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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（坟墓）sites．This is the busiest day of the year for American ．On the special day, family members do not want Mom to cook dinner!
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:A
解析
试题分析：文章大意：在十八世纪，佣人们可以在某一个星期天回家陪伴母亲，这是早期母亲节的雏形。后来美国的安娜为现代母亲节的确立作出了突出的贡献。
小题1:C连词辨析。A在……之前；B自从；C当……时候；D直到。根据语境可知，此处意为“当许多人做家庭佣人的时候”，故选when。
小题2:A形容词辨析。这里考查的the + adj表示一类人。联系前面的servants可以推知，此处指富人 (the rich)。这里指为富人家做佣人。
小题3:B 短语辨析。A保护；B保留；C改变；D劝服。Mothering Sunday是专门留作他们回家和母亲在一起的日子。
小题4:B名词辨析。A形式；B风俗；C习惯；D计划。根据文章的语境可知，此处是指这一风俗 (custom)因为工业革命而中断了。
小题5:C上下文连串。上下文中很多信息可以告诉我们，母亲节是在一个周日，故用Sunday。
小题6:D 形容词辨析。A普通的；B通常的；C规律的；D正式的。本段介绍美国母亲节的由来。此处的意思是直到1915年母亲节才成为正式的 (official)节日。
小题7:B副词辨析。A几乎；B很大程度上；C深深地；D高度地。根据下文可知，母亲节的设立很大程度上 (largely)应归功于安娜所做的工作。
小题8:C。上下文连串。根据后面的Anna’s mother等可知，此处指一个“女儿（daughter）”的爱。
小题9:C 动词辨析。make their home意为“安家”，为固定搭配。安娜的母亲提供精力，因为他们安家在西弗吉尼亚州。
小题10:A。连词辨析。根据句子的结构可知，此处说明父亲工作的地点，故选where。他父亲在那里当部长。
小题11:B 上下文连串。下文中的a day to honor mothers给出了提示。母亲去世后，安娜决定向她的母亲表示敬意 (honor)。
小题12:C 介词辨析。in memory of sb. 意为“纪念某人”。安娜请牧师布道以表示她对母亲的纪念。
小题13:A 形容词辨析。A特殊的；B贵的；C简单地；D容易的。这里指用一种“特殊的”母亲节的方式表示对她的敬意，故用special。
小题14:D 短语辨析。set aside“留出”。第一段第一句中有提示。此处指安娜要求留出一天以表示对母亲们的敬意。
小题15:C 动词辨析。A理解；B解释；C庆祝；D阻止。空后的it指母亲节，所以此处指一年以后每个州都“庆祝”母亲节。
小题16:A 动词辨析。follow the tradition意为“按照传统”。此处说的是母亲节的传统庆祝方式：伺候他们的母亲在床上吃早餐。
小题17:B 上下文连串。根据后面which引导的定语从句的内容可知，这里指送给母亲的“礼物”。其他孩子将给他们母亲礼物。
小题18:C 名词辨析。A学校；B教堂；C商店；D医院。这些礼物是孩子们自己做的或是在“商店”里买的。
小题19:D 短语辨析。此处白色的康乃馨和上文中红色的康乃馨相对应，再结合选项的意思可以推知，此处指若母亲去世 (pass away)。pass through“通过”，pass on“传递，继续”，pass by“（时间）逝去”，均不符合语义。
小题20:A上下文连串。根据文章最后一句话可知，这里指“餐馆”很忙碌，因为在这个特殊的日子里家人都不想让母亲做饭。
核心考点
试题【England was one of the first countries to set aside a day to recognize mothers．I】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
If you’re looking for a cheery destination for your next vacation, consider these four spots and get ready to take notes on how to really live the good life.
Singapore
With one of the highest population densities（密度）in the world and residents known for being workaholics, it’s hard to imagine the city-state of Singapore having one of the happiest populations on earth. And yet in a recent survey, 95% of them said they were either very happy or quite happy.
They give their city high marks for cleanliness and safety—subways are pristine (洁净的) and unfailingly arrive on time, and police are seen as helpful and good at their jobs. What’s more, they feel they can count on their neighbours—all 5.1 million of them.
Arhus, Denmark
The residents of Arhus cheerfully part with 68% of their income in taxes, knowing that in return they will be guaranteed free healthcare, free daycare, and a top-notch (第一流的) education for their children.
An energetic city of 300,000 with a lively cultural scene and a diverse number of religions represented, the sense of equality (the range in incomes is narrow), as well as easy access to the nearby sea and surrounding countryside, make Arhus seem more like a small town.
San Luis Obispo, CA
According to a 2008 Gallup-Healthways study, people who live in San Luis Obispo are more likely than residents of other U.S. cities to smile and experience joy and are less likely to experience pain or depression. About 64,000 of the 260,000 people in the greater metropolitan area (都市区), located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, volunteer at over 11,000 non-profit organizations.
Few journeys to work are longer than 10 minutes (one reason its members rank in the upper third for job satisfaction), so “it’s easy to be involved,” resident Pierre Rademaker said. Business signs are unobtrusive (不显眼的) by law, fewer than 11% of residents smoke—the lower rate in the U.S.—there are lots of bike lanes, and the city’s plaza draws crowds of people for free concerts on summer Fridays. What’s not to love?
Monterrey, Mexico
The people of Monterrey don’t enjoy high household incomes or access to good healthcare. Instead, there’s a profound sense of gratitude for the new political freedom enjoyed since the oppressive Institutional Revolutionary Party lost power in 2000—the first time in nearly a century—as well as an emphasis on social life over work.
Another reason Monterrey residents may be so happy is their faith in God and family, and their ability to tough it out through bad times.
“We laugh at sickness, poverty and even death,” says Basanez, a political scientist who lives in Monterrey. “We even have a holiday to celebrate death. November 2, the Day of the Dead, is one of the biggest holidays of the year.”
小题1:According to the passage, what do the residents in the four cities have in common?
| A．All the residents can make great fortunes by working hard. |
| B．The residents there are mostly educators. |
| C．All the residents enjoy enough material wealth. |
| D．The majority of the residents are satisfied with their current life. |
| A．the people of Singapore expect their neighbours to come to their help when necessary |
| B．the people of Monterrey even observe one’s death on a special day of a year |
| C．the residents of Arhus happily pay 68% of their income for their children’s education fee |
| D．the people who live in San Luis Obispo have job satisfaction because they can enjoy good working conditions |
| A．The people of Monterrey didn’t enjoy political freedom until 2000. |
| B．The residents in Singapore feel happy because of its low population density. |
| C．The people of San Luis Obispo can enjoy free concerts in summer. |
| D．Arhus is handy to the seaside and countryside. |
| A．The residents of Arhus have no racial discrimination. |
| B．Arhus is considered as a family sharing everything with each other. |
| C．There is no wide gap between the rich and the poor in Arhus. |
| D．The residents of Arhus can depend on their neighbours to help. |
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!
小题1:What does the writer do before he goes to sleep’?
| A．He reads books. | B．He reads newspapers |
| C．He looks through magazines | D．He looks at the posters on the wall. |
| A．About 2.000 years ago. | B．In the 19th century. |
| C．About 1.000 years ago. | D．In the 11th century. |
A. People could not read.
B. People could not write words on paper.
C. People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.
D People could only produce books one at a time by hand
小题4:What happened after books became cheaper?
| A．People didn’t want to buy books. |
| B．Printing was invented in China. |
| C．Knowledge and ideas spread quickly. |
| D．The Internet was introduced to people soon |
| A．People won’t need books any more |
| B．Books won’t be replaced by computers. |
| C．People prefer to find information in books. |
| D．Computers have already replaced books. |
The winter ambitions of Soapy were not of the highest. In them there were no dreams of Mediterranean voyages or blue Southern skies. Three months on the Island was what his soul desired. Three months of assured board and bed and good company, safe from north winds seemed to Soapy the most desirable thing.
Just as the more fortunate New Yorkers had bought their tickets to Palm Beach each winter, Soapy had made his arrangements for his annual journey to the Island. And now the time had come.
There were many institutions of charity in New York where he might receive lodging and food, but to Soapy’s proud spirit the gifts of charity were undesirable. You must pay in humiliation of spirit for everything received at the hands of mercy. So it was better to be a guest of the law.
Soapy, having decided to go to the Island, at once set about accomplishing his desire. He left his bench and went up Broadway. He stopped at the door of a glittering cafe. He was shaven and his coat was decent. If he could reach a table in the restaurant, the portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter’s mind. A roasted duck, with a bottle of wine, a cigar and a cup of coffee would be enough. Such a dinner would make him happy, for the journey to his winter refuge.
But as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter’s eye fell upon his shabby trousers and old shoes. Strong hands pushed him in silence and haste out into the street.
Some other way of entering the desirable refuge must be found.
At a corner of Sixth Avenue Soapy took a stone and sent it through the glass of a glittering shop window. People came running around the corner, a policeman at the head of them. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of the policeman.
“Where is the man that has done that?” asked the policeman.
“Don’t you think that I have had something to do with it?” said Soapy, friendly.
The policeman paid no attention to Soapy. Men who break windows don’t remain to speak with policemen. They run away. He saw a man running and rushed after him, stick in hand. Soapy, disgusted, walked along, twice unsuccessful.
On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant for people with large appetites and modest purses. Soapy entered this place without difficulty. He sat at a table and ate beefsteak and pie. And then he told the waiter he had no money.
“Go and call a cop,” said Soapy. “And don’t keep a gentleman waiting.”
“No cop for you,” said the waiter. “Hey!”
Then Soapy found himself lying upon his left ear on the pavement. He arose with difficulty, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed a rosy dream. The Island seemed far away.
After another unsuccessful attempt to be arrested for harassing a young woman, Soapy went further toward the district of theatres.
When he saw a policeman standing in front of a glittering theatre, he thought of “disorderly conduct”. On the sidewalk Soapy began to sing drunken songs at the top of his voice. He danced, cried, and otherwise disturbed the peace.
The policeman turned his back to Soapy, and said to a citizen, “It is one of the Yale boys celebrating their football victory. Noisy, but no harm.”
Sadly, Soapy stopped his useless singing and dancing. The Island seemed unattainable. He buttoned his thin coat against the north wind.
In a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man who had set his silk umbrella by the door. Soapy entered the store, took the umbrella, and went out with it slowly. The man with the cigar followed hastily.
“My umbrella,” he said.
“Oh, is it?” said Soapy. “Well, why don’t you call a policeman? I took your umbrella! Why don’t you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.”
The umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. The policeman looked at them curiously.
“Of course,” said the umbrella man, “well, you know how these mistakes occur…if it’s your umbrella I hope you’ll excuse me – I picked it up this morning in a restaurant – if it’s yours, I hope you’ll…”
“Of course it’s mine,” said Soapy.
The ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to help a well-dressed woman across the street.
Soapy threw the umbrella angrily. He was angry with the men who wear helmets and carry clubs. They seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.
At last Soapy stopped before an old church on a quiet corner. Through one window a soft light glowed, where, the organist played a Sunday anthem. For there came to Soapy’s ears sweet music that caught and held him at the iron fence.
The moon was shining; cars and pedestrians were few; birds twittered sleepily under the roof. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends.
The influence of the music and the old church produced a sudden and wonderful change in Soapy’s soul. He thought of his degraded days, dead hopes and wrecked faculties.
And also in a moment a strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of this pit; he would make a man of himself again. Those sweet notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would be somebody in the world. He would…
Soapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.
“What are you doing here?”
“Nothing.”
“Then come along,” said the policeman.
“Three months on the Island,” said the Judge the next morning.
小题1:Soapy regarded the Island as his winter ambition because _____.
| A．he wanted to go on Mediterranean voyages and enjoy blue Southern skies |
| B．he wanted to spend the cold winter somewhere warm other than New York |
| C．he wanted to be put into prison to survive the coming winter |
| D．he wanted to buy a ticket to the Island to spend the cold winter |
| A．His pride gets in the way. |
| B．What the institutions of charity offer isn’t what Soapy needs. |
| C．He wants to be a citizen who obeys the law. |
| D．The institutions of charity are not located on the island. |
| A．4. | B．5. | C．6. | D．7. |
| A．they are both fancy upper class restaurants |
| B．neither of them served Soapy |
| C．they both drove Soapy out of the restaurant after he finished his meal |
| D．neither of them called cops |
| A．was reminded of his good old days and wanted to play the anthem again |
| B．was reminded of his unaccomplished ambition and was determined to get to the Island |
| C．was reminded of his disgraceful past and determined to transform himself |
| D．was reminded of his rosy dream and wished to realize it |
| A．show that one always gets what he/she wants with enough efforts |
| B．make a contrast and criticize the sick society |
| C．surprise readers by proving justice was done after all |
| D．put a tragic end to Soapy’s life and show his sympathy for Soapy |
But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. On Easter， many people go to church to celebrate Jesus‘ resurrection （复活） from the dead.
Most people color them. Some people hide them. Others just eat them. But no matter what one does with Easter eggs， they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world.
People from many different cultures celebrate Easter. In both America and Belgium， children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes. In America， children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny （复活节兔子）。 But in Belgium， the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells. In Bulgaria， red Easter eggs are lucky in churches； Bulgarian families also hit these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. The winner looks forward to good fortune that year. Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist. In parts of Austria， for example， children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colorful eggs.
小题1:Easter comes _______.
| A．on Sunday on April 25 |
| B．on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25 |
| C．on the same date every year |
| D．on Sunday on March 22 |
| A．go shopping， hide colored eggs and children hunt for them |
| B．give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another |
| C．buy new clothes， hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house |
| D．both B and C |
| A．going to church to celebrate Jesus‘ resurrection |
| B．buying new clothes |
| C．eating delicious food and paint color eggs |
| D．exchange beautiful gifts each other |
| A．In both American and Belgium， children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes |
| B．In Belgium， the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells |
| C．In America， the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells |
| D．In American， children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny |
| A．Easter bunny | B．Blesses |
| C．candy and goodie | D．Easter eggs |
For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.
The word “friend ” can be applied to a wide range of relationships ---- to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant.
小题1:Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except______.
| A．going to college | B．getting a better job |
| C．finding a place to live in retirement | D．saving money |
| A．enjoy the sunlight | B．feel strange | C．travel to other countries | D．get a new job |
| A．hope to meet new people |
| B．expect to find some close friends |
| C．want to begin lasting friendships with new people |
| D．Both A and B |
| A．a fellow worker | B．a football teammate | C．a boy or a girl | D．all of the above |
| A．For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships. |
| B．Today millions of Americans vacation abroad. |
| C．No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friendship. |
| D．But surely the beginning of friendship is possible. |
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