________(appeal) to churches, shopkeepers and public officials 16___________(gain) support in her state. Sonora was successful and Washington became the first state to celebrate statewide Father’s Day.
Despite early 17____________(succeed), many attempts to make Father’s Day a national holiday were met with resistance because Congress was concerned it would become commercialized. Retailers and advertisers pushed it 18__________ a “second Christmas" for men. When World War II began, advertisers wanted Father’s Day to be a way to honor the troops 19___________the war effort. This helped it gain popularity, and it was already a national institution by the time it 20__________(declare) an official holiday by President Nixon in 1972. Our dads have been outfitted in fancy new ties every year since.
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