People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days make us think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓地).On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
小題1:Which of the following is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?
A．Parents bring up children.
B．Parents give love and care to children.
C．Parents educate children to be good persons.
D．Parents pass away before children grow up.
小題2:Which do you think is right about “carnation”?
A．It has only two kinds of colors.
B．It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
C．It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D．People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.
小題3:What do you know from the passage?
A．Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.
B．Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.
C．Not all the children respect their parents
D．Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.
小題4:On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, _______.
A．people usually have family parties
B．everyone goes to visit the cemetery
C．children always go to parents’ home
D．hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
文章講述的是父親節(jié)和母親節(jié)的相關(guān)信息。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)文章第一段中可知父母在孩子成長前過世是沒有提到的，因此選D。
小題2:推理判斷題 根據(jù)文章中“carnation”可知，有白色和紅色兩種，是一種花。
小題3:推理判斷題 根據(jù)第一段中“More mothers now work outside the home.”可知以前媽媽是不出去上班的。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第二段中“On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day.”可知通常這兩個(gè)節(jié)日有聚會(huì)。
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The service could be in place by 2010.
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B．To popularize the use of cell phones.
C．To estimate the monthly number of messages.
D．To promote the wireless industry.
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A．CTIAB．the Warning Alert and Response Network
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A．the US federal governmentB．mobile phone users
C．the carriers themselves D．the law of the United States
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B．They may enjoy the alert service for free.
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D．Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking.
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C．typical hitchhikers
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? 95 Eastern and Western Europeans
? 84 Latin Americans
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? 52 North Americans
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? 165 Mandarin
? 86 English
? 83 Hindu/Urdu
? 64 Spanish
? 58 Russian
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B．About 8.25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
C．About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
D．Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.
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Unfortunately, a number of students actually kill themselves. Others are after comfort in using drugs. Some students, however, do bad things with groups of bad people and turn to crime. Many of them have tried very hard at school but, in spite of all their tries, have failed in certain examinations and have disappointed their parents. Such students feel that they are less important than everyone else they meet and leave school before they finish their study.
It is surprising that although most Japanese parents are anxious for their children to do well at school, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are unable to help their children with their lessons and that it is the teachers’ job to help their children.
To make matter worse, a lot of parents send their children to special schools called juku-cram schools. These schools are open during the evenings and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams; they do not try to educate students in any real sense of the world. Thus comes a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior high school students attend these cram schools.
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B．their teachers are too strict with them
C．their parents put much pressure on them
D．they can’t get on well with their friends
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C．They are bad for the development of each student.
D．They stress the importance of sense of moral values.
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A．he is unwilling to take family responsibilities
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D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun, adventure and excitement
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A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime.
B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C．put up with pain under all circumstances
D．be able to distinguish happiness from fun
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A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.
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