England was one of the first countries to set aside a day to recognize mothers．In the eighteenth century,      many people worked as household servants for the     , "Mothering Sunday" was _     for them to return home to be with their mothers．Though this      stopped when the Industrial Revolution altered the working and living patterns of people, one     for mothers was established as a holiday in the twentieth century．

In the United States, Mother's Day did not become a（n）       holiday until 1915．Its establishment was      due to the perseverance and love of one      , Anna Jarvis．Anna's mother had provided strength and support as the family      their home in West Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania      her father served as a minister．

When Mrs Jarvis died on May 5, 1905, Anna was determined to       her．She asked a minister at the church in West Virginia to give a sermon（布道）      memory of her mother．

On the same Sunday in Philadelphia, ministers there honoured Mrs.Jarvis and all mothers with a (n)      Mother's Day service．Anna Jarvis began writing to congressmen, asking them to       a day to honour mothers. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia proclaimed(宣布) the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later every state       it．

On Mother' s Day morning some American children       the tradition of serving their mothers breakfast in bed．Other children will give their mothers      which they have made themselves or bought in      ．Adults give their mothers red carnations, the official Mother's Day flower．If their mothers     , they may bring white carnations to their grave（墳?zāi)梗﹕ites．This is the busiest day of the year for American       ．On the special day, family members do not want Mom to cook dinner!

1.A．before         B．since             C．when              D．until

2.A．rich             B．poor                  C．living             D．injured

3.A．protected            B．reserved               C．changed         D．persuaded

4.A．form          B．custom            C．habit            D．plan

5.A．Monday                B．Wednesday            C．Sunday                  D．Friday

6.A．ordinary        B．common             C．regular          D．official

7.A．nearly         B．largely                 C．deeply           D．highly

8.A．mother         B．sister                  C．daughter         D．waitress

9.A．destroyed    B．found                 C．made            D．left

10.A．where      B.  when                     C．why           D．how

11.A．reward       B．honour                C．a(chǎn)ward                   D．inspire

12.A．on                 B．a(chǎn)t                      C．in               D．for

13.A．special               B．expensive             C．simple           D．easy

14.A．put off               B．give up                C．take on        D．set aside

15.A．understood          B．received                C．celebrated              D．prevented

16.A．follow            B．refuse                C．a(chǎn)ccept           D．support

17.A．letters               B．gifts                    C．calls                    D．toys

18.A．schools               B．churches             C．stores           D．hospitals

19.A．went ahead     B．moved on                 C．stayed up        D．passed away    

20.A．restaurants            B．departments        C．offices           D．markets  

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B   

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：在十八世紀(jì)，傭人們可以在某一個(gè)星期天回家陪伴母親，這是早期母親節(jié)的雛形。后來美國的安娜為現(xiàn)代母親節(jié)的確立作出了突出的貢獻(xiàn)。

1.C連詞辨析。A在……之前；B自從；C當(dāng)……時(shí)候；D直到。根據(jù)語境可知，此處意為“當(dāng)許多人做家庭傭人的時(shí)候”，故選when。

2.A形容詞辨析。這里考查的the + adj表示一類人。聯(lián)系前面的servants可以推知，此處指富人 (the rich)。這里指為富人家做傭人。

3.B 短語辨析。A保護(hù)；B保留；C改變；D勸服。Mothering Sunday是專門留作他們回家和母親在一起的日子。

4.B名詞辨析。A形式；B風(fēng)俗；C習(xí)慣；D計(jì)劃。根據(jù)文章的語境可知，此處是指這一風(fēng)俗 (custom)因?yàn)楣I(yè)革命而中斷了。

5.C上下文連串。上下文中很多信息可以告訴我們，母親節(jié)是在一個(gè)周日，故用Sunday。

6.D 形容詞辨析。A普通的；B通常的；C規(guī)律的；D正式的。本段介紹美國母親節(jié)的由來。此處的意思是直到1915年母親節(jié)才成為正式的 (official)節(jié)日。

7.B副詞辨析。A幾乎；B很大程度上；C深深地；D高度地。根據(jù)下文可知，母親節(jié)的設(shè)立很大程度上 (largely)應(yīng)歸功于安娜所做的工作。

8.C。上下文連串。根據(jù)后面的Anna’s mother等可知，此處指一個(gè)“女兒（daughter）”的愛。

9.C 動詞辨析。make their home意為“安家”，為固定搭配。安娜的母親提供精力，因?yàn)樗麄儼布以谖鞲ゼ醽喼荨?/p>

10.A。連詞辨析。根據(jù)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處說明父親工作的地點(diǎn)，故選where。他父親在那里當(dāng)部長。

11.B 上下文連串。下文中的a day to honor mothers給出了提示。母親去世后，安娜決定向她的母親表示敬意 (honor)。

12.C 介詞辨析。in memory of sb. 意為“紀(jì)念某人”。安娜請牧師布道以表示她對母親的紀(jì)念。

13.A 形容詞辨析。A特殊的；B貴的；C簡單地；D容易的。這里指用一種“特殊的”母親節(jié)的方式表示對她的敬意，故用special。

14.D 短語辨析。set aside“留出”。第一段第一句中有提示。此處指安娜要求留出一天以表示對母親們的敬意。

15.C 動詞辨析。A理解；B解釋；C慶祝；D阻止�？蘸蟮膇t指母親節(jié)，所以此處指一年以后每個(gè)州都“慶�！蹦赣H節(jié)。

16.A 動詞辨析。follow the tradition意為“按照傳統(tǒng)”。此處說的是母親節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)慶祝方式：伺候他們的母親在床上吃早餐。

17.B 上下文連串。根據(jù)后面which引導(dǎo)的定語從句的內(nèi)容可知，這里指送給母親的“禮物”。其他孩子將給他們母親禮物。

18.C 名詞辨析。A學(xué)校；B教堂；C商店；D醫(yī)院。這些禮物是孩子們自己做的或是在“商店”里買的。

19.D 短語辨析。此處白色的康乃馨和上文中紅色的康乃馨相對應(yīng)，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)的意思可以推知，此處指若母親去世 (pass away)。pass through“通過”，pass on“傳遞，繼續(xù)”，pass by“（時(shí)間）逝去”，均不符合語義。

20.A上下文連串。根據(jù)文章最后一句話可知，這里指“餐館”很忙碌，因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)特殊的日子里家人都不想讓母親做飯。

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