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  3. The Origin of Mother’s Day In the U. S. Mothers’ Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is a day when c

The Origin of Mother’s Day In the U. S. Mothers’ Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is a day when c

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问题     The Origin of Mother’s Day
    In the U. S. Mothers’ Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. First observance was in Philadelphia in 1907.【T1】______
    Although it wasn’t celebrated in the U. S. until 1907, there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece.【T2】______
    Later, in the 1600’s, in England there was an annual observance called "Mothering Sunday".【T3】______On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.
    Mother’s Day was first suggested in the United States in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. Jarvis persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother’ s Day on the second anniversary of her mother’ s death, the 2nd Sunday of May. The next year Mother’s Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.
    Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother’s Day. 【T4】______President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother’ s Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
    【T5】______Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother’ s Day on the second Sunday in May, as in the U. S.
A. Mother’s day should not be just another day with a few flowers thrown in.
B. In those days, however, it was Rhea, the Mother of the gods that was given honor.
C. Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother’s Day at different times throughout the year.
D. They were successful.
E. It was celebrated during June, on the fourth Sunday.
F. It is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907.
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答案B
解析 根据空格前内容“虽然美国直到1907年才庆祝母亲节，但是向母亲致敬的节日甚至可以追溯到古希腊”，可知选项B最符合逻辑。
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