SweetestDayiscelebratedonthethirdSaturdayinOctoberasadaytomakesomeonehappy.Itisanoccasionwhichoffersallofusanopportunitytoremembernotonlythesick,theaged,andchildrenwhohavelosttheirparents,butalsofriends,workmates,relativesandneighborswhosehelpfulnessandkindnesswehaveenjoyed. Over60yearsago,whenaClevelandmannoticedthatsomepeople,suchaschildrenwholosttheirparentsandpatientswholayinbed,toooftenfeltforgottenandneglected,hedevelopedinhismindtheideaofshowingthemthattheywereremembered.Hedidthisbygivingthemsmallgifts.Withthehelpofhisfriendsandneighbors,hegavethosepeoplesmallgiftsonaSaturdayinOctober.Duringtheyearsthatfollowed,otherClevelandersbegantotakepartinthecelebration,whichcametobecalled“SweetestDay”.Overtime,theSweetestDayideaofspreadingcheertothepoor,thesickandchildrenwhohadlosttheirparentswasbroadenedtoincludeeveryone,andbecameanoccasionforrememberingotherswithakindactorasmallgift.SoontheideaspreadtoothercitiesallovertheUSA. SweetestDayisnotbasedonanysinglegroup’sreligiousbeliefsoronafamilyrelationship.Itisareminderthatathoughtfulwordordeedenricheslifeandgivesitmeaning. Becauseformanypeoplerememberingtakestheformofgiftgiving,SweetestDayoffersustheopportunitytoshowothersthatwecare,inapositiveway. 小题1:WhatisCleveland? |
A.Anisland. | B.Acountry. |
C.AcityinAmerica. | D.AvillageinEngland. |
小题2:Whatdomostpeopleusuallydotoshowtheircaretoothersaccordingtothepassage?
A.Theygivegifts. | B.Theygivemoney. |
C.Theysendregards. | D.Theyofferhelp. |
小题3:Whatcanwelearnfromthefirstparagraph?
A.SweetestDayiscelebratedonthethirdSundayinOctober. |
B.SweetestDayisjustanoccasiontocareaboutdisabledpeople. |
C.SweetestDayisanoccasionforloverstoexpresslove. |
D.SweetestDayisadaytomakeothershappy. |
小题4:Theunderlinedword“neglected”inthesecond