Question

【題目】Mother’s Day is a celebration in memory of mothers. It celebrates the importance of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, mostly in March, April or May. Let’s see how different people celebrate their Mother’s Day.

Mexico (May 10)

Children make gifts and give them to their mums on Mother’s Eve (May 9). On the morning of May 10, families make a special trip to church and eat tamales（玉米餅）, sometimes filled with meat, cheese or vegetables.

South Africa (Second Sunday of May)

Besides giving mums Mother’s Day cards, people show their thanks for their mothers by wearing red and pink flowers called carnations. If their mothers have passed away, they wear white carnations.

United Kingdom (Fourth Sunday of Lent（大齋期）)

Mother’s Day is a traditional day for people to visit their hometown and attend their home churches. People also bake（烘焙）special fruitcakes to give to their mums.

Indonesia (December 22)

People throw big parties for their mums, filled with fun activities –such as cooking competitions and kebaya –wearing competitions! (A kebaya is a traditional blouse and skirt.)

【1】Why do people celebrate Mother’s Day according to the passage?

A. To bake fruitcakes for their mums. B. To wear red and pink carnations.

C. To take parit in wearing competitions. D. To celebrate the importance of mums.

【2】Celebrating Mother’s Day has something to do with food in the following countries EXCEPT ______.

A. Mexico B. South Africa C. United Kingdom D. Indonesia

【3】The underlined word “throw” in the last paragraph means ______.

A. organize B. send C. ask D. move

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】本文主要介紹了慶祝母親節(jié)的意義，及其一些國家慶祝母親節(jié)的方式和習(xí)俗等。

【1】D

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)。Mother's Day is a celebration in memory of mothers．It celebrates the importance of mothers in society．可知母親節(jié)是紀(jì)念母親的慶祝活動，它慶祝母親在社會中的重要性，因此母親節(jié)是為了慶祝母親的重要性，故選D．

【2】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)South Africa：Besides giving mums Mother's Day cards，people show their thanks for their mothers by wearing red and pink flowers called carnations．If their mothers have passed away，they wear white carnations．可知南非：除了給母親做母親節(jié)賀卡外，人們還佩戴紅色和粉色的康乃馨來表達(dá)對母親的感激之情，因此南非在母親節(jié)這天沒有和食物有關(guān)的慶祝，故選B。

【3】A

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)。People throw big parties for their mums，filled with fun activities﹣such as cooking competitions and kebaya﹣wearing competitions!可知充滿了有趣的活動，如烹飪比賽和kebaya﹣wearing 比賽！因此表示組織活動，故throw意為組織的意思。故選A。