Fragrant and beautiful， Carnation(康乃馨) flowers have become symbolic of mother’s love and also Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day and carnations have had an 1 for a very long time according to a Christian legend. This is the 2 that came up when Jesus Christ’s mother Mary dripped tears of sadness 3 her son enduring sufferings on the cross.

The 4 of gifting carnations to mothers on Mother’s Day was 5 by Miss Anna Jarvis and began on the 6 official Mother’s Day in America on May 10， 1908. Miss Anna Jarvis 7 500 white carnations to the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church， in Grafton， West Virginia. The flowers were 8 to be given away amongst the mothers. Others 9 in the mass were also asked to wear flowers. 10 carnations were a favourite of Anna’s dead mother. Anna explained the 11 for her selection of the flower.

“The white carnation is preferred 12 I think it stands for some of the virtues of motherhood. Whiteness 13 for purity; its lasting quality， faithfulness; its fragrance， 14 ; its wide field of 15 ， charity; its form， beauty ...”

Miss Anna Jarvis continued with the 16 of sending carnations to the Andrews Church. She sent over 10，000 carnations in the 17 years as a personal gift to the church on Mother’s Day. This 18 led to a custom of gifting carnations to mothers. 19 carnations are worn or gifted worldwide on Mother’s Day and have 20 symbolic of purity， strength and endurance of motherhood. As a custom red carnations are worn to honor living mothers and white carnations for the deceased mothers.

1. A. connection B. organization

C. association D. information

2. A. story B. plant

C. event D. animal

3. A. tasting B. smelling

C. feeling D. seeing

4. A. tradition B. ceremony

C. manners D. means

5. A. modeled B. created

C. changed D. recorded

6. A. first B. second

C. third D. fourth

7. A. planted B. bought

C. sent D. sold

8. A. meant B. seen

C. said D. reported

9. A. dancing B. young

C. alive D. present

10. A. Purple B. Pink

C. Red D. White

11. A. meaning B. reason

C. background D. purpose

12. A. when B. because

C. although D. which

13. A. cares B. equals

C. calls D. stands

14. A. love B. will

C. modesty D. cruelty

15. A. plants B. kindness

C. growth D. flowers

16. A. plan B. idea

C. suggestion D. practice

17. A. solar B. previous

C. following D. same

18. A. completely B. gradually

C. directly D. immediately

19. A. Today B. Then

C. Later D. Otherwise

20. A. witnessed B. become

C. replaced D. increased