【正文】 ay in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington． A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’ s Day sermon(布道 )in 1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices(犧牲 )and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man . Sonora’ s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spikane , Washington on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1 924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day . Roses are the Father’ s Day flowers： red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died. When children can’ t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental(感傷的 ). Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad. 59. The United States is special in Father’s Day because . A. many people celebrate the day B. only America celebrates the day C. America makes it an official day D. all men are honored in America 60. At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ________. A. Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday B. Sonora’s birthday was June l 9 C. it was decided by the president at that time D. her mother died on June 19 61. How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated? A. 4. B. 10. C. 14. D. 24. 62. According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart . A. was very kind to anyone B. did a lot for his daughter C. was the first father honored in 1924 D. always help others by giving money C The first breathtaking pictures of the Earth taken from space showed it 3s a solid ball covered by brown land masses and bluegreen oceans. We had never seen the Earth from that distance before. To us, it appeared as though the Earth had always looked that way and always would. Scientists now know, however, that the surface of the Earth is not as permanent as we had thought. Scientists explain that the surface of our pla is always moving. Continents moves about the Earth like huge ships at sea. They float on pieces of the Earth’s outer skin. New outer skin is created as melted rock pushed up from below the ocean floor. Old outer skin is destroyed as it rolls down into the hot area and melts again. Only since the 1960s have scientists really began to understand that the pla Earth is a great living machine. Some experts have said this new understanding is one of the most important revolutions in scientific thought. The revolution is based on the work of scientists who study the movement of the continentsa science called plate tectonics. The modern story of plate tectonics begins with the German scientist Alfred Wegener. Before World War One . Wegener argued that the continents had moved and were still moving. He said the idea first occurred to him when he observed that the coastlines of South America and Africa could fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. He proposed that the two continents might have been one and then split apart. Wegener was not the first person t0 wonder about the shape of the continents. About 500 years ago, explorers thought about it when they made the first maps of Americas. The explorers noted the east coast of North America and South America would fit almost exactly into the west coast of Europe and south Africa. What the explorers did not do, but Wegener did, was to investigate the idea that the continents move. 63. What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage? A. The first breathtaking pictures of the Earth taken from space. B. Human’s recognition of the earth’s surface. C. The German scientist Alfred Wegener. D. The early explorers’ discovery. 64. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. We didn’t see the Earth from far away until we saw the picture taken in the space. B. Our ancient thought that the surface of the earth is still. C. Alfred Wegener was not the first person to investigate the idea that the continents move. D. The coastline of India and Africa fit together. 65. The last word of the third paragraph“ tectonics” mean“ ” . A. study of construction B. study of architecture C. earth surface D. structural geology 66. What did the explorers find? A. The coastlines of South America and Africa could fit together. B. The coastlines of North America and Africa could fit together. C. The east coastlines of North America and the west coast of Europe could fit together. D. The coastlines of North America and India could fit together. D Is a loved one missing some body parts? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimps(黑猩猩 )differ in only 400 genes. And s