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PassageOne

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

PeopleintheUnitedStateshonortheirparentswithtwospecialdays:Mother’sDay,onthe

secondSundayinMay,andFather’sDay,onthethirdSundayinJune.

Mother’sDaywasproclaimed(宣布)adayfornationalobservancebyPresidentWoodrow

Wilsonin1915.AnnaJarvisfromGrafton,WestVirginia,hadstartedtheideatohaveadayto

honormothers.ShewastheonewhochosethesecondSundayinMayandalsobeganthe

customofwearingacarnation.

In1909,Mrs.DoddfromSpokane,Washington,thoughtoftheideaofadaytohonorfathers.She

wantedtohonorherownfather,WilliamSmart.Afterhermotherdied,hehadtheresponsibility

ofraisingafamilyoffivesonsandadaughter.In1910,thefirstFather’sDaywasobservedin

Spokane.SenatorMargaretChaseSmithhelpedtoestablishFather’sDayasanational

commemorativeday.

Thesedaysaresetasidetoshowloveandrespectforparents.Theyraisetheirchildrenand

educatethemtoberesponsiblecitizens.Theygiveloveandcare.

Thesetwospecialdaysarecelebratedinmanydifferentways.OnMother’sDaypeoplewear

carnations.Aredonesymbolizesalivingmother.Awhiteoneshowsthatthemotherisdead.

Manypeopleattendreligiousservicestohonorparents.Itisalsoadaywhenpeoplewhose

parentsaredeadvisitthecemetery.Onthesedaysfamiliesgettogetherathome,aswellasin

restaurants.TheyoftenhaveoutdoorbarbecuesforFather’sDay.Thesearedays