2. Our team has had two defeats and has gained eight v　 .

1. Buying a train ticket doesn’t g　 　you a seat.

5. 解析:选C。细节理解题。从第五段“... had lost its original purpose. It had been taken over by business ... become a multi-million-dollar industry”可知。

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4. 解析:选D。细节理解题。从第三段“because May 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis’s mother had died”可知。

3. 解析:选B。细节理解题。从第二段“to support her idea: a special day of the year for thanking mothers” 可知。

2. 解析:选A。细节理解题。从第一段“The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria ...”可知。

20. 解析:选C。他们带去的不是鲜花而是代表“爱”的礼物--一只空蛋。

19. 解析:选B。他们“正视”菲利普死亡的现实。

18. 解析:选C。由下文可知，菲利普在那年夏天死了。

17. 解析:选D。以前曾使他与众不同的事情再也没人“提起”。