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1、SectionⅠWelcometotheunit&Reading—WarmingUpA卷[学生用书P121(单独成册)]阅读理解AYouknowthatGrandparentsDay,takingplacetheSundayafterLaborDayeveryyear,isaholidayforcelebratingyourparents’parents.Buthowdidtheholidaycometobe?Diditoriginateoutofasweet,sincerewishatheart...orwasitallagiantmarketingplantosellmoregood
2、s?Itis,infact,theformerwhenMarianMcQuadefirstthoughtoftheideafortheholiday,andcommercialism(商业主义)wasthelastthingonhermind.In1956,McQuadewastryingtoplanacelebrationfortheelderlymembersofhercommunity.Shemadethesaddiscoverythatmanyoftheseniorcitizensinthenursinghomedidn’toftenreceivevisitsfromtheirf
3、amilies.Soshesetadaytoappreciategrandparents.Inanycase,McQuadeneverwantedtheholidaytobeamoneygrab.Mother’sDayactuallyhasasimilarstory;infact,itsfounderwanteditdiscontinuedinthe1920saftershesawhowcommercializedithadbecome.However,itdidn’tstopcardcompaniesfromgettingexcitedaboutthefutureofanewholid
4、ay.Hallmarkpredictedthat,by1983,GrandparentsDaywouldbecomethesixthhighestcardsellingholiday.Buttotheirdisappointment,itneverbecameacommercialholiday.Manyfamilieshavemuchmoremeaningfulwaysofcelebratingtheholiday.DanielleKirschcelebratesbytryinganewactivityeveryyearwithhergrandmotherElsie.“Thisyear
5、,we’llbepaintingtogether，”shetellsRD.com.MollyArnold’sgrandmotherisnolongeraround,yetshestillfindsawaytohonortheholiday.ArnoldistheChiefOperationsOfficeroftheFrankandBarbaraBroylesFoundation,acharityshecreatedinmemoryofhergrandmother,BarbaraBroyles,whopassedawayfromAlzheimer’sdisease(阿尔茨海默)．Howev
6、er,thattheholidayisnotaboutcommercialismdoesn’tmeanyoucan’texchangegifts.Spruce.comactuallysuggeststhatgrandparentsgivetheirgrandchildrengifts,especiallygiftsthat“honorfamilytraditions”.For14example,ameaningfulgiftfromagrandpatohisgranddaughterwouldbeactuallyabirthdaygift,butwethinkit’saperfectGr
7、andparentsDayideatoo.【解题导语】 本文是一篇议论文。文章介绍了“祖父母日”的由来以及庆祝方式。1．WhydidMcQuadefoundGrandparentsDay?A．Togrowherownbusiness.B．Torealizeherparents’dream.C．Torememberherowngrandparents.D．Tocallonpeopletocarefortheelderly.D 解析：细
