《2025年学习之友九年级英语上册人教版》

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More and more young people from China begin to celebrate(庆祝) Father’s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?
While Mrs Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother’s Day in a church in 1909, she had an idea of having Father’s Day to honor(纪念) her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day. The church agreed with her.
The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1909 in Washington. Children made special desserts and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President(总统) Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.
根据短文内容完成下面句子,每空词数不限。
1. The young people usually send fathers presents or invite them for a nice dinner to celebrate Father’s Day in China.
2. Mrs Dodd’s life was hard when she was young.
3. Mrs Dodd wanted to have Father’s Day because she wanted to thank her father (for what he had done for them).
4. Mrs Dodd wrote a letter to a church to ask for the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day.
5. Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1909 for the first time in America.

答案： 1. send fathers presents 2. hard 3. wanted to thank her father (for what he had done for them) 4. ask for the third Sunday in June 5. on June 19th, 1909