Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or a
special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do — buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present — not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
小题1:Father’s Day was started just because _______________.
| A．there was a Mother’s Day |
| B．there was a Children’s Day |
| C．businesses wanted to get a lot of money |
| D．people liked their fathers very much |
小题2:The word “special” in the second paragraph means ________________________.
| A．great | B．nice | C．useful | D．not usual |
小题3:In America, people have a Father’s Day to ________________________.
| A．buy some presents for their fathers |
| B．show their love for their fathers |
| C．let their fathers have a good rest |
| D．help their fathers do something |
小题4:On Father’s Day, businesses always want ________________________.
| A．people to buy many more presents |
| B．children to buy presents only for their fathers |
| C．women to buy presents only for their husbands |
| D．people to buy presents only for their parents |
小题5:It can be learned from the passage that ________________________.
| A．the writer is against Father’s Day |
| B．many countries have a Father’s Day |
| C．Businesses can get more money on Father’s Day |
| D．Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day |