1、完形阅读综合练(九)1Fathers DayFathers Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mothers Day,which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time.Fathers Day was first celebrated by Americans1it was inspired by (受启发) the actions of a man named
2、William Smart.He was a veteran (退伍军人) of the US Civil War and his wife23six children alone without remarrying,which was undoubtedly4back in those days.His daughter,Sonora Dodd,5when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his6.It was in the early 1900s and she was actually7one day,listen
3、ing to a sermon (传教) on8.She thought there should9be a Fathers Day celebration.And so the10was born,on the third Sunday every June,close to the anniversary (周年) of Sonoras fathers death.Britain took the idea of Fathers Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated11since the 1970s.Fat
4、hers Day is never quite such a big commercial event12Mothers Day is,probably because it hasnt been in13for so long.But what do British people do for Fathers DayWell,most people would buy their fathers a card.The card would probably have a nice message in it14what a great Dad their fat people do buy
5、presents as well.15gifts for Dads are probably ties,chocolates or socks because these are things that Dads can16use even if they dont want them.In the runup (即将来到之际) to Fathers Day,or indeed Mothers Day,there will be adverts (广告) on TV giving17ideas of CDs or gadgets (小玩具,小玩意) we can buy.Card shops
6、will be full of mugs or pens and similar merchandise (商品) with “Worlds Greatest Dad18on them.Some families19do things together to celebrate Fathers Day like going for a meal.As a special treat,British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest,20him a cup of tea,or even wash his car and mow the law
7、n (除草) to make him feel really appreciated.1A.so Bor Cand Dbut答案C解析因为两个句子间是并列关系,介绍的是此庆祝活动的发源地和发源原因,所以应该用并列连词and。 Bran Cwent Ddied答案A解析此题最容易误选D项。表示人死了可用die或pass away,而die away表示“减弱(以致于觉察不到)。 Braised Cfed Deducated答案B解析句意为：他没有再婚,单独一人养育六个孩子。“抚养/养育(子女)常用raise或bring up。A项缺副词up；feed表示给人或动物喂食；educate表示“教育。
8、 Bunfair Cuntrue Dunusual答案D解析which引导非限制性定语从句,句意为：这在那个时代毫无疑问是件罕见的事情。unnatural不自然的；unfair不公平的；untrue不真实的；unusual罕见的,不寻常的。5A.realized Bnoticed Cfound Dheard答案A解析句意为：Sonora Dodd长大成人后,意识到了父亲为他的孩子们作出的牺牲。realize有“意识到的意思。notice表示无意中注意到某人或某物；find表示发现某一现象；hear指亲耳听见某事。6A.wife Bson Cdaughter Dchildren答案D解析从第二段
9、可知这位父亲单独一人抚养大了六个孩子,所以此处应该是父亲为他的孩子们作出的牺牲。7A.at schoolBat church Cat home Dat work答案B解析从后边的sermon(传教)一词可知,她当时是在教堂里,不可能是在学校、家里或上班。8A.Fathers Day BChristmas DayCMothers Day DNew Years Day答案C解析从后边的“她认为也应该有个父亲节可知,她产生此想法是在母亲节那天听传教的时候。 Balso Ctoo Das well答案B解析在这个女儿看来,有一个母亲节,理所当然地也应该有一个父亲节。在肯定句中表示“也时,假设放在行为动
10、词后,助动词、系动词、情态动词前,常用also。too和as well常放在句末,too前可加上逗号,as well前一般不加标点。still仍然。 Bposition Ctradition Dcongratulation答案C解析节日是一个文化传统,所以宜用tradition来代替父亲节。attraction吸引人的人或事物；position职位,位置；congratulation祝贺。11A.specially Bespecially Cgreatly Dofficially答案D解析and后句子的大意为：二十世纪七十年代以来,父亲节一直被正式地庆祝。officially正式地；speci
11、ally专程,特地；especially尤其是,特别是；greatly大大地。12A.as Blike Cthat Dwhich答案A解析such后的从句可由as或that引导。后边句子中不缺成分时,用that引导结果状语从句；后边句子缺成分时,用as引导限制性定语从句,此句中缺表语,所以选A项。13A.use Bexistence CeffectDpower答案B解析句意为：父亲节不像母亲节那样是一个大的商业活动,很可能是因为它存在的时间没有那么长。be in existence存在着；be in use在使用着；be in effect(法律等)有效；be in power(政党等)当权/
12、执政。14A.writing Bspeaking Ctelling Dsaying答案D解析表示信息、电报、信件、布告牌等上边写着的内容时,常用saying或reading作后置定语,假设带双宾语时,也可用telling sb.sth.结构作后置定语。假设用write时,常用on which were written.这一结构。15A.Popular BRegularCNormal DMoral答案A解析句意为：对父亲们来说受欢送的礼物是领带、巧克力、袜子等,因为这些东西他们即使不想要也总是能够用得上。popular受欢送的,流行的；regular规那么的；定时的；normal正常的,常规的；
13、moral道德的,道义的。 BseldomCnever Dalways答案D解析从后边的“即使他们不想要这样的东西这一信息可判断出,前边用“总是可以用得上最为合理。假设为其他三个选项,那么送这些东西作为礼物的意义就不大了。17A.you Bus Cthem Dpeople答案B解析根据后边的定语从句we can buy中的人称we可判断出,giving的宾语应该为us。18A.placed Bput CwrittenDlaid答案C解析此with加复合宾语结构的意思为：上边写着“世界上最伟大的父亲的字样。write表示“写；place,put和lay都表示“放。Bmight Ccan Dsho
14、uld答案B解析下一句中“British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest暗示了此处用might最为恰当。might有可能；must必定；can有可能；should理所当然,应该。Bcook Cboil Dsteam答案A解析make tea为固定表达法,意为“沏茶。cook常用于做饭；boil常用于用水煮食物；steam多用于用蒸汽弄熟食物。2The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years.In 1721,the printer James Franklin.Benjamins older brother,started the New England Courant,and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper.He filled his paper with stories of adv