_2010年英语高考冲刺的.docx

_2010年英语高考冲刺的

第一篇：_2010年英语高考冲刺的2010年英语高考冲刺阅读理解精练（2）ScholarscallforChina'sownMother'sDay(300words)AsmanypeoplearoundtheworldcelebratedMother'sDayyesterday,aChinesescholarandmemberofthetopnationaladvisorybodyhasmadeithismissiontocreateChina'sownMother'sDay.LiHanqiu,amemberoftheChinesePeople'sPoliticalConsultativeConference(CPPCC)NationalCommittee,suggestedthattheseconddayofthefourthlunarmonth,whichfallsonMay18thisyear,betheday.Itcoincides(凑巧)withthebirthdayof4thcenturyBCphilosopherMencius,whosemotherhaslongbeenconsideredtheepitomeofmaternaldevotionandlove.LihascalledforthetraditionalWesterngiftofcarnationsforthedaytobechangedtolilies,whichinancienttimeswereplantedbymothersintheircourtyardsasasignofsorrowattheirchildrenleavinghome.“Inacountrywithadeeply-rootedtraditionoffilial（孝顺）piety,weshouldhaveourownoccasionforpeopletoexpressloveformothersaccordingtoChinesecustom,”Lisaid.Hehasfoundedanon-governmentorganizationChineseMothers'FestivalPromotionSociety“-withthesupportofaround100Confucianscholarsandlecturersofethics.ItplanstocelebrateitsfirstChineseMotherFestivalonMay18.”ThisisourfirstyearandthecelebrationwillbeheldonlyinZouchengcityofShandongProvinceandShijiazhuanginHebei,butwebelieveitwillbeacceptedbymoreChinesepeopleathomeandabroadasitisconducivetorevitalizingourtraditionalcultureoffilialpiety,“saidLi.HealsoplanstobuildathemeparkonmaternitycultureinZoucheng,thebirthplaceofMencius.”EventhoughtheWesternMother'sDayisbecomingmoreandmorepopularworldwide,countrieslikeFrance,Egypt,SouthKorea,PortugalandIndonesiacelebratetheirownmother'sdaysintheirownways,“saidLuZonghai,secretaryofLi'ssociety.AccordingtoLi,thesocietyplanstosendpamphletsoverthenextfewyearstoamillionstudentsin100citiesadvocatingfilialpiety.”ToensurethefestivalisentrenchedinChinesesocietymaybeanarduousprocess,butitisdefinitelyworthtrying,“saidChenXuxia,anacademicianwiththeHebeiAcademyofSocialSciences.Xinhua(From:ChinaDaily05/14/2007)1.Inparagraph3,theunderlinedword“Mencius”isonefamouspersoninancientChina,whois