第一篇：　　For most of the world outside of the United States, Labour Day — a slightly different spelling than we’reaccustomed to in the U.S. — takes place on May 1 every year, not during the first weekend of September. Someother countries also call it May Day or International Workers’ Day, but the celebration __31__ the sameconcept. Every May 1, people around the world celebrate with political demonstrations, often __32__ by laborunions and socialist groups, to honor the working class and the struggles they’ve undergone to achieve today’slabor rights and push for improvements in workers’ rights. But how did the holiday get its start, and what’s thesignificance of May? __33__ , Labour Day is multifaceted in meaning and represents some vital history. 　　Before the 19th century, __34__ that we’d think of today as workers’ rights actually existed. Toiling for agrueling 14 or even 16 hours a day was the norm. It wasn’t __35__ the early 1830s that the first labor unionswere formed in Australia. These were associations of skilled laborers: shearers, stonemasons, cabinet-makers,shipwrights and plasterers. Much like today, wealthy employers and the government were against early laborunions.
【題組】31.
(A) memorizes
(B) commemorates
(C) commences
(D) mesmerizes