Shops have shown little enthusiasm about Father's Day, _____ the active promotion campaigns on Mother's Day．

    A．compare with                         B．compared with

    C．to compare with                  D．having compared with

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 shopkeepers found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, presents 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 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 a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to 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 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.

1.Father’s Day was started just because           .          

A. there was a Mother’s Day         B. there was a Children’s Day 

C. people liked their fathers a lot      D. fathers were more important

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Many countries have a Father’s Day.

B. Father’s Day has a long history.

C. Father’s Day has become important in North America.

D. Maybe Father’s Day will become popular before too long.

3.In America, people have a Father’s Day to        .

A. go shopping with their fathers     B. help their fathers do something 

C. show their love to their fathers    D. get money from their fathers

4.On Father’s Day, shopkeepers always want         .

A. people to buy as many presents as possible

B. children to buy presents only for their fathers

C. women to buy presents only for their husbands

D. grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present only for their grandfathers

5.It can be learned from the article that        .

A. the writer is against Father’s Day

B. many countries have a Father’s Day

C. shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual

D. We don’t need to have a Father’s Day

________ about father's health, we hired a taxi to Changsha to consult a famous doctor in Xiangya Hospital．

1. A.
   Thinking
2. B.
   Considering
3. C.
   Concerned
4. D.
   Imagining

Shops have shown little enthusiasm about Father’s Day, _____ the active promotion campaigns on Mother’s Day．

       On July 22, 2007, Jay Brunkella ,a police officer in the Rogers Park district in Chicago , was shot during a drug arrest and died. Shortly afterwards, fellow officer Ken Knapcik, a 20-year veteran（老警官）of the force, returned home after work to find a note from his 15-year-old daughter on the dining table.

       Dad—this poem came directly from my heart. I love you so much! It scares and amazes me that you go out every day and risk everything to provide us with all that we have. I wrote this to express how much I love you and how much lost I’d be without you-Laura. P.S.: Hey, let’s be careful out there.

       Titled “The Last Cop”, Laura’s poem was dedicated “To all the cops in the world who have daughters who love them with all their hearts. And especially to my dad.” It was about a police-officer’s daughter who sees on the night time news that her father has been shot. Part of poem: “Daddy, my Daddy, can you hear me cry? Oh, God, I need my Daddy, please don’t let him die.”

       Ken Knapcik stood alone as he read the poem. “It took me several minutes,” he said. “I’d get through part of it and have to stop before I could go on. I was weeping. She had never told me she was scared.” He took the poem to work the next day and showed it to his fellow officers. “I’ve never seen so many grown men cry. Some couldn’t finish it.”

       Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in the pocket of his police jacket. He takes it with him every time he leaves the house for a new shift. “I don’t want to be out there without it.” he said, “I’ll probably carry it with me forever.”

1．Laura wrote the poem ______.

A．in memory of her father who was shot in the drug arrest

B．to show her great sorrow in losing her father

C．to show her respect to all the cops who lost their lives

D．to tell officer Ken Knapcik how much she loved him

2．All the officers cried because ______.

A．Jay Brunkella was shot and died

B．they were greatly touched by the poem

C．the poem was so well written that they kept praising it

D．they thought of their dangerous life

3．Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in his pocket ______.

A．to treasure her daughter’s love and to value his own life

B．to keep it from missing

C．because he can’t go out without it

D．to remember the death of officer Jay Brunkella

4．What is the text mainly talked about?

A．A poem for a cop.  

B．An officer’s death.

C．The daughter’s worry about father’s safety.

D．The duty of a cop.