The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.

However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon① in 1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices② and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spikane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.

When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental③. Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.

Notes:

① sermon  v.  布道

② sacrifices  n.  牺牲

③ sentimental  adj.  感伤的

1. The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______.

  A. many people celebrate the day                B. only America celebrates the day

  C. America makes it an official day              D. all men are honored in America

2. At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______.

  A. Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday

  B. Sonora’s birthday was June 19

  C. it was decided by the president at that time

  D. her mother died on June 19

3. How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated?

  A. 4     B. 10      C. 14     D. 24

4. According to the passage, on Father’s Day,  ______.

  A. people will wear the same flowers to honor their fathers

  B. only daughters wear red flowers to honor their fathers

  C. children must go home to honor their fathers

  D. fathers are often honored in different ways

5. According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______.

  A. was very kind to anyone

  B. did a lot for his daughter

  C. was the first father honored in 1924

  D. always help others by giving money

【小题1】At last, he decided to m_______ in physics.
【小题2】She ________(使相信) me that her father was innocent. 
【小题3】Mind your________(举止)！It’s bad manners to speak like that.
【小题4】She  w_____to her husband so that she would not wake up the baby.
【小题5】It is not w_______ to discuss the question again and again. 
【小题6】His opinion is quite________(独特的)
【小题7】He refused to accept the job for v_____ reasons.
【小题8】Jack is always c_____about others’personal affairs
【小题9】______(面部)expressions can have a lot of meanings
【小题10】It’s ______ ______(难怪)that you can’t sleep when you eat so much.
【小题11】You________ ________ _______（可能）misunderstand what he said yesterday.
【小题12】You should have told me the news _______ ________(提前)  
【小题13】________ _______(多亏) her help, we completed the task successfully.
【小题14】Are you_________ _________(满意) the new house with a big garden?

1.At last, he decided to m_______ in physics.

2.She ________(使相信) me that her father was innocent. 

3.Mind your________(举止)！It's bad manners to speak like that.

4.She  w_____to her husband so that she would not wake up the baby.

5.It is not w_______ to discuss the question again and again. 

6.His opinion is quite________(独特的)

7.He refused to accept the job for v_____ reasons.

8.Jack is always c_____about others’personal affairs

9.______(面部)expressions can have a lot of meanings

10.It’s ______ ______(难怪)that you can’t sleep when you eat so much.

11.You________ ________ _______（可能）misunderstand what he said yesterday.

12.You should have told me the news _______ ________(提前)  

13.________ _______(多亏) her help, we completed the task successfully.

14.Are you_________ _________(满意) the new house with a big garden?

词汇

76. At last, he decided to m_______ in physics.

77. She ________(使相信) me that her father was innocent. 

78. Mind your________(举止)！It's bad manners to speak like that.

79.She  w_____to her husband so that she would not wake up the baby.

80. It is not w_______ to discuss the question again and again. 

81.His opinion is quite________(独特的)

82.He refused to accept the job for v_____ reasons.

83.Jack is always c_____about others’personal affairs

84.______(面部)expressions can have a lot of meanings

85.It’s ______ ______(难怪)that you can’t sleep when you eat so much.

86.You________ ________ _______（可能）misunderstand what he said yesterday.

87. You should have told me the news _______ ________(提前)  

88. ________ _______(多亏) her help, we completed the task successfully.

89.Are you_________ _________(满意) the new house with a big garden?

Some years ago, leaving the farm to work in the city, three brothers were employed by the same company and on the same pay. But three years later, they received different wages. So their father was confused and decided to pay a visit to the boss, who told him that he would let his sons explain for themselves.
The three brothers were asked by the supervisor to go to the airport to get a cargo inventory at different times. Jim, who received 500 dollars a month, got the information on the phone instead of going to the airport himself. Frank, the 1000 dollars a month brother with a list of more cargoes. George, the 1500 dollars a month brother came back with detailed information and also did something extra without being told.
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