Father’s Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother’s Day, which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time．
Father’s Day was first celebrated by Americans it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart．He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife away giving birth to their sixth child．He six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly back in those days．
His daughter, Sonora Dodd, when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his ．It was in the early 1900s and she was actually one day, listening to a sermon on ．She thought there should be a Father’s Day celebration．
And so the 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 since the 1970s．
Father’s Day is never quite such a big commercial event Mother’ s Day is, probably because it hasn’t been in 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 what a great Dad their father is．Some people do buy presents as well．
gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because there are things that Dads can 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 ideas of CDs or gadgets（小玩意） we can buy．Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar goods with “ World’s Greatest Dad” on them．
Some families 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, him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the lawn to make him feel really appreciate．
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A．unusual B．unnatural C．unfair D．untrue
A．noticed B．found C．heard D．realized
A．wife B．children C．son D．daughter
A．at school B．at home C．at work D．at church
A．Mother’s Day B．Father’s Day C．Christmas Day D．New Year’s Day
A．still B．too C．also D．as well
A．attraction B．tradition C．position D．congratulation
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A．must B．can C．might D．should
A．cook B．boil C．steam D．make
I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents ______ the necessities of life but they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father for a pair of jeans, he would say, “ If you want them, make the money and buy them yourself.” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t ______ them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I ______ from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S.C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily ______. These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully ______ discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t ______ whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the ______ of the company.
I went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academic and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I ______ most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I ______ with the family members of the men and women in my ______, trying to help them deal with the long periods of ______. These proved popular and word of them spread. Before long I was being asked to give encouraging ______ to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real ______, and my life is still guided by the ______ lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to ______ it.
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A．gain B．achieve C．show D．match
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.
Years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections(选举), I would win. But the reality proved that I hadn't had a chance. I wasn't pretty. Girls in the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it to win a school election. I was .
As I cried in my room that evening, I suddenly took a deep breath and decided I wouldn't stop dreaming. I decided that I would for elections again in my final year at school—and I would the election.
I recognized that my had a lot of things in their favor. What were in favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest was the faith I had. I would not allow my plain appearance to hold me from my heading forward. That evening, I my election plans a whole year ahead of time.
I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to win. In order to learn how to give a great election , I also attended a course on effective public speaking.
The day after the election, when the headmaster announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was theirs.
Suddenly, I realized that I had much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people along the way. I had won the and love of my schoolmates and they me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and their day.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Most of us lose life’s tough battles by starting an unexpected attack—when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. the case of a young friend of mine, who was in a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving a warning about being late for the job. there was a good reason for Sam’s being late—serious illness at home—he that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t any longer. His boss was probably already pacing preparing a speech to fire him.
Yes, the boss was. Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as as a locker room; was hard at work. Sam’s boss came up to him angrily. Suddenly, Sam and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a , which, I understand, became just 35 minutes ago. Does the bird get the worm?”
The room exploded in laughter. The boss a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had his job—with the only that could win-–a laugh. is a most effective, yet frequently neglected ,means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for making up differences, apologizing, criticizing and the other fellow to do what you want his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so that serious dialogue may start a quarrel., many believe that comedians(喜剧演员) on television are doing more today for racial and religious problems than people in any other field.
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A．If B．Because C．Unless D．Although
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A．work B．use C．count D．make
A．here and there B．in and out C．up and down D．now and then
A．silent B．clean C．noisy D．quiet
A．somebody B．everybody C．nobody D．anybody
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A．prize B．patent C．punishment D．job
A．available B．fragrant C．possible D．reasonable
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A．sent B．hid C．force D．had
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A．constant B．easy C．sensitive D．heated
A．After all B．For example C．At length D．Even so
Sports are by nature competitive. But recently, the over-competitive nature youth sports seem to have taken on has led to cause for ____.
Those who are strongly against competition point out that in a competition, only one wins while the rest ____. They argue that competition leads children to define themselves by the outcome, tying their self-esteem(自尊心) up with their ability to ____ others. They further argue that competition causes anxiety, affects learning and causes children to view others as____ to their success. Competition restricts participation and ___ success. A “win-at-all-costs” mentality can cause children to pay little attention to honesty and fair play.
On the opposite side of the debate are those who view competition as a ____ part of American society. They argue that placing kids in a competitive situation such as sports helps prepare them for a(n) ____ life in our society that is full of competition. ____ is a normal part of human nature and part of everyday life. Other arguments ____ competitive sports are that they provide challenges, help kids develop skills, and teach them how to get along with others.
The third side of this debate says that a little competition can’t be that ____, as long as competition does not get out of hand and take on a “win-at-all-costs” mentality. They claim that competition in itself is not bad and it can serve as a ____ of social comparison, necessary for adolescents to see how ____ they are. Their advice is to introduce competition ____ while focusing more on mastery and cooperation during childhood. The gradual shift toward competition will allow children to build skills, participate fully, and focus on ____ rather than winning.
It is important that you consider all of the possible ____ of competition before you put your child in a competitive situation.
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A．beat B．change C．study D．control
A．tickets B．barriers C．roads D．invitations
A．refuses B．limits C．imagines D．stresses
A．healthy B．popular C．hard D．missing
A．political B．early C．adult D．daily
A．Disagreement B．Motivation C．Difficulty D．Competition
A．doubting B．attacking C．supporting D．ignoring
A．necessary B．bad C．interesting D．boring
A．sample B．product C．subject D．means
A．unique B．young C．normal D．skillful
A．gradually B．eventually C．widely D．forcefully
A．observing B．teaching C．playing D．growing
A．benefits B．outcomes C．responsibilities D．methods
Suzie goes to her art class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do things all afternoon. What Suzie likes best is the good feeling she gets when she has finished working on a piece of . And then when she takes it home to her parents, she feels so proud of what she has made.
On Wednesday afternoons Suzie writes articles for the newspaper. When she first moved to her new school, she wrote an article about how it feels to be a student in a new school. Her second article in the newspaper was about a(n) from her school who had just finished writing a book. Suzie the teacher what it feels like to be a published author. And then she what she found out with the rest of the school.
Another time she wrote an article about why she thought the school should have two short a day instead of a long one. Lots of her friends thought that this would be a good idea too. Many teachers also with Suzie’s suggestion.
Would you believe the principal (校长) of the school asked everyone to have a about Suzie’s suggestion? The principal always thinks that students should help decide how the school should be .
During the vote, each person in the school voted. At last, the school that two short breaks would be better than one long break. And all of that happened because of Suzie’s suggestion in the school newspaper.
On the day the newspaper out each month, the first thing Suzie does is to where her article is in the newspaper. And each time at the beginning of her article are the words: By Suzie Jefferson.
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A．cloth B．art C．article D．picture
A．show B．explain C．introduce D．reward
A．national B．local C．school D．educational
A．accustomed B．fresh C．strange D．regular
A．author B．artist C．student D．teacher
A．told B．asked C．examined D．obeyed
A．described B．recorded C．shared D．forgot
A．classes B．breaks C．activities D．sports
A．discussed B．argued C．disagreed D．agreed
A．vote B．choice C．question D．decision
A．performed B．run C．achieved D．established
A．imagined B．expected C．decided D．requested
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A．consider B．check C．read D．place