Father's Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother's Day, which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time.

Father’s Day was first celebrated by American  1  it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart. He was a veteran(退伍军人)of the US Civil War and his wife  2  away giving birth to their sixth child.He  3  six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly  4   back in those days.

His daughter, Sonora Dodd,  5  when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his  6  .It was in the early 1900s and she was actually  7   one day, listening to a sermon(传教) on   8  .She thought there should   9   be a Father's Day celebration.

And so the   10   was born, on the third Sunday every June, close to the anniversary of Sonora's father's death. Britain took the idea of Father's Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated   11   since the 1970s.

Father's Day is never quite such the big commercial event   12   Mother's Day is, probably because it hasn't been in   13   for so long.But what do British people do for Father's Day?

Well, most people would buy their fathers a card.The card would probably have a nice message in it   14  what a great Dad their father is.Some people do buy presents as well.

15   gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because these are things that Dads can  16   use even if they don't want them.In the run-up(即将到来之际)to Father's Day, or indeed Mother's Day, there will be ads on the TV giving  17  ideas of CDs or gadgets (小玩具,小玩意)we can buy.Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar goods with “World's Greatest Dad”  18   on them.

Some families   19  do things together to celebrate Father's Day like going for a meal.As a special treat, British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest ,  20   him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the lawn(除草) to make him feel really appreciated.

1. A.so                          B.or                           C.and                        D.but

2. A.passed                 B.ran                         C.went                      D.died

3. A.brought                  B.raised                     C.fed                        D.educated

4. A.unnatural             B.unfair                     C.untrue                    D.unusual

5. A.realized                  B.noticed                   C.found                    D.heard

6. A.wife                         B.son                          C.daughter                 D.children

7. A.at school            B.at church                 C.at home                 D.at work

8. A.Father’s Day      B.Christmas Day        C.Mother’s Day  D.New Year’s Day

9. A.still                    B.also                          C.too                        D.as well

10. A.attraction                     B.position                   C.tradition                  D.congratulation

11. A.specially               B.especially               C.greatly                   D.officially

12. A.as                        B.like                        C.that                       D.which

13. A.use                      B.existence                 C.effect                 D.power

14. A.writing                 B.speaking                 C.telling                    D.saying

15. A.Popular                B.Regular                  C.Normal                  D.Moral

16. A.sometimes            B.seldom                    C.never                  D.always

17. A.you                      B.us                          C.them                     D.people

18. A.placed                  B.put                        C.written                   D.laid

19. A.must                    B.might                     C.can                        D.should

20. A.make                   B.cook                       C.boil                        D.steam

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