Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis were pioneers of Mother's Day in the United States. Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother's Day in 1907 to raise awareness of poor health conditions, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday of May as a national holiday to honor motherhood. Nowadays, Mother's Day has become commercialized as businesses use discounts and promotions to increase sales on this day. While gift giving has become common, it is most important to spend quality time with one's mother to express love and gratitude on this day.
Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis were pioneers of Mother's Day in the United States. Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother's Day in 1907 to raise awareness of poor health conditions, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday of May as a national holiday to honor motherhood. Nowadays, Mother's Day has become commercialized as businesses use discounts and promotions to increase sales on this day. While gift giving has become common, it is most important to spend quality time with one's mother to express love and gratitude on this day.
Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis were pioneers of Mother's Day in the United States. Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother's Day in 1907 to raise awareness of poor health conditions, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday of May as a national holiday to honor motherhood. Nowadays, Mother's Day has become commercialized as businesses use discounts and promotions to increase sales on this day. While gift giving has become common, it is most important to spend quality time with one's mother to express love and gratitude on this day.
Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis were pioneers of Mother's Day in the United States. Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother's Day in 1907 to raise awareness of poor health conditions, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared the second Sunday of May as a national holiday to honor motherhood. Nowadays, Mother's Day has become commercialized as businesses use discounts and promotions to increase sales on this day. While gift giving has become common, it is most important to spend quality time with one's mother to express love and gratitude on this day.
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English For Personality Development (MPK)
Final Test
(This text is for questions number 1-7)
Mother’s Day
Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis were the best known pioneers who took up the cause of Mother’s Day in the United States. Julia Ward Howe’s “Mother’s Day” in 1872 was a call for disarmament by women. Anna Jarvis, in 1907, organized a day to raise awareness of poor health condition in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it “Mother’s Work Day.” In 1914, US President, Woodrow Wilson signed a Joint Declaration. He declared the second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day, the day to honor motherhood. Today, however, some may think that the commercial community purposely created Mother’s Day to make some extra money. Nowadays, this auspicious day has literally become commercial affair. Many people spend their time buying material gifts for their mothers. In order to sell more products, many restaurants, gift shops, cake shops and florists usually give special offers on Mother’s Day. Consequently, their cash registers keep ringing non stop. Obviously, Mother’s Day has become a major profit makes for businesses. It is important to remember that the reason behind celebrating Mother’s Day is to say thanks to the most important person in our life – our mother. It is the day to tell her how much we love her and how special she is for us. Therefore, instead of merely giving material gifts, giving our mother what she needs and really wants is more precious. Showing off our love by spending more time with her, for example, will certainly give us nothing but heartfelt thanks and real gratitude from our mother.
1. Some people thought Mother’s Day was . . . .
a. purposely created just to make money b. created to honor the mother c. created to make the mother happy d. created to respect the mother e. created to pay tribute to mother
2. Who was the creator of Mother’s Day?
a. Anna Jarvis d. Mary Thompson b. President Woodrow Wilson e. Joan of Arc c. Julia Ward Howe
3. What did Julia Ward Howe do in the 19th century?
a. She worked for the NGO. b. She worked in a military service. c. She called for disarmament by women. d. She raised awareness of poor health conditions in her community. e. She became a charity worker.
4. When did the Mother’s Day become officially recognized?
a. In 1758 d. In 19th Century b. In 1924 e. In 1914 c. In 1800
5. According to the text, when the Mother’s Days celebrated?
a. On the 1st week of June d. On the 2nd week of April b. On the 2nd week of May e. On the 1st week of December c. On the 3rd week of May
6. What does Mother’s Day bring to the commercial community?
a. It brings havoc to the commercial community b. It brings problems to the commercial community c. It brings adversities to the commercial community d. It brings disasters to the commercial community e. It brings immense business to the commercial community
7. Who will get benefits from Mother’s Day? a. The children b. The hawkers c. The taxi drivers d. Restaurants owners, gift shops owners, cake shops owners and florists owners e. The beggars
8. David : Did Ken join the futsal competition last week? Clare : No, he broke his leg, so he didn’t take part of the contest. If he hadn’t broken his leg, I’m sure he would have ... part of it. a. take b. took c. takes d. taken e. taking
9. Daniel :”Did you see Emma?”
Rupert :”Yes, I did. I .... her at the restaurant an hour ago”. a. is meeting d. met b. was meeting e. was met c. meets
10. She suddenly _____ speaking when I came to the class.
a.is stopping d. was stopping b.stops e. has stopped c.stopped
(Use the appropriate personal pronouns for number 11-19)
I have a new friend. (11)......... comes from America. (12)......... name is Nancy Stamford.(13) ......... is a friendly girl. Mr. John is (14)......... father. (15)......... is an engineer (16)......... is the best engeneer at his office. (17)......... job is very interesting. (18)......... mother’s name is Angela. (19)......... is a nurse. She is very beautiful nurse.
11. a. Her b. She c. He d. His e. Him
12. a. Her b. She c. He d. His e. Him 13. a. She b. He c. Her d. I e. You 14. a. his b. he c. our d. her e. him 15. a. His b. I c. He d. Her e. Him 16. a. Her b. She c. He d. His e. Him 17. a. Her b. She c. He d. His e. Him 18. a. Her b. She c. He d. His e. Him 19. a. Her b. She c. He d. His e. Him
(This text is for questions number 20 - 24)
Anybody who is over the age of six knows that there is nowhere safe for skateboarders to skate. This prevents young people from enjoying an active, energetic and adventurous pastime. Just watch a local street for a short while and note the steady stream of skaters speeding up and down the footpaths. Toddlers can be trampled on and old ladies can be knocked down as they struggle home carrying their cat food from supermarkets. Thunderous rattles are heard on our main roads each night as skaters travel without lights and without signs to oncoming cars. Skateboarding is a serious sport that improves young people’s health. It increases fitness, improves balance and strengthens the joints in knees and ankles. Although it appears to be a solo sport, when groups practice together and complete to inform stunts or runs, they form firm friendships. Young people should be prevented from becoming overweight couch potatoes. If they are actively involved in skating, they do not smoke, take drugs or break laws for fun. Kids will always seek thrills and excitement, they need to practice their 180s, 360s, and Ollie’s free from restriction. We must build skate parks in the suburbs so that streets are safe for small children and senior citizens, and skaters have spaces where they can race, chase, speed and soar towards the sun. 20. What is the purpose of the text above ? a. To provoke youngsters into local government policy b. To inform parents about the goodness of skateboarding c. To promote the writer’s business of skateboarding class d. To convince the readers that they need a safe place for skaters to skate e. To invite the local teenagers to skate in a park built specifically for skaters
21. What is the main idea of paragraph 3 ?
a. Kids seek an excitement in skate b. The advantages of skateboarding c. The skateboarding is a serious sport d. There is no safe place for skateboarders e. How to prevent overweight by skateboarding
22. They need to practice their 180’s, 360’s and Ollie’s free from restriction (p.5 ) The synonym of the underlined word is .......... a. approval b. Limitation c. Allowance d. Prevention e. Improvement
23. What must we do to let the skaters play ?
a. Join them everywhere b. Give them space in the park c. Let them play in local street d. Let them play in the main road e. Build a skate park in the suburbs
24. If morning (come) ….., the sun (raise) …… in the east.
a. come/raise c. comes/raises e. came/will raise b. comes/ will raise d. came/would raise
25. Henny : My husband’s hand is bleeding.
Martin: ............. The appropriate expression used in the dialogue is... a.Fantastic d. How a poor he is! b. How poor your husband is! e. What is a poor husband! c.what poor the husband is!
26. If you … earlier, you could have saw the beautiful sunrise. a. had woken up d. woke up b. had woke up e. have woken up c. had wake up
27. If you … that you couldn’t handle the pressure anymore, your parents might have helped you. a. had tell d. had told b. have told e. have tell c. had been tell
28. If I won a gold medal at the international physics olympiad, I … admision in some universities without test. a. could gotten d. can gotten b. can get e. got c. could get
29. If you had a sister, … clothes with her?
a. would you share d. will you share b. you would share e. you share c. would you have shared 30. Mother: Look at the ship! Anita: Wow, that’s marvelous! ..............................! It’s the biggest ship I’ve ever seen. The appropriate expression used in the dialogue is... a. What a big ship! d. What it is big ship! b. What big the ship is! e. How is the big ship! c. How a big ship! 31. Tania: Look at the interior of the bus, Anisa! Anisa: Oh, ...................................! The fare must be expensive. The appropriate expression used in the dialogue is... a. what a comfortable the bus it is! d. what the bus confortable! b. how comfortable the bus is! e. what is it comfortable bus! c. what comfortable bus is!
32. Sabrina: Look at this! I made a unique dress for my barbie.
Jane: Wow, ...........................! Sabrina: Thank you. I made it by myself. a. what a unique the dress it is! d. how unique the dress it is! b. what a unique dress it! e. how unique dress it is! c. what a unique dress it is!
33. Mark: Hey, Ben! Let’s go to the beach!
Ben: Great idea! But how can we get there? Mark: We can go there on my new motorcycle. Look at this! Is it cool? Ben: Terrific! ...........................! a. What a cool the motorcycle it is! d. How cool the motorcycle is! b. How a cool motorcycle! e. How cool motorcycle it is! c. What cool it is!
34. Give a response to the following situation by using expressions of showing admiration! Nowadays, social media can be categorized into a prime need of human being. Around 2 billion people in the world connect with many kind of social media. a. How a great number is that! b. What powerful social media is! c. What a powerful is that! d. How powerful the social media is! e. How a wonderfull is it!
35. Sasha : Shall we catch the 10.30 train?
Melly : Hmmm… I don’t think so. …….. Sahsa ; Ok, we are going to have the next train. a. If we catch the 10.30 train, we would arrive too early b. We will arrive to early, if we catch the 10.30 train c. If we catch the 10.30 train, we would have arrived early d. We would have arrive early, if we had caught the 10.30 train. e. We would have arrived early, if we have caught the 10.30 train.
