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A:The 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.
B:But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.
C:Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
D: According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
E:As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
本题正确答案为:D
本题解析: 空格后句中出现了人称代词they，根据该句句意判断they指“购买者/消费者”。 由此判断空格前句中一定会出现与该代词呼应得代词或名词， 因此被选项中只有B（出线了young people/年轻人），D（出现了American consumers/美国消费者）和F（出现了women/妇女）可能是答案。 空格后句中提到了cards(贺卡)， 而D中也出现了card， 因此D是答案。
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A:The 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.
B:But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.
C: Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
D:According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
E:As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
本题正确答案为:B
本题解析: 空格后句中出现了commercialism(商业主义)和motherhood(母性)， 而被选项B中正好出现了这两个词（而且， 商业主义改变了年轻人对母性， 即对为母之道的态度）可能是答案。 其实第三段的主要内容是进一步讲述表现在母亲节中的商业主义以及人们抗议母亲节中的商业主义，包括Anna Jarvis个人所做的努力。从内容上看，第四段是讲由于商业主义的影响人们对母性，也即为母之道发生了变化。选项B是合适的，它是该段的主题句。
