Question

【題目】Mother's Day is a time of memory and celebration for Mom. It is a time of breakfast in bed and family gatherings.

The earliest Mother's Day celebrations came from the spring celebrations of old Greece. During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called “Mothering Sunday”．

During this time many of the poor in England worked as servants for the rich. As they worked far away from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers(雇主). On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers.

In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day offered to peace. Ms. Howe would hold Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass every year.

In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a movement to set a national Mother's Day, Ms. Jarvis asked her mother's church(教堂)in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary(周年紀(jì)念) of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year，there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.

【1】What does mother do on Mother’s Day from the first Paragraph?

A. Mother needn't make breakfast.

B. Mother should make breakfast.

C. Family members may stay out.

D. Mother usually gets ready for dinner.

【2】When did the earliest Mother’s Day begin?

A. The United States. B. Denmark.

C. Finland. D. Old Greece.

【3】When did Jarvis’s mother die?

A. 1872. B. 1871. C. 1907. D. 1905.

【4】Where would they live as the servants worked far away their home?

A. At their own houses.

B. At their employers' houses.

C. In their friends' houses.

D. In the hotel.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

文章主要講述了母親節(jié)的由來(lái)，成立時(shí)間，慶祝方式等等。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文開(kāi)頭的句子“Mother's Day is a time of memory and celebration for Mom. It is a time of breakfast in bed and family gatherings.”母親節(jié)是一個(gè)紀(jì)念母親的節(jié)日。母親可以在床上用餐，由此可知母親在此刻不必做早飯，故答案為A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段開(kāi)頭的句子“The earliest Mother's Day celebrations came from the spring celebrations of old Greece.” 最早的母親節(jié)慶�；顒�(dòng)起源于古希臘的春季慶典。故答案為D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中句子“In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a movement to set a national Mother's Day, Ms. Jarvis asked her mother's church(教堂)in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary(周年紀(jì)念) of her mother's death,”1907年，安娜·賈維斯設(shè)立了一個(gè)全國(guó)性的母親節(jié)。這一年是她母親去世的兩周年紀(jì)念日，故Jarvis的母親死于1905年，故答案為D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中句子“During this time many of the poor in England worked as servants for the rich. As they worked far away from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers(雇主).”可知，當(dāng)仆人遠(yuǎn)離自己的家園時(shí)，他們會(huì)住在雇主的房子里。故答案為B。