Who give us life，raise us and are our constant support and well­wishers？Our mothers.Th

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 (大斋期)，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 (礼品) 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.
【小题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.【小题2】The modern Mother’s Day came from .A．GreeceB．EnglandC．AmericaD．China【小题3】From the passage we can learn that .A．Rhea is the mother of many gods and goddesses of EnglandB．many people wrongly believe Mother’s Day has a short historyC．in America Mother’s day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of LentD．on Mother’s day fathers have to get up early to prepare breakfast【小题4】The passage mainly wants to tell us .A．how to celebrate Mother’s dayB．what to do on Mother’s dayC．the historical change of Mother’s dayD．the meaning of Mother’s dayA

(答案→)A 解析：【小题1】A解析　细节理解题。第一段最后一句点明了人们庆祝母亲节的原因——表达对母亲的谢意和美好祝愿。【小题2】　B解析　细节理解题。第三段的第一句和最后一句说明，现代母亲节起源于英国。【小题3】　B解析　推理判断题。由第二段内容可得出，母亲节有很长的历史了，但很多人却认为只是在近几十年才开始庆祝母亲节的。【小题4】　C解析　主旨大意题。文章从古希腊的母亲节介绍到现代社会的母亲节，主要介绍了母亲节的由来及演变历史。

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