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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,infac
2、t,theformer.WhenMarianMcQuadefirstthoughtoftheideafortheholiday,commercialism(商业主义)wasthelastthingonhermind.In1956,McQuadewastryingtoplanacelebrationfortheelderlymembersofhercommunity.Shemadethesaddiscoverythatmanyoftheseniorcitizensinthenursinghomedidn'toftenr
3、eceivevisitsfromtheirfamilies.Soshesetadaytoappreciategrandparents.Inanycase,McQuadeneverwantedtheholidaytobea_money_grab.Mother'sDayactuallyhasasimilarstory;infact,itsfounderwanteditdiscontinuedinthe1920saftershesawhowcommercializedithadbecome.However,itdidn't
4、stopcardcompaniesfromgettingexcitedaboutthefutureofanewholiday.Hallmarkpredictedthat,by1983,GrandparentsDaywouldbecomethesixthhighestcardsellingholiday.Buttotheirdisappointment,itneverbecameacommercialholiday.Manyfamilieshavemuchmoremeaningfulwaysofcelebratingt
5、heholiday.DanielleKirschcelebratesbytryinganewactivityeveryyearwithhergrandmotherElsie.“Thisyear,we'llbepaintingtogether，”shetellsRD.com.MollyArnold'sgrandmotherisnolongeraround,yetshestillfindsawaytohonortheholiday.ArnoldistheChiefOperationsOfficeroftheFrankan
6、dBarbaraBroylesFoundation,acharityshecreatedinmemoryofhergrandmother,BarbaraBroyles,whopassedawayfromAlzheimer'sdisease(老年痴呆症)．However,justbecausetheholidayisnotaboutcommercialismdoesn'tmeanyoucan'texchangegifts.Spruce.comactuallysuggeststhatgrandparentsgivethe
7、irgrandchildrengifts,especiallygiftsthat“honorfamilytraditions”．Forexample,ameaningfulgiftfromagrandpatohisgranddaughterwouldbeactuallyabirthdaygift,butwethinkit'saperfectGrandparentsDayideatoo.1．WhydidMcQuadefoundGrandparentsDay?A．Togrowherownbusiness.B．Toreal
8、izeherparents'dream.C．Torememberherowngrandparents.D．Tocallonpeopletocarefortheelderly.解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“McQuadewastryingtoplanacelebrationfortheelderlymembersofhercommuni
