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Father’s Day
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 UK for a very long time.
Father’s Day was first celebrated by Americans___1__ it was inspired( 受启发) by the actions of a man 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 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 a 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 tie, 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 Day, or indeed Mother Day, there will be adverts(广告) on TV giving __17_ ideas of CDs or gadgets(小玩意) we can buy. Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar merchandise(商品) 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’s 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