FILL EACH OF THE NUMBERED BLANKS IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE

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VI. Question VI: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE

word in each space(2.5p).

In Britain there is a …..1….. now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days,

many girls from working-class ….2…. in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in

the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the ….3….. and their working day

was usually very long, they often worked on …..4….., too. Once a year, it was usually

……5….. Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day

and ……6…. presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They

could stay at home only one day, and ……7…… they went back to their work. People call

that day Mothering Day or Mothering ……8…… . Later, workers at the factories and girls

who worked in the houses of rich families received one …..9… day a month, and

Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It ….10….. the last Sunday in March.

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