c．Father's Day became a day for national observance.

d．The idea of honouring fathers was brought up.

A．abcd 　　　　　　　 B．dabc

C．bacd D.dacb

B　解析：细节理解题。可根据第二段及第三段关于母亲节及父亲节形成的先后顺序来判断。

3．From the passage，we know in the U．S.________．

A．one should wear a red carnation if one's mother passed away

B．on Mother's Day，families often go out to have barbecues　

C．on Father's Day，people often stay at home to celebrate the special day

D．the purpose to have these two special days is to show love to parents

D　解析：推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，美国人以两个特殊的日子向父母表示敬意和爱意，这便是每年五月第二个星期日的母亲节和六月第三个星期日的父亲节。

4．The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ______．　

A．call on people to love and respect their parents

B．introduce Mother's Day and Father's Day

C．tell the difference between Mother's Day and Father's Day

D．show how important fathers and mothers are

B　解析：写作意图题。作者写这篇文章的目的是介绍母亲节和父亲节。

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　　There are a few memories from our childhood that will stay with us forever.A few that seemed so__1__at the time may cause us to smile years later.One such memory is a phone call I__2__when I was about three or four years old.My mother entered a contest on a local__3__show.She and her friends were asked to tell an interesting story about their__4__．The child of the winner would receive a phone call from Santa Claus！Santa would__5__the lucky child a gift.

　　Well，the call came.My mother talked to Santa and then__6__the phone to me.I didn't__7__the fact that many people were__8__our conversation.However，the fact that this phone call is from Santa was__9__．

　　In a very pleasant__10__，Santa Claus asked me about my wall painting.I didn't know that my mother had told about the story that I had__11__a wall with crayons(蜡笔); even I knew that this was the kind of__12__that Santa Claus would not__13__．As a result，I__14__that this gentleman was the__15__Santa Claus，not a radio station actor.

　　I__16__the phone and ran crying out of the room.My crime would be__17__punished by Santa Claus.

It turned out that I did get a__18__present from the radio station.And I guess Santa didn't