Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，按要求完成后面各个小题。(请注意问题后的词数要求。)

　　There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries．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 known as 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 the custom was gradually forgotten and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century．

　　Born in 1864 in Virginia, USA, Anna Jarvis was a school teacher and believed children should ________ 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 ideas：a special day of the year for thanking mothers．

　　In 1910 the 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 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis’s mother died．In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made May 10 the 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 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．

1．What’s the best title of this passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

But after 19th century, people dropped the custom．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．Why was May 10 the date for Mother’s Day?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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Answer 1

答案：
解析：

　　1．The origin of a special day for others．

　　2．However, over the years the custom was gradually forgotten and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century．

　　3．show gratitude

　　4．Because this was the date when Anna Jarvis’s mother died．

　　她努力建立起来的，并已被世界所认可的习惯已经失去了它本来的初衷。