Question

Today， many people send cards， presents and flowers on Mother’s Day to show their love， but few people know how Mother’s Day started. The earliest festival for _ _ was from Greece. Christians (基督教徒) celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday. In England， people celebrated the holiday to _ _ all the mothers and called it “Mothering Sunday”.

In America， Mother’s Day started nearly 150 _ _ ago. Anna Jarvis， a housewife， organized a day to raise people’s awareness(意識) of the poor. She believed that mothers would _ __ her. She called it “Mother’s Work Day”. In 1905 whe_ _nna__ __ ， her daughter， also named Anna， began an activity in memory of the work of her mother. She __ __ what her mother said， “There are many days for __ __， but none for mothers”. She wrote letters to lots of famous people asking for a day for mothers. After three years， Anna handed out her mother’s favorite flowers， white carnations (康乃馨) at a church. In 1913， the government (政府)decided that officials(官員) would wear__ __ carnations on Mother’s Day. The next year， Mother’s Day_ __an American national holiday and it was on the second Sunday in May.

Soon ， more and more countries began to _ __ Mother’s Day. It became a popular holiday all over the world.

1.A. sisters B. mothers C. fathers D. Teachers

2.A. thank B. allow C. discover D. treat

3.A. days B. weeks C. months D. years

4.A. change B. suppose C. support D. advise

5.A. died B. woke C.ran D. started

6.A. cheered B. reminded C. forgot D. remembered

7.A. flowers B. men C. stars D. animals

8.A. white B. red C. yellow D.pink

9.A. became B. named C. planned D. imagined

10.A. invite B. express C. celebrate D. develop

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