In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses.
Once a year, it was usually on Sunday in March, they were allowed to visit their mothers. They went home and brought presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering Sunday. Mothering Day later became Mother’s Day. It is the last Sunday in March.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress agreed that the second Sunday in May should be observed as Mother’s Day in America. On that day, children give their mothers flowers, presents and cards to show their love to their mothers. Americans spend millions of dollars to buy Mother’s Day gifts. Clothes, perfume, jewelry and books or tickets to theater are given to mothers. People who cannot be with their mothers on that day usually send them presents and call them all the phone.
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13. Mother's Day is a day on which children show their love to their male parents. |
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14. In the United States, Mother’s Day has been celebrated on the second Sunday in May since the early 19th century. |
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15. Americans usually offer gifts to their mothers on Mother’s Day. |
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16. People who cannot visit their mothers on Mother’s Day often phone to talk to them. |
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17. According to the passage, Mother’s Day is _________ in Britain.
A. the last Sunday in May
B. the second Sunday in May
C. the last Sunday in March
D. the first Sunday in March
18. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A day children give someone they respect flowers presents and cards.
B. A day when servants could return home to visit their mothers
C. A day children show their love to their mothers and fathers
D. A day to honor mothers and motherhood
20.ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 MÔN TIẾNG ANH - TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH (2020)
