Question

Passage 2 (2015江苏徐州铜山区一模，五，B)

    阅读下面短文，回答问题。

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

    While Mrs. Dodd,from America,was listening to a talk about Mothers Day in a church in 1909 she had an idea of having Fathers Day to lionor (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 the church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father^ Day.The church agreed with her.

    The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19th,1910 in Washington. 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 Fathers Day. Finally,in 1966,President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Fathers Day.

l.What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father Day in China?

   

2. Was Mrs. Dockrs life hard when she was young?

   

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

   

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

   

5. When was Fathers Day celebrated for the first time in America?

   

Answer 1

Passage 2

[语篇解读]越来越多的中国年轻人开始用各种方式庆祝父亲节。

本文通过一个小故事告诉我们这一西方节日的由来。

1. The young people/They send fathers presents,or invite them for a nice dinner.根据文章第一段中第二句 They send fathers presents,or invite them for a nice dinner.可知，中国的年轻人通常送父亲礼物或请父亲 吃饭来庆祝父亲节。

2. Yes./Yes,it was.根据文章第二段第五句 They lived a hard life.可 知，Dodd夫人年轻时生活很艰难。

3. Because Mrs. Dodd/she wanted to honor her father./ Because Mrs. Dodd wanted to thank her father.根据文章第二段第六句 After Mrs. Dodd grew up,she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them.可知，Dodd夫人为了感恩父亲建议教会设立父亲节。

4. Mrs. Dodd /She wrote a letter to the church./To the church.根据文章 第二段中第七句 She wrote a letter to the church...可知，Dodd 夫人是给教会写信的。

5. It was celebrated on June 19th,1910.根据文章第二段第一句 The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19th,1910 in Washington.可 知，美国是在1910年6月19日庆祝第一个父亲节的。

[长难句] After Mrs. Dodd grew up,she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them.Dodd夫人长大后，她想感谢父亲为他们所做的一切。what he had done for them是一个宾语从句，作介词for的宾语。