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it mean people can eat lots of sweets on that day? Sweetest Day is a popular holiday for Americans. People celebrate it on the third Saturday in October. On that day, people show their love to the elderly, children, their good friends or anyone else they 單元自我綜合評價三 want to help. Orphans(孤兒 ) and patients can also enjoy people39。s greetings. In fact, anyone may get a gift on that day. It is just a day that offers people a chance to show their love and care to others. How did the holiday originate(起源 )? Here is a story. In 1922, a very kind man in Cleveland, a city in Ohio of America, thought that many poor people in the city needed care from others. He wanted them to be happy and he hoped they would find people always remember 單元自我綜合評價三 them and care about them. So he gave them boxes of sweets or small gifts to show his love. He also asked his friends and neighbours to help him do these things. Many people thought it was a great idea. After that more and more people in Cleveland began to do things like him every year. Gradually(逐漸地 ) it bees a popular holiday for lots of Americans. 單元自我綜合評價三 21. The underlined word “desserts” in Paragraph 1 probably means________. A. eggs B. salty food C. beef D. sweet food 單元自我綜合評價三 D 【 解析 】 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)該詞所在句子句意 “ 幾乎所有的孩子都喜歡吃甜食,像糖塊、巧克力、冰淇淋和 ……” 可判斷,畫線單詞的意思是 “ 甜點,甜食 ”,所以選 D。 22. October 6 is the first Saturday in October this year, so Sweetest Day will be celebrated on________. A. October 6 B. October 13 C. October 20 D. October 27 C 單元自我綜合評價三 23. Paragraph 2 mainly talks about________. A. what Americans do to make friends B. how Americans celebrate Sweetest Day C. why the elderly and children are helped D. where orphans and patients are greeted B 單元自我綜合評價三 24. Sweetest Day has a history of about ________ years. A. 86 B. 96 C. 106 D. 116 單元自我綜合評價三 B 【 解析 】 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第二句 “ In 192