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（店主）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 very much

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Very few countries have a Father's Day．

B．Americans never care about Father's Day．

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

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

4．On Father's Day，shopkeepers always want _________．

A．people to buy as many as presents

B．children to buy presents only for their fathers

C．women to buy presents only for their husbands

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

This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before. A lot of things had changed in the last few months. Usually we would give Mom flowers and take her out for a big meal. We couldn’t afford it this year.

Since I was born, Mom had been able to stay at home with me. We always had enough money to go out to eat two or three times a week if I had behaved well.

All that changed in January.

I could tell that Dad was getting a little angry. Mom would tell me to be quiet and let him rest at night. He’d work later and later.

Beginning in February, Dad tried hard to find another job. But it wasn’t easy for him to find something at the level he used to. He could not bring in as much money. That’s when he asked my mom to go back to work.

After a couple of weeks, Mom found a full-time job at a bank. The pay would be a big help to the family, but now Mom would not be around as much. I didn’t like it. I now had to stay in the after-school care program instead of going home and playing in my neighborhood. Too bad was, as soon as I did get home, I had to help get dinner ready, because Mom wouldn’t get home until after 6:00. I really missed the past time.

a)        This was not going to be a Mother’s Day as before because the writer’s father wasn’t in

b)       The writer’s home used to be rich. 

c)        His family changed because his father was mad.

d)       In February, the writer’s mother started to work at a bank.

e)        The writer really wanted his mother to stay with him