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 businessmen found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for the fathers from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have 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 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 buy Father’s Day presents for their fathers. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present----not for her father but for her husband, even if(即使) he is not a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a present for their grandfathers.

1.Father’s Day was started just because ____________.

A. there was a Mother’s Day.

B. there was a Children’s Day.

C. businessmen wanted to get a lot of money.

D. people liked their father very much.

2. In North America, people have a Father’s Day to _________.

A. buy some presents only for their fathers.

B. help their fathers do something.

C. let their fathers have a good rest

D. show their love for their fathers or husbands.

3.On Father’s Day, businessmen always want ___________.

A. people to buy as many presents as they can.

B. children to buy presents only for their fathers.

C. women to buy presents only for their husbands.

D. only men with children to have presents.

4.We know from the passage that ____________.

A. the writer doesn’t like Father’s Day.

B. many countries have a Father’s Day.

C. businessmen can get more money on Father’s Day.

D. Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.

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When I was eight years old, my family moved from Edinburgh to London because Father started a new job here. It was hundreds of miles away from my grandmother, so we sometimes spend spent hours ________to Edinburgh to visit her when we missed her terribly.

Granny never had much. She didn’t have things, or live in a nice house, but I could feel with my that she loved us deeply, especially when my world was turned upside down ________ my mother and father divorced(离婚) two years later.

I still remember those little things. Granny allowed me to sit on top of her ________ table, getting me to dip(蘸) my fingers in the sugar bowl or ________ from her coffee cup. Granny had a fancy bottle high on a shelf. One day after her death. I received a box. To my surprise, I found the ________ inside. She remembered once I had asked her for it.

Granny ________ her pennies in a glass jar. She could have used those pennies herself but she kept ________ for my brother Tommie and me. And I was always excited to ________the pennies between my brother and me. “ One of you, one of me.” I would repeat ________ the jar was empty. I don’t remember how much we got on our visits, but I know that’s ________she loved us and cared about us when we were far away from her. So if I am ________enough to find a penny lying on the ground one day, I am sure it is just the one from Granny in heaven.

Those childhood memories have never ________ me. Instead, they still give me warm feelings through the years. A granny’s ________ stays with a grandchild as long as he needs it. You know, love is just like that.

1.A. hiking B. running C. driving D. walking

2.A. normal B. expensive C. cheap D. old

3.A. life B. heart C. idea D. thought

4.A. because B. unless C. while D. before

5.A. bedroom B. garden C. bathroom D. kitchen

6.A. fill B. eat C. use D. drink

7.A. bottle B. box C. bowl D. cup

8.A. used B. found C. saved D. lost

9.A. them B. it C. her D. us

10.A. store B. offer C. divide D. provide

11.A. if B. as C. although D. until

12.A. what B. how C. when D. where

13.A. patient B. sad C. lucky D. bored

14.A. gone away fromB. come back to C. come up with D. got along with

15.A. interest B. love C. smile D. mind

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