英语同步优化指导（人教版必修4）练习：Unit 1 Exercise 1 Warming Up Reading含解析.docVIP

Unit 1　Exercise 1 (建议用时：15分钟) 阅读理解 A An American woman Anna Jarvis was the first person to decide that mothers should have a holiday in their honour each year. Miss Jarvis started her campaign in 1906 in her home city Philadelphia. She wrote thousands of letters to congressmen(国会议员), city officials，teachers and newspaper publishers, proposing (提议) an official holiday for mothers.She traveled all over America, trying to get support for the idea.Her battle went on for years. In 1914 the Congress declared (宣布)the second Sunday in May each year as Mother’s Day.Anna Jarvis wanted Mot