Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Father's Day was created to complement Mother’s Day. Like Mother's Day (28)________ honors mothers and motherhood, Father's Day celebrates fatherhood and paternal bonds; it highlights the (29)___________ of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, but it is also celebrated widely on other days. ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Father's Day was created to complement Mother’s Day. Like Mother's Day (28)________ honors mothers and motherhood, Father's Day celebrates fatherhood and paternal bonds; it highlights the (29)___________ of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, but it is also celebrated widely on other days. Historically, Sonora Smart Dodd was the woman behind the celebration of male parenting. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who (30)________ his six children there. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first celebration was in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) on June 19, 1910. Since then it has become a traditional day (31)________ year.

In recognition of what fathers do for their families, on this day people may have a party celebrating male parenting or simply make a phone call or send a greeting card. (32)_______, schools help children prepare handmade gifts for their fathers many days before the celebration.