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[单项选择]The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all over the country are greeted or otherwise made to feel special.
However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 9th of June, 1910.
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Roses are Father’s Day flowers, red to
A. many people celebrate the day
B. only America celebrate the day
C. America makes it an official day
D. all men are honored in America
[单项选择]The United States ranks far behind countries such as Sweden and Canada when it comes to workplace safety. In all three countries, joint labor-management committees that oversee workplace safety conditions have been very successful in reducing occupational injuries. In the United States, such committees are found only in the few companies that have voluntarily established them. However, in Sweden and several Canadian provinces, joint safety committees are required by law and exist in all medium-sized and large workplaces.
Which one of the following is supported by the information above
A. The establishment of joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States would result in a reduction of occupational injuries.
B. A joint safety committee that is required by law is more effective at reducing occupational injuries than is a joint safety committee that is voluntarily established.
C. Workplace safety in Sweden and Canada was superior to that in the United States even prior to the passage of laws requiring joint safety committees in all mediumsized and large workplaces.
D. Joint safety committees had been voluntarily established in most medium-sized and large workplaces in Sweden and several Canadian provinces prior to the passage of laws requiring such committees.
E. (E) The United States would surpass Sweden and Canada in workplace safety of joint safety committees were required in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States.
[填空题]The United States calls for some countries to research the bionics since 1960.
[单项选择]In the United States and in many other countries around the world, there are four main ways for people to be (91) about developments in the news: newspapers, magazines, and radio or television news broadcasts. A person may use one, or all, of these (92) for information. Each source is useful in its (93) way. Newspapers and magazines can give much information about a particular event. They may (94) some history of the event, some of its (95) , some of its effects, or perhaps give an (96) or point of view on a particular development. Radio and television can help a person to be well informed about what is happening each day. It is also (97) to listen to radio or watch TV (98) do something else at the same time. Many people can listen to the news on their car radio while driving (99) . For the student of English as a foreign language, an English language newspaper may be the most helpful news
A. but
B. or
C. and
D. still