In the United States, Mother's Day did not become a(n) __6__ holiday until 1915. Its establishment was due __7__ to the perseverance and love of one __8__，Anna Jarvis. Anna's mother had provided strength and support as the family __9__ their home in West Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania __10__ her father served as a minister. As a girl, Anna had helped her mother take care of her garden.

　　When Mrs Jarvis died on May 5, 1905，Anna was determined to __11__ her. She asked a minister at her church in West Virginia to give a sermon (布道) __12__ memory of her mother. On the same Sunday in Philadelphia, ministers there honored Mrs Jarvis and all

　　mothers with a(n) __13__ Mother's Day service. Anna Jarvis began writing to congressmen, asking them to __14__ a day to honor mothers. In 1910，the governor of West Virginia proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later every state __15__ it.

　　On Mother's Day morning, some American children __16__ the tradition of serving their mothers breakfast in bed. Other children will give their mothers __17__ which they have made themselves or bought in __18__. Adults give their mothers red carnations (康乃馨), the official Mother's Day flower. If their mothers __19__ they may bring white carnations to their grave sites. This is the busiest day of the year for American __20__. On the special day, family members do not want Mum to cook dinner!

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