完形填空閲讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然後從短後各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。 Toda...
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完形填空
閲讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然後從短後各題所給的A、B、C、D 四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。
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 _1 was from Greece. Christians (基督教徒) celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday. In England, people celebrated the holiday to _2 all the mothers and called it “Mothering Sunday”.
In America, Mother’s Day started nearly 150 _3_ ago. Anna Jarvis, a housewife, organized a day to raise people’s awareness(意識) of the poor. She believed that mothers would _4_ her. She called it “Mother’s Work Day”. In 1905 when Anna_5_ , her daughter, also named Anna, began an activity in memory of the work of her mother. She _6__ what her mother said, “There are many days for _7_, 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 (*)decided that officials(官員) would wear_8_ carnations on Mother’s Day. The next year, Mother’s Day_9_an American national holiday and it was on the second Sunday in May.
Soon , more and more countries began to _10_ 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 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
9.A. became B. named C. planned D. imagined
10.A. invite B. express C. celebrate D. develop
【回答】
1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.A 10.C
知識點：*經濟文化類
題型：完型填空
