《2025年英语同步练习与测评高中英语必修1外研版青海专版》

B
Grandparents Day falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day. On that day people send their grandparents a card, choose a special gift for them, give them a call or visit them in person. But how did it come into being?
It was Marian McQuade, an American woman, who first came up with the idea. When trying to hold a celebration for the elderly members of her community in 1956, McQuade was disappointed to find out that many of them weren’t often visited by their families. So she decided to set a day to call on more people to show more love and respect to the elderly.
At the very beginning, McQuade just wanted to encourage people to show more love to the elderly. Her intention, however, didn’t stop card companies from getting excitement on the commercial value of this new vacation. They started promoting it and tried to sell their Grandparents Day cards. But what makes us delighted is that now many families have more meaningful ways of celebrating the vacation. Even if some grandparents live far away, the celebrations can be held with the help of the Internet and modern social media.
4. The second paragraph is mainly about ______.
A
5. McQuade set a day to show more love and respect to the elderly because ______.
D
6. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
C
7. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
B

答案： 4. A 段落主旨题。第二段主要介绍了祖父母节的由来，故选A。
5. D 细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知，McQuade 选定一天来感谢和关爱祖父母是因为她发现社区里老人们的家人很少来看望他们，故选D。
6. C 词义猜测题。由第三段第二句可知，这里it指代的是this new vacation，故选C。
7. B 细节理解题。由第三段第一句可知，McQuade 最初选定一天为祖父母节是为了鼓励大家多关爱老人，故选B。