Who give us life, raise us and are our constant support and well­wishers？Our mothers. That’s why millions of people across the world take Mother’s Day as an opportunity to express thanks and send best wishes to their moms.
However, the celebration of Mother’s Day is not the recent thing that many believe it to be. It was the ancient Greeks who started the tradition by celebrating their annual spring festival in honor of Rhea, the mother of many gods and goddesses.
Later, in the 1600s, Mothering Sunday came to be celebrated in England. On the fourth Sunday of Lent (大齋期), children brought flowers and special fruitcakes to show their respect for their mothers. It may be the root of the modern Mother’s Day.
Thanks to the great efforts of Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis, Mother’s Day became an official festival in the US. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Later, many countries began to celebrate this day as Mother’s Day.
Today, Mother’s Day is an international festival honoring mothers. It is celebrated all over the world in different ways. In Western countries，the most common way is to treat mothers with breakfast in bed .Kids often allow their mothers to sleep till late in the morning while they prepare her favorite breakfast with their fathers. Some also make hand­made gifts or buy beautiful carnations (康乃馨). It is the day when you acknowledge your mothers contribution in your life and pay a tribute (禮品) to her, often with flowers and gifts. It complements Father’s Day, the celebration honoring fathers.
Today, Mother’s Day is a day celebrated on various days in many places around the world.
小題1:Why do people across the world celebrate Mother’s Day?
A．Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to their mothers.
B．Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to Rhea.
C．Because Mother’s Day is an official festival in the US.
D．Because Mother’s Day is an international festival.
小題2:The modern Mother’s Day came from________.
A．GreeceB．ChinaC．AmericaD．England
小題3:From the passage we can learn that________.
A．Rhea is the mother of many gods and goddesses of England
B．many people wrongly believe Mother’s Day has a short history
C．in America Mother’s day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent
D．on Mother’s day fathers have to get up early to prepare breakfast
小題4:The passage mainly wants to tell us________.
A．how to celebrate Mother’s day
B．what to do on Mother’s day
C．the historical change of Mother’s day
D．the meaning of Mother’s day

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了母親節(jié)發(fā)展的歷史，以及世界各地人們慶祝母親節(jié)的不同方式。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)That’s why millions of people across the world take Mother’s Day as an opportunity to express thanks and send best wishes to their moms. 故選A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)Later, in the 1600s, Mothering Sunday came to be celebrated in England.可知現(xiàn)代的母親節(jié)來(lái)自于英格蘭，故選D。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)However, the celebration of Mother’s Day is not the recent thing that many believe it to be.可知許多人錯(cuò)誤的認(rèn)為母親節(jié)的歷史很短，故選B。
小題4:主旨題：通過(guò)閱讀全文，可知這篇文章主要講了母親節(jié)的發(fā)展歷史，故選C。
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