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People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations (康乃馨). A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery (墓地). These days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more tha
A. parents educate children
B. patents take care of children
C. parents bring up children
D. all the above

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People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations (康乃馨). A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery (墓地). These days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more tha
A. parents educate children
B. patents take care of children
C. parents bring up children
D. all the above

[填空题]______ (假设能源的需求继续增长的话) at the United States, it will not be long before traditional sources become inadequate.

[填空题]In the United States, some citizens fear people with AIDS, but others______ those living with the disease.

[单项选择]In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder. Americans have always argued about the death penalty. Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors--i, e. , under the age of 18--to receive the death penalty
In most other countries of the world, there is no capital punishment for minors. In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision. Of the 36 states that allow the death penalty, 30 permit the execution of minors.
In the state of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given the death penalty for a crime he committed while he was a minor. In 1977, when he was 17 years old, James Terry Roach and two friends brutally murdered three people. Roach’s lawyer fought the decision to execute him. The young murderer remained on Death Row (a separate part of prison for
A. asked the governor for help
B. stopped the execution
C. let the courts do their job
D. fought with the governor

[单项选择]The United States is a confederation of states．Each state has the (26) to make laws with regard to the state． (27) , based on public opinion，states can (28) policies regarding education, and they may (29) a state income tax; they also determine the speed (30) , housing codes and the drinking age．
In most parts of the United States, you (31) be 21 years old to buy alcohol in a liquor store, bar (32) restaurant．In some states you may buy beer in a grocery store．If a store sells alcohol to a minor,the (33) of the store is usually (34) a large sum of money．
(35) many areas have an open-container law, (36) means that people may not drink alcohol on the street or in a car．Anyone (37) with an open container of alcohol may be arrested．
(38) with all these laws, the (39) of alcohol is a serious (40) in the United
A. though
B. as
C. where
D. which