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The idea for Father's Day started in 1909. A woman named Dodd about starting a Father's Day holiday listening to a Mother's Day speech at church. Miss Dodd wanted a day to honor her , William Smart, who had fought in the American Civil War. His wife died when birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart raised the baby and his other children on a farm in Washington State. When Dodd became an adult, she how kind and loving her father had been while raising his six children alone. She believed her father had worked very hard to make sure his children healthy and strong. As Dodd's father was born in , she chose to hold the Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June nineteenth, 1910. In 1924, President Coolidge gave his to the idea of a national Father's Day. Then, in 1966, President Johnson signed a presidential statement(总统令) the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.
In early times, wearing was a traditional way to celebrate Father's Day. People wore red roses to fathers who were still living. White flowers were worn to remember fathers who had . Today, Americans celebrate Father's Day in many different ways. families take their fathers out to a restaurant for a meal. Others give their fathers with special messages of thanks. Children living far call their fathers on the telephone to them a happy Father's Day. the holiday is celebrated, the idea is for children to let their father know that he is valued and loved. one historian in America has said, "Lucky is the man who hears many small voices call him father."
A.talked B.cared C.thought D.brought
A.while B.before C.if D.but
A.normal B.strange C.common D.special
A.mother B.father C.sister D.brother
A.having B.doing C.giving D.taking
A.six B.five C.four D.three
A.forgot B.remembered C.organized D.recognized
A.grew up B.put up C.stayed up D.looked up
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
A.last B.first C.shortest D.longest
A.support B.doubt C.chance D.time
A.telling B.speaking C.demanding D.declaring
A.flowers B.glasses C.hats D.watches
A.praise B.send C.blame D.honor
A.disappeared B.passed C.died D.killed
A.Few B.None C.Some D.All
A.ties B.gifts C.wallets D.shirts
A.want B.expect C.hope D.wish
A.However B.Whenever C.Whatever D.Whichever
A.Which B.As C.That D.What
It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a/an season, while for me, it is an annoying season. Tired from preparing for Postgraduate Entrance Examination, I decided to have a along the Yanjiang Road in my university.
“Autumn is a lonely season and life is . The days in this season always get me down ”, I was in deep thought when the sound of a guitar into my ears, like a stream flowing from the mountains. I was so surprised that I ran to see what it was. A young girl, sitting on the lawn, was in playing her guitar. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly.
Lost in the music, I did not realize that I had been standing for so long. But my _ __ did not seem to disturb her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the lawn, I would see her playing her guitar. During the rest of the days in the season, life became interesting and I could __ the courses carefully. Though we did not know each other, I thought we were always good friends.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening __, the sound suddenly stopped. To my astonishment, the girl came to me.
“You must like the music,” she said.
“Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a ___ expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here just to have a rest because I failed in the college entrance examination. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day __ encouraged me,” she said, “and I have to go tomorrow.”
“____, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.” I answered, “I think it was God who gave us the chance to know each other and we should be good friends
She smiled and I smiled.
Since then, I have never seen her again. I no longer passed by that ___. Only thick leaves were _ behind. But I will always remember the ___ of the girl. It was her appearance that helped me passed the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.
We may encounter many people in our lives. Some are like a shooting star, but so much light that they guide you in the correct _ ; some are like _ in you, they are always with you, but do not understand you. Just as a famous saying, many people in your life, but only true friends leave footprints.
I shall always ____ the autumn, the girl and the sound of her guitar. I know she will always be my best friend.
A.irrigation B.harvest C.rainfall D.adventure
A.walk B.nap C.rest D.glance
A.stressful B.aimless C.uninteresting D.desperate
A.flowed B.floated C.flew D.fled
A.devoted B.addicted C.engaged D.absorbed
A.exposure B.movement C.existence D.enthusiasm
A.get over B.take over C.pull over D.go over
A.casually B.devotedly C.roughly D.thoroughly
A.along B.down C.over D.back
A.strange B.happy C.special D.sad
A.when B.which C.that D.what
A.In consequence B.In reality C.In addition D.In detail
A.mountain B.stream C.road D.lawn
A.left B.thrown C.fallen D.piled
A.figure B.face C.hair D.eyes
A.give away B.give up C.give in D.give off
A.direction B.destination C.position D.situation
A.clothes B.shadows C.footprints D.wrists
A.broke B.stepped C.approached D.participated
A.remind B.review C.remain D.recall
My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other , including her “sixth sense”, she rarely gives the impression she’s missed anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she doesn’t push too hard on them, who really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often the don't realize she's blind.
I realize this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?”said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle with us.”
To my great my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really what I was doing!’’ Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come up in conversation.
When I told her, she was for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla . And I knew my child was because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's pride in her work.
We were silent for a minute.Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my .’’ Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
A.ways B.means C.methods D.senses
A.which B.when C.that D.as
A.guests B.family C.children D.friends
A.excited B.sad C.satisfied D.enjoyed
A.especially B.not so C.a little D.not at all
A.paint B.draw C.mix D.create
A.stayed B.painted C.talked D.played
A.excitement B.encouragement C.delight D.surprise
A.attitude B.color C.picture D.paper
A.touched B.distinguished C.saw D.understood
A.after B.before C.until D.when
A.curious B.quiet C.puzzled D.worried
A.cried B.insisted C.complained D.informed
A.right B.wrong C.worried D.uncertain
A.paper B.pens C.hands D.eyes
People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the it is to do so, in theory it is that, , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力) to practice some essential(基本的) of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work .So spending money to help learn English may up with disappointment. It is likely that the more you ,the more you are let down.
The daughter of one of my friends English in primary school, her foreign teacher’s blindness psychology. She did not want to go on English until middle school, a college student studying English slowly her interest in the language.
It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education, find that despite(尽管) their excellent , many students have command of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children
classical Chinese prose(散文),rather than them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may let go the best time to the language ability of their mother tongue.
A.easy B.difficult C.easier D.more difficult
A.but B.however C.though D.yet
A.opinions B.regards C.requests D.expressions
A.directly B.orally C.properly D.indirectly
A.people B.girls C.children D.boys
A.begin B.start C.finish D.end
A.pay B.get C.buy D.take
A.loved B.liked C.disliked D.learned
A.because of B.because C.instead of D.instead
A.of B.at C.in D.to
A.learning B.to learn C.with learning D.for learning
A.while B.where C.when D.as
A.introduced B.practiced C.explained D.developed
A.in B.to C.at D.of
A.He B.I C.She D.They
A.pronunciation B.phrase C.language D.writing
A.few B.less C.little D.fewer
A.write B.do C.remember D.memorize
A.have B.let C.cause D.make
A.study B.improve C.learn D.master
At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m.class one Monday at University of Nevada,Las Vegas(UNLV),I cheerfully asked my students their weekend had been.“Not been very good”,one young man said.He'd had his wisdom teeth .The young man then went on to ask me why I seemed to be so cheerful.His question reminded me of I′d read somewhere before:”Every morning when you get up,you have a about how you want to approach life that day”,I said.“I choose to be cheerful”.
“Let me give you an ”,I continued.The other 60 students in the class their chatter and began to listen.one day,my car died on the way.I called AAA and asked them to send a .The secretary in the Provost’S office asked me what had happened.”This is my day”, I replied,smiling.”Your Car and today is your lucky day?”She Was .”What do you mean?”“I live 17 miles from here”,I replied.”My car have gone wrong anywhere along the freeway.It didn’t.Instead,it went wrong in the place:off the freeway,within walking distance of here.I’m able to teach my class,and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to me after class.”The secretary’s eyes opened wide,and then she smiled.
I scanned the 60 faces in the lecture hall. the early hour,no one seemed to be asleep.Somehow,my story had them.Or maybe it Wasn’t the story .It had all started with a student's that I Was cheerful.A wise mail once said:”Who you are louder to me than anything you can say”.I suppose it must be so.
A.how B.what C.whether D.where
A.pulled B.brought C.taken D.removed
A.seldom B.always C.occasionally D.ever
A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything
A.decision B.chance C.choice D.destination
A.excuse B.explanation C.instruction D.example
A.stopped B.interrupted C.disturbed D.prevented
A.truck B.tractor C.secretary D.policeman
A.strange B.terrible C.lucky D.pleasant
A.cuts up B.breaks up C.breaks down D.tears down
A.cheerful B.doubtful C.puzzled D.worried
A.could B.must C.should D.would
A.wrong B.proper C.perfect D.smooth
A.thus B.still C.hardly D.even
A.pick B.send C.meet D.visit
A.Despite B.Although C.Since D.Though
A.taught B.touched C.educated D.excited
A.after all B.in all C.above all D.at all
A.motivation B.inspiration C.observation D.appreciation
A.says B.speaks C.talks D.tells
When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points. He was ______ and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the ______ in my records. His beaming (欢笑的) face turned to _____. “You’re lowering my grade?” he said angrily. “I would never have come in ______ ……”
He didn’t finish the ______, but it was obvious that his display of honesty was false. He thought he’d have it all—praise and the ______ grade.
Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade ______ because all I’d accomplished was to discourage him from being ______ in the future. And every time I tell this ______, some people agree with this remark.
But I can’t see how I could give good ______ for worsening my mistake in grading by undermining (损害) the honesty of all my grades by failing to ______ an error. The grade itself would be a dishonest ______ of his knowledge and it would have been ______to other students. How could I possibly give a student a gift of an_____ grade?
I know ______ reporting an error in one’s favor is unusual, but, like ______ extra change, it’s clearly the right thing to do. People of character, those with real honesty, hate to give up benefits as ______ as anyone else. The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is ______enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing.
Perhaps lowering the student’s grade did ______ him from being honest in the future, but bribing (贿赂) him to be honest so that he does the right thing when it’s cost-free would have ______him even more. The duty to be honest is about right and wrong, not risks and rewards.
A.wise B.right C.rigid D.angry
A.file B.note C.name D.grade
A.grief B.shock C.happiness D.silence
A.whether B.which C.if D.what
A.sentence B.word C.exam D.lesson
A.higher B.lower C.more D.less
A.move B.stand C.change D.drop
A.brave B.adventurous C.honest D.successful
A.man B.story C.way D.exam
A.reason B.cause C.excuse D.result
A.make B.find C.avoid D.correct
A.reaction B.sense C.sign D.reflection
A.unfair B.cruel C.tough D.funny
A.unfinished B.undone C.unearned D.unquestioned
A.actively B.secretly C.voluntarily D.curiously
A.receiving B.returning C.earning D.paying
A.many B.well C.good D.much
A.pleasure B.reward C.content D.honor
A.discourage B.influence C.protect D.separate
A.improved B.encouraged C.ruined D.blamed