[2019·大同高一检测]
On the third Sunday in June, Americans take time to recognize and thank a special person in the family — fathers! Father's Day celebrates the importance of fathers, young and old and the men thought of as father figures.
The words “the child is father of the man” come from William Wordsworth's poem My Heart Leaps Up. “It means people's personalities form when they are children. They will most likely have the same qualities as an adult that they had as a child.”
Used in everyday speech, one could say, “In his case, the child was father of the man; he loved nature as a child and now works as a botanist (植物学家)”．
Let's say you want to tell a child a story about something that happened long before they were born. You could say it happened when they “were just a twinkle in their father's eyes”. This expression has a humorous and dreamy feel. Here, the word “twinkle” suggests the interest your father had in your mother.
When a much older man is interested in a much younger woman and supports her with his money, he is called her “sugar daddy”. The money part is very important — that's the sugar.
Sometimes fathers are not a good influence or active in the lives of the children. In that case, a person may look for a father figure, a man who is not actually the person's father but who acts like one.
The relationship between a man and his son can be complex. But the relationship between a father and daughter is often simpler. The expression “daddy's little girl” is understood to mean that, in a father's eyes, his daughter can do no wrong.
There is usually not a dry eye at any wedding during the traditional fatheranddaughter dance, especially if they are dancing to a song like Michael Buble's “Daddy's Little Girl. ”
【语篇解读】 在6月的第三个星期日，美国人花时间认识和感谢家庭中的一个特别的人——父亲。父亲节是庆祝父亲的节日，体现了父亲的重要性。本文以此展开，主要介绍了一些关于父亲的习语和表达。
1．If a boy behaves just like his father, we can say ________.
A．he is just a twinkle in his father's eyes
B．he is his sugar daddy
C．like father, like son
D．the child is father of the man
答案与解析：C 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段中的“In that case, a person may look for a father figure, a man who is not actually the person's father but who acts like one.”可知，如果一个男孩的行为像他的父亲，我们可以说“有其父必有其子”。故选C。
2．What do you know about “the child is father of the man”？
A．A child is often spoiled by his father.
B．People's characters are formed when young.
C．A boy will become a father when growing up.
D．A child always shows his true nature.
答案与解析：B 推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“It means people's personalities form when they are children. They will most likely have the same qualities as an adult that they had as a child.”可以推测出，the child is father of the man的意思是人的性格是在小时候形成的。
3．According to the passage, the song Daddy's Little Girl is likely to be ________.
A．moving B．sorrowful
C．crazy D．funny
答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“There is usually not a dry eye at any wedding during the traditional fatheranddaughter dance, especially if they are dancing to a song like Michael Buble's ‘Daddy's Little Girl’”可以推测出，《爸爸的小女孩》这首歌曲是令人感动的。
4．The author writes the passage mainly to ________.
A．introduce the origin of Father's Day
B．show a boy should respect his father
C．explain the importance of fathers
D．tell people several expressions about father
答案与解析：D 主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了一些关于父亲的习语和表达。
