第十三篇
The Value of Motherhood
In shopping malls, the assistants try to push you into buying a gift to thank her for her unselfish love. When you log onto1a website, a small pop-up2 invites you to book a bouquet1 for her. Commercial warmth and gratitude2 are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.
The popularity of Mother's Day around the world suggests that Jarvisgot all she wanted. In fact, she got more - enough to make her horrified3.
They buy, among other things, 132 million cards. Mother's Day is theNo 1 holiday for flower purchases. Then there are the various commodities, ranging fromjewelry4 and clothes to cosplaymetics and washing powder, that take advantage of the promotion5opportunities. Because of this, Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to sTOP Mother'sDay. One protest against the commercialization of Mother's Day even got her arrested fordisturbing the peace, interestingly.
As Ralph Fevre, a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian6,observe, traditionally motherhood is something that we do because we think it's right. But inthe logic7 of commercialism, people need something in exchange for their time and energy. Acareer serves this purpose better.
So they work hard and play hard. Becoming a mother, however,inevitably8 handicaps career anticipation9.
According to The Guardian, there are twice as many child-free youngwomen as there were a generation ago. Or, they put off the responsibility of parenting until laterin their lives.
So, Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother's Day needs to be updated: It is topersuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people.
詞語：
motherhood n.母性
website n. 網站
bouquet n. 花束
注解：
1.log onto 登錄到。log onto a website 登錄到一個網站。
2.pop-up 彈出式菜單。a small pop-up invites you to book a bouquet for her.一張小的彈出式菜單要你為她訂一束花。
訓練：
AThe 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.
BBut what's more, commercialism changes young people's attitude towards motherhood.
CObviously, the best girl will be a phone call or a visit.
DAccording to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of Americanconsumers celebrate the holiday.
EAs a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
FIn addition, women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire. ,
答案與題解：
1. A第一段主要講籠罩著母親節節日的商業氛圍，如電源叫你買一件禮物送給你的媽媽，表示你感謝她無私的愛等。從語氣上可以看出，作者對用商業方法表達母愛是反對的。第二段的第二個句子中有Anna Jarvis 這個人的名字。最后一個句子是這么說的：In fact, she got more - enough to make her horrified. 事實上，她得到的還要多，多得使她感到可怕。從內容的銜接來看，Anna Jarvis 在前面非常可能出現過。在多有些選項中只有A出現了這個名字，因此A是對的。
2. D第三段的第二個句子中出現card（賀卡）這個詞。從主題進步來看，前一句中應該出現過這個詞，并且內容更概括。惟有D中出現過這個詞并且論述概括，主意：主題句的陳述一直普通的，因此選D。
3. B第三段的主要內容是進一步講述表目前母親節節日中的商業主義與大家抗議母親節節日中的商業主義，包含Anna Jarvis個人所做的努力。從內容上看，第四段是講因為商業主義的影響大家對母性，也即為母之道發生了變化。選項B是適合的，它是該段的主題句。
4. F第五段是對第四段主題的進一步進步，因此用F。
5. E第六段是大家對為母之道的態度的變化的總結，因此用E。