解析：选B　主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了母亲节的由来，而不是如何庆祝母亲节。

　　2．Anna Jarvis wanted to ________.

　　A．thank her mother for her care

　　B．introduce a celebration for mothers

　　C．meet thousands of important people

　　D．make her pupils celebrate her on Mother's Day

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。从第二段"to support her idea: a special day of the year for thanking mothers"可知。

　　3．May 10 became the date for Mother's Day because ________.

　　A．May is in the American spring

　　B．it was the second Sunday in May in 1910

　　C．President Woodrow Wilson liked the date

　　D．this was the date that Anna Jarvis's mother died

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。从第三段"because May 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis's mother had died"可知。

　　4．Unfortunately, Anna Jarvis was NOT happy with Mother's Day when she died because ________.

　　A．her mother was not there to see it

　　B．she had never been a mother herself

　　C．people were too interested in making it a business

　　D．no one gave any presents or cards to their mothers

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。从第五段"...had lost its original purpose. It had been taken over by business ... become a multimilliondollar industry"可知。

　　B

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