五、阅读理解
The website nationaldaycalendar.com has many special days. Everyone can send ideas to the website. The website can get about 10,000 ideas a year. But it only
accepts 20 to 25. It only chooses those everyone can enjoy or be part of.
For example, there is a day for almost every hobby. Some are funny. If you want to know more about the special days, let's have a look!
National Middle Child Day
If you are a middle child in your family, then August 12th is your day!
It's Middle Child Day. It's a nice thing to have both an elder brother or sister and a younger one. Celebrate it with your family on that day. That day is also World Elephant Day. Elephants are kind and strong. They should have a special day, right? You can watch a film about the big animal on that day.
Tell a Joke（玩笑）Day
Four days after Middle Child Day is Tell a Joke Day. Some people think that jokes have a history of about 4,000 years. We cannot live without jokes today. When times get hard, a good joke will save the day! They make us happy and our days become beautiful and bright because of them. So on Tell a Joke Day, tell a joke to the people around you.
There are many other special days on the website. Just put the interesting days on your own calendar（日历）, and then celebrate them.
（
A
）1. What does the underlined word “accept” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Say yes to something.
B. Say no to some ideas.
C. Get ready for something.
D. Answer some questions.
（
D
）2. What do we know about Middle Child Day?
A. It is on the first day of August.
B. People celebrate it with their friends.
C. Kids with an elder brother celebrate the day.
D. It is on the same day as World Elephant Day.
（
C
）3. When is Tell a Joke Day?
A. On August 8th.
B. On August 12th.
C. On August 16th.
D. On August 20th.
（
C
）4. What can we learn from this passage?
A. Kids all want to have an elder brother.
B. People call the website and give their ideas.
C. The website hopes to help people enjoy every day.
D. People started to tell jokes from a thousand years ago.
