全國英語等級考試三級模擬題：閱讀理理（九）

in shopping malls,the assistants try to push you into buying"a gift to thank her for her unselfish love".when you log onto a website,a small pop-up invites you to book a bouquet for her.commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special sunday in may.

1 the popularity of mother's day around the world suggests that jarvis got all she wanted.in fact,she got more enough to make her horrified.

2 they buy,among other things,132 million cards.mother's day is the no.1 holiday for flower purchases.then there are the various commodities,ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder,that take advantage of the promotion opportunities.because of this,jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop mother's day.one protest against the commercialization of mother's day even got her arrested--for disturbing the peace,interestingly.

3 as ralph fevre,a reporter at the uk newspaper the guardian,observed,traditionally"motherhood is something that we do because we think it's right."but in the logic of commercialism,people need something in exchange for their time and energy.a career serves this purpose better.

4 so they work hard and play hard.becoming a mother,however,inevitably handicaps career anticipation.

5 according to the guardian,there are twice as many child-free young women as there were a generation ago.or,they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives.

so,fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating mother's day needs to be updated:"it is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people."

a.according to a research by the us card company hallmark,96 percent of american consumers celebrate the holiday.

b.but what's more,commercialism changes young people's attitude towards motherhood.

c.obviously,the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.

d.the american version of mother's day was thought up as early as 1905,by anna jarvis,as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.

e.in addition,women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.

f.as a result,motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.

g.nowadays mother's day become more and more commercialization.

1.參考答案：d

參考解析：選項d中出現(xiàn)了兩處詞語與空格后句中的詞語形成呼應(yīng)mother‘s day，javis，因此d可能是答案?？崭窈缶渲械膕he在空格前句中有指代的內(nèi)容：指代anna javis，故選d.

2.參考答案：a

參考解析：選項a中有兩個詞與空格后句中的詞語呼應(yīng)：cards，holiday，因此a是答案。

3.參考答案：b

參考解析：空格處需填一個與后句有轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的句子，選項b"but what'smore"表示意思的轉(zhuǎn)折，所以選b.

4.參考答案：e

參考解析：選項中只有e有指代人的復數(shù)名詞（women）能成為空格后句中代詞they的指代內(nèi)容，因此e是答案。

5.參考答案：f

參考解析：從句意上看，選項f是概括句，空格后句是用具體的數(shù)字對f進行解釋，f符合題意，故選f.

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