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These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓地). On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories. Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays. 1.Which of the following is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents? _________. A. Parents bring up children. B. Parents give love and care to children. C. Parents educate children to be good persons. D. Parents pass away before children grow up. 2.What do you think “florists” do? _________. A. They sell flowers. B. They make and sell bread. C. They offer enough room for having family parties. D. They sell special gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. 3.Which do you think is right about “carnation”? _________. A. It has only two kinds of colors. B. It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. C. It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes. D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May. 1-3 DAC (V)★★ The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians, is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year，but it’s always on a Sunday. It can be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Many people celebrate Easter by buying new clothes. Children celebrate by hunting for colored eggs that their parents have hidden around the house. People also give Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day. But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. On Easter, many people go to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection(复活)from the dead. Most people color Ester eggs. Some people hide them. Others just eat them. But no matter what one does with Easter eggs，they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world. People from many different cultures celebrate Easter. In both America and Belgium, children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes. In America, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny (兔子).But in Belgium, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells. In Bulgaria (保加利亚), red Easter eggs are lucky in churches. Bulgarian families also hit these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. The winner looks forward to good fortune that year. Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist. In parts of Austria，for example，children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colorful eggs. 1.Easter comes _______. A. on the same date every year B. on Sunday on March 22 C. on Sunday on April 25 D. on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25 2.To celebrate Easter, people ___________. A. go shopping, hide colored eggs and children hunt for them B. give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another C. buy new clothes, hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house D. both B and C 3.For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________. A. going to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection B. buying new clothes C. eating delicious food and paint color eggs D. exchange beautiful gifts each other 4.People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg _________. A. In both American and Belgium, children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes B. In Belgium, the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells C. In American, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny D. In America, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells 5.In some places of Austria, children sing from door to door for_______. A. blesses B. Easter eggs C. candy and goodies D. Easter bunny 1—5 DDACB (责任编辑：admin) |