Question

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，然后从所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dads work hard every day. Father’s Day is the time for us to say “thank you”to our dads.

The idea for Father's Day started _____1909. A woman called Sonora Dodd thought about __________a Father's Day holiday when she was listening to a Mother's Day speech at church. She wanted a special day to honour her father, William Smart. Mr Smart's wife died when she was giving birth to ______sixth child. He raised the baby and his _________five children_______ a farm.

When she became ______adult, Sonora Dodd understood how kind her father was. When he was raising his six children________, he worked very ________to make sure his children grow up ___________.

Since 1966, the third Sunday in June has become a national Father's Day in_______. In early times, people wore red roses __________respect for fathers who were still living and white flowers for fathers who had died. Today, people all over the world celebrate(庆祝) Father's Day _________many different ways. Some people buy their fathers something useful.Some people just do some simple things that they can do ________preparing a cup of tea or making some nice food for them. However the holiday is celebrated, the idea is for children to let their father ________that he is loved.

___________ give your father a surprise by saying “Thank you”on the coming Father’s Day?

1.A. at B. on C. in D. for

2.A. starting B. starts C. started D. start

3.A. they B. them C. their D. theirs

4.A. another B. others C. the other D. other

5.A. in B. on C. at D. from

6.A. a B. an C. / D. the

7.A. by themselves B. by herself C. by himself D. by itself

8.A. hardly B. hard C. harder D. hardest

9.A. health B. healthy C. healthily D. more healthily

10.A. North America B. North American C. north America D. north of America

11.A. show B. shows C. showing D. to show

12.A. in B. on C. by D. at

13.A. for example B. such as C. likes D. that is

14.A. know B. knew C. knows D. knowing

15.A. Why don’t B. Why C. What about D. Why not

Answer 1