第三部分阅读理解（满分40分）
第一节阅读选择（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
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A Father’s day is a day set aside for honouring fathers in church services and in
the home. It’s celebrated in the U.S. in the third Sunday of June. This idea was begun by Mrs John Bruces Dodd, who in 1909 persuaded an organization in Washington to
salute fathers with special church services. The idea was officially agreed to by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge suggested national celebration of the day to form closer relations between fathers and their children, and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their duties. The red or white rose is recognized as the official Father’s Day flower.
56. Father’s Day, at first, meant ______.
A. to honor fathers in church services and in the home
B. to win honor for fathers in church services
C. to do honour to fathers at home
D. to warn the fathers of their duties
57. Father’s Day was first celebrated by _____.
A. the French      B. the British      C. the German       D. the American
58. The first president who agreed to Father’s Day was _____.
A. Woodrow Wilson     B. Calvin Coolidge
C. George Washington   D. Abraham Lincoln
59. The president wanted Father’s Day to be a day on which _____.
A. people remembered their fathers
B. the relations between fathers and their children became closer
C. fathers must remember that they should be good fathers
D. both B and C
60. According to the passage, this idea was begun by______.
A. Woodrow Wilson      B. Calvin Coolidge
C. George Washington    D. Mrs. John Bruces Dodd