�、�.閱讀理解(共20小題;每小題2分，滿分40分)

　　閱讀下面的短文，從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　A

　　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.

　　The origins of the celebration are American and it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart. He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife died giving birth to their sixth child. He raised six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly unusual back in those days. His daughter, Sonora Dodd, realised when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children. It was in the early 1900s and she was actually at church one day, listening to a sermon on Mother's Day. She thought there should also be a Father's Day celebration. And so the tradition 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 officially since the 1970s.

　　Father's Day is never quite such the big commercial event that Mother's Day is, probably because it hasn't been in existence 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 a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father is.Some people do buy presents as well. Popular gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because these are things that Dads can always use even if they don't want them. In the run­up to Father's Day, or indeed Mother's Day, there will be adverts on the TV giving us ideas of CDs or gadgets we can buy. Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar merchandise with “World's Greatest Dad” written on them.Some families might 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—make him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the grass to make him feel really appreciated.

　　36.Where did Father's Day come from?

　　A.America. B.A church.

　　C.Britain. D.TV.

　　答案：A　由第二段第一句中的“The origins of the celebration are American...”可知父親節(jié)起源于美國。雖然文章中也出現(xiàn)了B、C、D三項(xiàng)內(nèi)容，但卻都不是父親節(jié)的來源。

　　37.When did Britain begin to celebrate Father's Day?

　　A.In the late 1900s.

　　B.In the year of Sonora's father's death.

　　C.About 70 years later than America.

　　D.We don't know.

　　答案：C　根據(jù)第二段第五句中的“It was in the early 1900s...”和該段最后一句中的“... since the 1970s.”可知英國是在晚于美國大約70年后才開始慶祝父親節(jié)的。

　　38.What do people usually do for Father's Day?

　　A.To buy their fathers a card.

　　B.To go for a meal.

　　C.To make their fathers a cup of tea.

　　D.To wash their fathers' car.

　　答案：A　由第三段第三句“Well, most people would buy their fathers a card.”可知大多數(shù)人的做法應(yīng)是A項(xiàng)。而B、C、D三項(xiàng)只是部分人的做法。

　　39.What do most people buy for their fathers?

　　A.CDs or gadgets.

　　B.Ties, chocolates or socks.

　　C.Mugs or pens.

　　D.A meal.

　　答案：B　由第三段第六句中的“Popular gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks...”可知B項(xiàng)正確。