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    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 a present for their father from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or an unusual 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, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and 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, buy, buy, and 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.

56．Father’s Day was started just because ___________.

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

C．shopkeepers wanted to get a lot of money D．people liked their fathers very much

57．The word “unusual” in the second paragraph means _____________.

A．great            B．nice             C．useful           D．special

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

A．buy some presents for their fathers  B．show their love for their fathers

C．let their fathers have a good rest   D．help their fathers do something

59．On Father’s Day, shopkeepers always want ______________.

A．people to buy many more presents

B．children to buy presents only for their fathers

C．women to buy presents only for their husbands

D．people to buy presents only for their parents

60．We can learn from the passage that ______________.

A．the writer is against（反對） Father’s Day

B．many countries have a Father’s Day

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

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

【回答】

56．A

57．D

58．B

59．A

60．C

【分析】

這篇短文給我們介紹了父親節的由來，人們的慶祝方式。在過父親節的時候，人們都會買禮物送給父親，向父親表達他們的愛。商家們也很高興，因為在這個時候他們可以賺到很多錢。

56．細節理解題。根據短文第一段中It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some American thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day可知，有父親節的原因是因為有母親節，一些美國人覺得如果有母親節，那麼就應該有父親節。由此可知應選A。

57．詞義猜測題。根據劃線單詞所在的句子By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls可知，我們知道父親節是專門給父親過的節日，還有兒童節，是給孩子們的。那麼special 指的就是專門給男孩或者女孩們過的節日。因此special是特殊的，專門的，也就是not usual，不尋常的。故選D。

58．推理判斷題。根據短文的最後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可知，人們慶祝父親節，這樣孩子們就可以用一種更加公開的方式向父親表達他們的愛。故最佳*是D。A選項在短文中也提到了，在父親節的時候，孩子們都會給父親買禮物，但是慶祝父親節不僅僅是買禮物，向父親表達愛才是更重要的。

59．細節理解題。根據短文第一段中Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father, a present from their shops可知，很多商家都發現慶祝父親節是一種很好的方式，可以讓人們去給他們的父親買禮物，這樣商店就可以賺錢。由此可知應選A。

60．推理判斷題。根據短文中Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father, a present from their shops.以及buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father可知，人們慶祝父親節，可以向自己的父親表達愛。對於商家來說，這是一個盈利的好機會，因為在這個節日裡，人們都會給自己的父親買禮物，這樣他們就可以賺到很多錢。因此C選項是正確的。

點睛：這篇短文講述了父親節的由來以及人們如何慶祝父親節。短文中心突出，內容比較容易理解。做題時，要把握文章的中心，為什麼要慶祝父親節，這對於商家有什麼好處。例如第3小題，雖然短文中提到了在過父親節的時候，孩子們都會買禮物，但是向父親表示愛才是重要的，故最佳*是D；再例如第4小題和第5小題，父親節的時候，人們都會買禮物，所以商家都會很賺錢。

知識點：歷史

題型：閱讀理解