Question

任务型阅读，（10分）

More and more young people from China begin to celebrate（庆祝）Father’s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?

While Mrs Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother’s Day in a church in 1909, she had an ides of having Father’s Day to honor（纪念）her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day. The church agreed with her.

The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washing ton. Children made special desserts and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President（总统）Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.

This year, Father’s Day was on June 17th. What did you do for your father?

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（10分）

1.What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father’s Day in China?

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2.Was Mrs. Dodd’s life hard when she was young?

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3.Why did Mrs. Dodd want to have Father’s Day?

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4. Did Mrs. Dodd write a letter to a church or to the president?

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5. When was Father’s Day celebrated for the first time in America?

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Answer 1

【答案】

1.The young people/ They send fathers presents, or invite then for a nice dinner(in China)

2.Yes./ Yes, is was.

3.Because Mrs. Dodd wanted to thank her father.

4.Mrs.Dodd wrote a letter to a Churoh.

5.It was celebrated on June 19th, 19

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了父亲节的由来。重点描述了它是如何发起的，以及如何一步步成为国家的重要节日。

1.根据They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner.可知答：The young people/ They send fathers presents, or invite then for a nice dinner(in China)

2.根据They lived a hard life.可知答：Yes./ Yes, is was.

3.根据After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them.可知答：Because Mrs. Dodd wanted to thank her father.

4.根据She wrote a letter to a church 可知答：Mrs.Dodd wrote a letter to a Churoh.

5.根据The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washing ton.可知答：It was celebrated on June 19th, 19

考点：关于父亲节的说明文

点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。书写答案时，注意首字母大写，因为是回答问句，即使只有一个单词也是一个句子。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，即使自己总结也尽量使用短句。同时并注意人称和数的变化。