【正文】 US that really set the stage for this holiday. The modern American holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial (紀(jì)念儀式 ) for her mother in Grafton, West Virginia. Her idea to make “Mother’s Day” a holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her beloved mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Anna’s mother was a peace lover who had cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War (內(nèi)戰(zhàn) ). Anna was the first to fight for Mother’s Day being an official holiday. She finally succeeded in 1914. Celebrating Mother’s Day is quite different around the world. In China, it is just starting to bee popular. Carnations (康乃馨 ) are the most popular Mother’s Day gift and the most sold flowers because of the holiday. On Mother’s Day in Canada there are usually small celebrations and giftgiving to one’s mother, grandmother, or other important female members in one’s family. In Bangladesh, special TV shows, news reports, and gatherings are anized. In the old days in France, mothers of large families were given medals. No matter how Mother’s Day is spent, the need to recognize (認(rèn)出，識(shí)別 ) the most important person, who brought you into this world is something everyone agrees on. Answer the following questions. (No more than eight words) 46. On what day is the most mon day to honor mothers and their influence on society? ________________________________________________________________ 47. What’s the relationship between Anna and Ann? ________________________________________________________________ 48. What is the most popular gift in China on Mother’s Day? 9 ________________________________________________________________ 49. How many countries have been mentioned in Paragraph Three? _______________________________________________________________ 50. What makes everyone agree on celebrating Mother’s Day? ________________________________________________________________ 五、任務(wù)型閱讀 閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，每個(gè)空格只填 1個(gè)單詞。（ 30分） A (1726) Jonathan Swift (Britain) Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels es first in the list of the novels written in English. It tells a story of a doctor named Gulliver travelling around different countries, meeting strange things. (1719) Daniel Defoe (England) By the end of the 19th century, no book in English literary history had enjoyed more translations than Robinson Crusoe. (1749) Henry Fielding (Britain) Tom Jones is a classic English novel that captures the spirit of its age and whose famous characters have e to represent Augustan society. 5 (1818) Mary Shelley (the UK) Frankenstein is Mary Shelley’s first has been praised as the world’s first true science fiction in English. (1838) Edgar Allan Poe (the US) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only English novel . It is a classic adventure story with supernatural elements has influenced generations of writers. 31. What is Gulliver? A. A writer B. A doctor C. A soldier D. A stranger 32. Who es from America? A. Jonathan Swift B. Daniel Defoe C. Mary Shelley D. Edgar Allan Poe Mary wants to read a science fiction,which book can you remend to her? A. Gulliver’s Travels B. Frankenstein C. Robinson Crusoe D. Tom Jones to the passage, which of the following is Not true? Crusoe had the most translations by the end of the 19th century. B. Mary Shelley’s first novel was Frankenstein. C. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket was written in the 18th century. D. These novels above are all written in English. is the best title for the passage? A. Famous writers B. An advertisement for books C. A report on novels D. Classic novels in English B As China’s appearance across the world increases and it builds stronger relations with western countries,more Chinese elements（元素 )are appearing in Western media. Der Spiegel, the worldfamous German weekly news magazine, chose Chinese pinyin “xinglai” (wake up) on the cover published on November 11, 2017. The yellow print and red background are both colours often used by Chinese people. 6 The famous US weekly magazine, TIME, wrote in Chinese on the cover published on November 13, 2017, to translate the English title “China won”. Acco rding to Ian Bremmer, the writer of the cover story with this title, it was the first time that the magazine used two languages as the title on the cover. As for TIME, it has a long history of using Chinese elements in its magazines since January 6 1924, an