题目内容
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Valentine's Day is known worldwide as a time to celebrate love and romance. But the holiday is also notorious(臭名昭著的) for reminding many singles that they are _____of a significant other.
Instead of feeling sad and ____, many Chinese singles decided to join each other in a crusade against the love birds — proof that the singles are not _____in the festival after all.
Here is some advice posted online by some love-starved online activists on ____ to ruin Valentine's Day for those enjoying romantic _____:
Buy up the odd-numbered _____ for movies so the lovers can't sit together.
Book up all _____ rooms in hotels so the lovers will have no place to spend the night.
____ chocolate and puncture(打孔) condoms in supermarkets.
Walk up to a couple on the street, _____ either of them in the face and crying out "How could you _____ on me?!" (Better if this happens between the same sex).
Take a part-time job to deliver flowers and throw half the bouquets _____.
Some of the strategies have been put into practice. Sina Weibo user @Yanta _____ one photo showing him (or her) slipping Dear John letters into boxes of chocolate in a supermarket. The other photo shows one of the letters _____ "let's break _____. The chocolate will be my last _____ for you."
A café in Luzhou, Sichuan province announced proudly in its Weibo _____ that couples are not welcome on Valentine's Day, singles will be _____ a 10 percent discount in the shop.
_____, the strategies above are not supported by all. "Just think about it. How would you feel when you find the chocolate you bought for a girl is _____ or your wife has to have an abortion(堕胎) due to condoms with holes? Won't it be dangerous to slap(打耳光)a stranger on street?" a netizen _____ calling on people to avoid a possible violent way.
1.A. short B. necessary C. proud D. ashamed
2.A. left behind B. left off C. left on D. left out
3.A. alone B. away C. happy D. inspired
4.A. where B. how C. what D. when
5.A. dates B. days C. times D. weeks
6.A. areas B. locations C. exits D. seats
7.A. multiple B. single C. double D. three-bed
8.A. Protect B. Break C. Buy D. Choose
9.A. slapping B. pointing C. biting D. hitting
10.A. lie B. trap C. cheat D. disturb
11.A. in B. out C. behind D. away
12.A. carried B. downloaded C. hung D. posted
13.A. writing B. saying C. leaving D. telling
14.A. up B. away C. in D. down
15.A. property B. donation C. gift D. blessing
16.A. story B. account C. statement D. expression
17.A. received B. provided C. sent D. offered
18.A. Even so B. Therefore C. Besides D. Even though
19.A. stored B. stolen C. poisoned D. damaged
20.A. reminded B. cautioned C. described D. Defended