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课时提升作业(十一) 必修3　Unit 1 (建议用时40分钟) Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A 　　The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. However, the idea for creating a day for children to honour their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Louise Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died. When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needs Dad. 【文章大意】本文介绍了在美国父亲节的来历以及过节方式。 1. The United States is special in Father’s Day because　　　. A. many people celebrate the day B. only America celebrates the day C. America makes it an official day D. all men are honoured in America 【解析】选C。细节理解题。从文章的第一段第一句The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured by their children. 可知。 2. At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because　　　. A. Sonora honoured her father on her father’s birthday B. Sonora’s birthday was Ju