Father’s Day has a very short history. It 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 businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though（雖然） some have a 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 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（即使） 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.
閱讀短文，判斷正誤，正確的用“T”，錯誤的用“F”：
小題1:Father’s Day started just because businesses wanted to get a lot of money.
小題2: The word “special” in the second paragraph means “not usual”.
小題3: In America, people have a Father’s Day to show their love for their fathers.
小題4: On Father’s Day, businesses always want people to buy as many as presents.
小題5:It can be learned from the passage that Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.

小題1:F
小題1:T
小題1:T
小題1:T
小題1:F

小題1:根據(jù)第一段It 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. 描述,可知本句描述錯誤.F
小題1:聯(lián)系下文for boys and another for girls.可知此處指的是特殊的一天,故本句描述正確.
小題1:根據(jù)最后一段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.描述,可知本句描述正確
小題1:根據(jù)And businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.結(jié)合常識,可知本句描述正確.
小題1:根據(jù)More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before long.可知父親節(jié)會變得和母親節(jié)一樣重要,故本句描述錯誤.
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