Your mother makes your meals. She helps you with your homework. If you get sick, she stays with you all day and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Your Mother is always there for you. That's why there is a special day for the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (world) mothers. This year it was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} 10th.

    Mother's Day became a modern holiday about 100 years{#blank#}4{#/blank#} in the US. A woman called Anna Jarvis and her mother, Anna Reese Jarvis, were{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(live) in a poor town. They worked hard to make the town{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (well). Jarvis' mother died on Wednesday，May 14, 1905. Their church hold a Mother's Day to thank {#blank#}7{#/blank#} for the help she gave the town three years later.

    Today, people in more than forty{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(country) celebrate the day. They give their mothers carnations (康乃馨)and other presents.. In the language {#blank#}9{#/blank#} flowers, carnations mean happiness,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (sweet) and love.

    Hearing is very important to all of us. We can hear beautiful music, nice songs of birds, the laughter of people or other different {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(kind) of sounds in the world with our ears. How{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(wonder) it is to have a good hearing! So we must try to protect our ears. The following will tell you{#blank#}3{#/blank#} to protect your ears.

    It's reported that {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(listen) to loud music a lot can be bad for years, especially when headphones {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(use). So turn them down when you are wearing headphone {#blank#}6{#/blank#} try not to wear them. You should let your ears have {#blank#}7{#/blank#}rest if you really like wearing them. If you're going to a concert, wear earplugs to protect your ears {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the terrible music. In fact, earplugs {#blank#}9{#/blank#} are special can be made for you if you go to concerts a lot or if you're a musician yourself. If your ears hurt, it's necessary {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(see) a doctor. Follow the advice above and you won't be saying, "What?" when you are getting old.