7．There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries．The origins of most of the days are unknown．They were certainly not created by individual people．Other days，however，especially those celebrated in western countries，often owe their origins to a particular person．One of the most popular of these，even though it is fairly recent，is Mother's Day．Mothers have always been highly regarded in all cultures．The ancient Romans had a festival called Hilaria，during which children took presents to the temple of the"Mother of the Gods"．The Christian Church adopted this idea and called it Mothering Sunday．However，over the years this custom was gradually forgotten and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century．
Born in 1864in Virginia，USA，Anna Jarvis was a school teacher and believed children should show thanks to their mothers for all their love and care．Encouraged by a friend，she wrote to thousands of important people-politicians，churchmen，doctors，city officials-and asked them to support her idea：a special day of the year for thanking mothers．
In 1910the Governor of West Virginia introduced Mother's Day into the state．The date chosen was May 10-the second Sunday in May，which is still observed in America today．This date was chosen because May 10was the date on which in 1908Anna Jarvis's mother had died．In 1914President Woodrow Wilson made May 10the official date for Mother's Day throughout the United States．
Soon there was a Mother's Day International Association and the custom began to be adopted in many countries of the world．
Anna Jarvis，a sad and disillusioned woman，died in 1948．The custom she had worked so hard to establish and which had become almost universal had lost its original purpose．It had been taken over by business．As with Christmas，the giving of presents and the sending of cards had become a multi-million-dollar industry．
31．The story is aboutB．
A．Mothering Sunday for Christmas
B．the origin of a special day for mothers
C．President Wilson and Anna Jarvis
D．how people celebrate Mother's Day
32．Hilaria was a festival inA．
A．a(chǎn)ncient Rome B．America C．China D．the Christian Church
33．Anna Jarvis wanted toB．
A．thank her mother for her care
B．introduce a celebration for mothers
C．meet thousands of important people
D．make her pupils celebrate her on Mother's Day
34．May 10became the date for Mother's Day becauseD．
A．May is in the American spring
B．it was the second Sunday in May in 1910
C．President Wilson liked the date
D．this was the date that Anna Jarvis's mother died
35．Unfortunately，Anna Jarvis was not happy with Mother's Day when she died becauseC．
A．her mother was not there to see it
B．she had never been a mother herself though she wanted to
C．people were too interested in making it a business
D．no one gave any presents or cards to their mothers．
分析 本文主要是介紹了母親節(jié)的由來及與母親節(jié)有關(guān)的一些知識．
解答 31．答案 B 主旨大意題．通讀全文，概括各段主旨大意可知，本文主要是介紹了母親節(jié)的由來，而不是如何慶祝母親節(jié)．故答案為B
32．答案 A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由第一段中的The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria可知Hilaria 起源于古羅馬．故答案為A
33．答案 B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從文中第二段第二句Encouraged by a friend，she wrote to thousands of important people-politicians，churchmen，doctors，city officials-and asked them to support her idea：a special day of the year for thanking mothers．可知她想讓人們以某種慶祝方式來表達(dá)對媽媽的愛與感激．故答案為B
34．答案 D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從文章第三段第三句This date was chosen because May 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis's mother had died．可知這一天是Anna Jarvis的媽媽去世的那一天．故答案為D
35．答案 C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由第五段前三句Anna Jarvis，a sad and disillusioned woman，died in 1948．The custom she had worked so hard to establish and which had become almost universal had lost its original purpose．It had been taken over by business．可知這一節(jié)日已經(jīng)失去了原本的意義，商業(yè)化氣息太濃了，因此她并不高興．故答案為C
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