Question

Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia.   36   the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called   37   the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his   38   was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the   39   of the girls were written on   40   of paper and placed in jars. Each young man   41   a slip. The girl whose name was   42   was to be his sweetheart for the year.

Legend   43   it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day   44   a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II   45   the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would   46   stay home than fight. When Valentine   47   the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the   48   of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a   49  . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine   50   of Lupercus.

Valentine’s Day has become a major   51   of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his   52   into a lover’s heart may still be used to   53   falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.   54   to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as   55   as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.

1.A. While             B. When               C. Though             D. Unless

2.A. upon         B. back             C. off                 D. away

3.A. honor            B. belief           C. hand            D. way

4.A. problems          B. secrets            C. names         D. intentions

5.A. rolls          B. piles            C. works          D. slips

6.A. cast              B. caught         C. drew            D. found

7.A. given             B. chosen                  C. elected                 D. delivered

8.A. tells              B. means             C. makes             D. has

9.A. after             B. since            C. as                 D. from

10.A. ordered       B. appealed          C. imagined           D. believed

11.A. other           B. simply              C. rather          D. all

12.A. disliked          B. resisted            C. defeated         D. dishonored

13.A. celebration            B. arrangement       C. feast               D. eve

14.A. goat                B. saint            C. model              D. weapon

15.A. because     B. made           C. instead                 D. learnt

16.A. part                 B. representative   C. judgment         D. symbol

17.A. story          B. wander             C. arrow             D. play

18.A. describe      B. require            C. demand            D. alarm

19.A. Keeping       B. Disapproving     C. Supporting         D. Forgetting

20.A. constructive B. damaging          C. strengthening      D. responding

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】略