五、完形填空
Autumn is always a golden season of the year. Every year, we Chinese ______ 1 ______ our Teachers' Day on September 10. But do you know the ______ 2 ______ of this festival?
The idea of Chinese Teachers' Day started in 1931. Two famous educators (教育家), Tai Shuangqiu and Cheng Qibao, first came up with this idea. They got ______ 3 ______ with some other educators in Beijing and Shanghai and advised that June 6 should be Teachers' Day. But it was not supported (支持) by the government (政府) at that time.
In 1939, the government decided (决定) to ______ 4 ______ Teachers' Day on August 27 — Confucius' birthday. But ______ 5 ______ people celebrated it through the whole country.
In 1951, the Chinese government decided to celebrate Teachers' Day on May 1, the same day as Labour Day. ______ 6 ______ many people didn't agree.
Finally, in the year of 1984, Wang Zikun, former president of Beijing Normal University, said that teachers should have ______ 7 ______ own (自己的) day. The ______ 8 ______ quickly got strong support and September 10 Teachers' Day was celebrated the following year.
Then teachers in China finally found a day to celebrate their hard work. From then on, ______ 9 ______ September 10, teachers all over the country have got ______ 10 ______ attention (关注). They get respect for what they do for this country.
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) 1. A. help B. celebrate C. start D. thank
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) 2. A. history B. subject C. question D. wish
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) 3. A. around B. away C. inside D. together
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) 4. A. call B. need C. make D. show
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) 5. A. little B. few C. most D. all
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) 6. A. And B. So C. But D. After
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) 7. A. her B. his C. their D. our
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) 8. A. idea B. date C. present D. meeting
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) 9. A. in B. at C. of D. on
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)10. A. different B. special C. difficult D. short
