Question

MOTHER'S DAY
The habit of celebrating motherhood is not new at all - it started a
long time ago, with the ancient Greeks and Romans. However, the
modern holiday of Mother's Day has its roots in the United States of
America, in the beginning of the 20th century.
The person who first thought of having a special day on which to
express gratitude to our mothers was Anna Jarvis, from Grafton,
Virginia. Anna initiated the day to honour her own mother, a former
peace activist during the American Civil War. Her idea proved to be
very successful -- this day soon became an official holiday in the USA.
Many companies saw this as the perfect opportunity to sell more of
their products such as flowers, sweets or greeting cards.
However, Anna Jarvis felt that turning Mother's Day into a means to make a profit was against the spirit
of the holiday, so she dedicated the rest of her life to bringing it back to the original form. To
her disappointment, she failed, and Mother's Day continued to represent an important
source of business for many companies.
One very important thing Ms Jarvis insisted on was the spelling of the Day: she
wanted it to be Mother's and not Mothers Day, as she always thought it was a time
for each person to celebrate one mother
, their own, by visiting, talking to her or
giving her flowers. She also insisted that sons and daughters should never even
consider buying a ready-made card but
take the time to write to their mother
with their own hand. This turned out
to be another disappointment for Anna
Jarvis, since Mother's Day cards are now
the third most sold cards in the world after
Christmas and Valentine's cards.
Today, this holiday is celebrated all over the
world, although not all countries chose the same
day for it. In Romania, Mother's Day has been an
official holiday since 2010 and is celebrated on the first Sunday of May, just like
Anna Jarvis initially intended.

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Answer 1

4(vocabulary)
a)gratitude
b)motherhood
c)ready-made
d)activist
e)root
f)profit

1. 1914
2.yes
3.9 may