Question

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   

     Mother’s Day is celebrated in the US. It is also a holiday in some other countries. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is a day to thank mothers. __ that day mothers usually __ flowers and cards. On the cards, children will write “Thanks, Mom”, “To the best mother __.”, “Best __ for Mother’s Day” and so on.

    Where does the idea for the holiday __? We should thank Miss Anna Mjarvis. She brought up the idea of having such a day. She lived in West Virginia. Her mother __ on May 9, 1905.

She had a deep love to her mother. She __ letters to some important persons. In her letters, she asked them to decide a day for __ mothers. Then Mother’s Day was made on the second Sunday in May by the US in 1913.

    On Mother’s Day, children give presents to their mothers, __ the whole family go out and try to do __ for their mothers.

1.A. On                               B. At                  C. In                    D. Of

2.A. buy                           B. receive           C. send                        D. borrow

3.A. in China                   B. in the family   C. on earth                  D. in the world

4.A. presents                       B. dishes                      C. wishes                     D. cards

5.A. comes from                 B. is from           C. come from             D. came from

6.A. died                     B. dead                        C. is dead                    D. die

7.A. wrote                            B. writes                      C. sends                       D. received

8.A. both                     B. all                    C. every                       D. only her

9.A. or                                   B. but                           C. then                         D. yet

10.A. nothing nice              B. nice everything     C. something nice      D. nice something

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了母亲节。它在5月份的第二个星期天，孩子们在那天为母亲送上祝福和礼物。它的来历是Anna Mjarvis提议为了纪念母亲。

1.考查介词与语境理解。On that day在那一天，介词用on,故选A。

2.考查动词与语境理解。结合前后文，此句为：在那一天，妈妈经常受到花和卡片。A买；B收到；C送；D借，故选B。

3.考查短语与语境理解。结合前后文可知这是对妈妈祝福和感谢的话，故此句为：致世界上最好的妈妈。A在中国；B在家里；C在地球；D全世界，故选D。

4.考查名词与语境理解。这是对母亲祝福的话，此句为：母亲节最美好的祝福。故选C，祝福。

5.考查动词与语境理解。结合后文，讲的是母亲节的来历，所以此句为：母亲节是怎么来的呢？come from来自；句中有助动词does，所以come用原形，故选C

6.考查动词与语境理解。句意：她母亲1905年5月9日去世。句中缺谓语，故用died,死亡，动词，die的过去式，故选A。

7.考查动词与语境理解。结合前后文，句意：她给一些重要的人写信。Write letters 写信，由于是过去的事情，用过去式我wrote.

8.考查形容词与语境理解。句意：在信中，她让他们决定用哪一天来纪念所有的母亲。A两者都；B所有；C每个；D只有她的，故选B。

9.考查连词与语境理解。结合前后文，这两句话是选择关系，在那一天，孩子送母亲礼物，或者全家外出…A或者；B但是；C然后；D然而，故选A。

10.考查代词与语境理解。结合前后文，句意为：努力为母亲做些美好的事。Something一些事；nothing没什么事；当它们被形容词修饰时，要放在形容词前面，结合题意，故选C。

考点：文化类短文。