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1、课下能力提升(二十四)Ⅰ.阅读理解YouknowthatGrandparentsDay,takingplacetheSundayafterLaborDayeveryyear,isaholidayforcelebratingyourparents'parents.Buthowdidtheholidaycometobe?Diditoriginateoutofasweet,sincerewishatheart...orwasitallagiantmarketingplantosellmoregoods?Itis,infact,theformer.When
2、MarianMcQuadefirstthoughtoftheideafortheholiday,commercialism(商业主义)wasthelastthingonhermind.In1956,McQuadewastryingtoplanacelebrationfortheelderlymembersofhercommunity.Shemadethesaddiscoverythatmanyoftheseniorcitizensinthenursinghomedidn'toftenreceivevisitsfromtheirfamilies.So
3、shesetadaytoappreciategrandparents.Inanycase,McQuadeneverwantedtheholidaytobea_money_grab.Mother'sDayactuallyhasasimilarstory;infact,itsfounderwanteditdiscontinuedinthe1920saftershesawhowcommercializedithadbecome.However,itdidn'tstopcardcompaniesfromgettingexcitedaboutthefutur
4、eofanewholiday.Hallmarkpredictedthat,by1983,GrandparentsDaywouldbecomethesixthhighestcardsellingholiday.Buttotheirdisappointment,itneverbecameacommercialholiday.Manyfamilieshavemuchmoremeaningfulwaysofcelebratingtheholiday.DanielleKirschcelebratesbytryinganewactivityeveryyearw
5、ithhergrandmotherElsie.“Thisyear,we'llbepaintingtogether，”shetellsRD.com.MollyArnold'sgrandmotherisnolongeraround,yetshestillfindsawaytohonortheholiday.ArnoldistheChiefOperationsOfficeroftheFrankandBarbaraBroylesFoundation,acharityshecreatedinmemoryofhergrandmother,BarbaraBroy
6、les,whopassedawayfromAlzheimer'sdisease(老年痴呆症)．However,justbecausetheholidayisnotaboutcommercialismdoesn'tmeanyoucan'texchangegifts.Spruce.comactuallysuggeststhatgrandparentsgivetheirgrandchildrengifts,especiallygiftsthat“honorfamilytraditions”．Forexample,ameaningfulgiftfromag
7、randpatohisgranddaughterwouldbeactuallyabirthdaygift,butwethinkit'saperfectGrandparentsDayideatoo.1．WhydidMcQuadefoundGrandparentsDay?A．Togrowherownbusiness.B．Torealizeherparents'dream.C．Torememberherowngrandparents.D．Tocallonpeopletocarefortheelderly.解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“McQua
8、dewastryingtoplanacelebrationfortheelderlymembersofhercommuni
