Father’s Day
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 sermon 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 sacrifices 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 sentimental. 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.
【小题1】At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______.A．Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthdayB．Sonora’s birthday was June 19C．it was decided by the president at that timeD．her mother died on June 19【小题2】How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated?A．4B．10C．14D．24【小题3】According to the passage, on Father’s Day, ______.A．people will wear the same flowers to honor their fathersB．only daughters wear red flowers to honor their fathersC．children must go home to honor their fathersD．fathers are often honored in different ways【小题4】According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______.A．was very kind to anyoneB．did a lot for his daughterC．was the first father honored in 1924D．always helped others by giving money
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