阅读理解。 Mother'sDay
Hello,boysandgirls.DoyouknowMother'sDay?Mother'sDayisaholidayformothers.It'sonthe
secondSundayinMay.ItiscelebratedintheUK,theUSA,Swedenandothercountries.Onthisday,fathers
andchildrenmakebreakfast,mothersdon'twork,andmanypeoplegiveflowersandcardstotheirmothers.
Mother'sDaybeganonthe10thMay1908intheUSA.TheideaofadayformotherswasfirstgivenbyAnna
JarvisoftheUSA.Shewantedpeopletospendonedaysayingthankstotheirmothers.Soontheholidaybecame
populararoundthecountryandtheworld.However,in1923,AnnawantedtostopMothers'Day,becauseshe
didn'tlikethewaypeoplechosetocelebrateit.Shewantedpeopletospendmoretimetellingtheirmothersthat
theylovethemandspendlessmoneybuyingthings.1.Mother'sDayison .[ ]A.thesecondSundayinMay
B.thesecondSaturdayinMay
C.Maythesecond
D.the8thMay19232.WheredidpeoplecelebrateMother'sDayfirst?[ ]A.PeoplecelebrateditinEnglish.
B.PeoplecelebrateditinUSA.
C.PeoplecelebrateditinEngland,America,Swedenandothercountries.
D.PeoplecelebrateditinSweden.3.WhydidAnnawanttostopMother'sDay?[ ]A.Becauseshedidn'twanttobeafamouswoman.
B.Becauseshedidn'tlikethewaypeoplechosetocelebrateit.
C.Becauseshedidn'tlikemothers.
D.Becauseshedidn'thavemoneytobuypresents.4.TheideaofformotherswasfirstgivenbyAnnaJarvis.[ ]A.achild
B.aweek
C.aday
D.aflower5."Sayingthankstotheirmothers."means.[ ]A.Asktheirfatherstospendalotofmoneyfortheirmothers.
B.Asktheirmotherstohavearest.
C.Spendmuchmoneybuyingpresentsfortheirmothers.
D.Spendsometimetellingmothersthattheylovethem.1.A 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.D