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1、阅读理解故事篇Ⅰ.Father’sDayFather’sDayhasaveryshorthistory.ItwasstartedbecausetherewasaMother’sDay,andjustbecausesomeAmericanthoughtthatifwehadaMother’sDay,weshouldalsohaveaFather’sDay.Father’sDayhasbecomeimportantinNorthAmerica.Andbusinessesfounditwasagoodwaytogetpeopletobuyapresentfortheirfather,apresen
2、tfromtheirshops.Bytheway（顺便说一下）,veryfewcountrieshaveaFather’sDay,though（尽管）somehaveaChildren’sDay,oraspecialdayforboysandanotherforgirls.MoreandmorecountriesarehavingMother’sDay,somaybeFather’sDaywillalsobecomepopularbeforetoolong.Now,whatdopeopleinNorthAmericadoonFather’sDay?Thenewspapers,radios,a
3、ndTVtellchildrenwhattheyshoulddo----buy,buy,buy,buy,buyaFather’sDaypresentforyourfather.Theyeventellawifetobuy,buy,buy,andbuyaFather’sDaypresent----notforherfatherbutforherhusband,evenif（及时）heisnotyet（还）afather.Andtheytellgrandchildrentobuy,buy,buy,andbuyaFather’sDaypresentfortheirgrandfathers.Thei
4、mportantthingtorememberaboutFather’sDayisthatAmericanChildrencanshowtheirlovetotheirfathersinamoreopenway.Ⅱ.ATravelerandATaxiDriverAtravelercameoutoftheairport.Heaskedeverytaxidriverhisname.Thenhetookthethirdone.“Howmuchdoesitcostforthewholeday?”themanasked.“100dollars,”saidthetaxidriver.Thiswasver
5、yexpensive,butthemansaiditwasOK.4Thetaxidrivertookthetravelereverywhere.Heshowedhimalltheparksandmuseumsinthecity.Intheeveningtheywentbacktothehotel.Thetravelergavethetaxidriver100dollarsandsaid,“Whatabouttomorrow?”Thetaxidriversaid,“Tomorrow?It’sanother100dollars.”Themansaid,“That’sOK!”Thenextday,
6、thetaxidrivertookthetraveleraroundthecityagain.Intheeveningtheywentbacktothehotel.Themangavethetaxidriver100dollarsagainandsaid,“I’mgoinghometomorrow.”Thetaxidriverwassorrybecausehelikedthetravelerand,aboveall,100dollarsadaywasalotofmoney.“Whereareyoufrom?”heasked.“I’mfromNewYork.”“NewYork!”saidthe
7、taxidriver.“IhaveasisterinNewYork.HernameisSusanNash.Doyouknowher?”“OfcourseIknowher.Shegaveme200dollarsforyou!”Ⅲ.HarvardUniversityHarvardistheoldestandthemostfamousuniversityintheUSA.Anditisalsooneoftheear
